Tokyo 19th district

Tokyo 19th District
東京都第19区
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
PrefectureTokyo
Proportional BlockTokyo
Electorate334,159 (as of 1 September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyCDP
RepresentativeYoshinori Suematsu

Tokyo 19th District (東京都第19区, Tokyo-to dai-jukyu-ku) is an electoral district of the Japanese House of Representatives. The district was created in 1994 as part of the move towards single-member districts, and is currently represented by Constitutional Democratic Party's Yoshinori Suematsu.

Areas covered

Current district

As of 16 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:[2]

As part of the 2022 redistricting, Nishitokyo was moved to the 18th district and Kunitachi was returned from the 21st district.

Areas 2017–2022

From the second redistricting in 2017 until the third redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district were as follows:[3][4]

As part of the 2017 redistricting, Kunitachi was moved to the 21st district.

Areas 2002–2017

From the first redistricting in 2002 until the second redistricting in 2017, the areas covered by this district were as follows:[5]

in 2001, Hōya and Tanashi merged to create the new city of Nishitokyo.

Areas from before 2002

From the creation of the district in 1994, until the first redistricting in 2002, the areas covered by this district were as follows:[6]

Elected representatives

Representatives Party Years served Notes
Yoshinori Suematsu DP 1996-2000
DPJ 2000-2005 Elected to the Tokyo PR district in the 2005 general election.[7]
Yohei Matsumoto LDP 2005-2009 Not re-elected in the 2009 general election.[8]
Yoshinori Suematsu DPJ 2009-2012 Not re-elected in the 2012 general election.[9]
Yohei Matsumoto LDP 2012-2021 Elected to the Tokyo PR district in the 2021 general election.[10]
Yoshinori Suematsu CDP 2021- Incumbent

Election results

‡ - Also ran in the Tokyo PR district

‡‡ - Also ran and won in the Tokyo PR district

2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CDP Yoshinori Suematsu
LDP Yohei Matsumoto
Ishin Kei'ichirō Yoshida
JCP Mitsuko Ideshige
Turnout
2021[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CDP Yoshinori Suematsu‡ (incumbent - Tokyo PR) 111,267 43.0 Increase4.3
LDP Yohei Matsumoto‡‡ (incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito) 		109,131 42.2 Increase1.1
Ishin Hideaki Yamazaki‡ 38,182 14.8 New
Registered electors 439,147
Turnout 263,488 60.0 Increase4.2
CDP gain from LDP Swing Increase2.2
2017[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Yohei Matsumoto‡ (incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito) 		96,229 41.1 Increase0.1
CDP Yoshinori Suematsu‡‡ 90,540 38.7 New
Kibō no Tō Rika Sasaki‡ 29,743 12.7 New
JCP Shigeo Sugishita 17,377 7.4 Decrease6.6
Registered electors 425,966
Turnout 237,859 55.8 Decrease1.6
LDP hold Swing Increase3.4
2014[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Yohei Matsumoto‡ 107,608 41.0 Increase6.6
Democratic Yoshinori Suematsu‡
(endorsed by the JIP) 		87,584 33.3 Increase5.7
JCP Tamishi Koizumi 36,878 14.0 Increase5.6
Japanese Kokoro Hiroshi Yamada‡ 30,658 11.7 New
Registered electors 470,785
Turnout 270,278 57.4 Decrease7.8
LDP hold Swing Increase3.5
2012[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Yohei Matsumoto‡ 101,362 34.4 Increase0.3
Democratic Yoshinori Suematsu‡ (incumbent)
(endorsed by the PNP) 		81,490 27.6 Decrease27.4
Restoration Hiroshi Yamada‡‡
(endorsed by Your Party) 		64,857 22.0 New
JCP Mitsuko Ide 24,660 8.4 Decrease0.6
Tomorrow Koichiro Watanabe‡ (incumbent - Tokyo PR) (endorsed by the NDP) 22,445 7.6 New
Registered electors 466,796
Turnout 304,444 65.2 Decrease2.9
LDP gain from Democratic Swing Increase6.3
2009[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yoshinori Suematsu‡ (incumbent - Tokyo PR) 170,437 55.0 Increase10.1
LDP Yohei Matsumoto‡ (incumbent) 105,721 34.1 Decrease12.2
JCP Akio Shimizu 27,860 9.0 Decrease0.3
Independent Saeko Takahashi 2,912 0.9 New
Happiness Realization Shinichiro Ishida 2,740 0.9 New
Registered electors 462,375
Turnout 314,924 68.1 Increase0.2
Democratic gain from LDP Swing Increase9.3
2005[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Yohei Matsumoto‡ 138,596 46.3 Increase11.9
Democratic Yoshinori Suematsu‡‡ (incumbent) 133,180 44.5 Decrease8.4
JCP Akio Shimizu 27,811 9.3 Increase0.4
Registered electors 449,209
Turnout 304,788 67.9 Increase8.0
LDP gain from Democratic Swing Increase9.2
2003[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yoshinori Suematsu‡ (incumbent) 136,082 52.9 Increase7.5
LDP Yohei Matsumoto‡ 88,501 34.4 Increase6.5
JCP Tomoaki Fujioka 22,921 8.9 Decrease5.6
Social Democratic Shozo Yokota‡ 9,529 3.7 New
Registered electors 441,891
Turnout 264,658 59.9 Decrease2.9
Democratic hold Swing Increase3.8
2000[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yoshinori Suematsu‡ 118,852 45.4 New
LDP Koji Tsukahara‡ 73,076 27.9 Increase7.7
JCP Toshikiyo Miyauchi 38,040 14.5 Increase0.5
Liberal Koichiro Watanabe‡ 31,772 12.1 New
Registered electors 426,638
Turnout 267,843 62.8 Increase4.1
Democratic gain from Democratic Swing N/A
1996[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yoshinori Suematsu‡ 76,599 32.5 New
New Frontier Koichiro Watanabe
(incumbent - former Tokyo 7th district) 		54,641 23.2 New
LDP Tetsuo Kaneko‡ 47,675 20.2 New
JCP Atsuro Asakura 33,075 14.0 New
Social Democratic Hiroshi Tsunematsu‡ 21,557 9.2 New
Liberal League Taro Ito‡ 1,998 0.9 New
Registered electors 409,680
Turnout 240,277 58.7 New
Democratic win (new seat)

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