Tokyo 26th district

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Tokyo 26th District
東京都第26区
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
File:衆議院小選挙区 東京都23区.svg
PrefectureTokyo
Proportional DistrictTokyo
Electorate430,474 (as of September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created2022
SeatsOne
PartyIndependent
RepresentativesJin Matsubara
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Tokyo 26th District (東京都第26区, Tokyo-to dai-nijuroku-ku; or 東京26区, Tokyo nijuroku-ku) is an electoral district in the Japanese House of Representatives. It was first created as part of the 2022 reapportionments that added five districts in Tokyo. The incumbent of the 3rd district, former cabinet minister Jin Matsubara became the first representative as a result of the 2024 general election.

Areas covered

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Current district

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As of 11 January 2023, the areas covered by the district are as follows:[2][3]

  • Meguro
  • Ōta, Tokyo (western section)
    • Minemachi, Denenchofu, Unoki, Yukigaya and Senzoku branch offices
    • Kugahara branch office (excluding Ikegami-3)
    • Yaguchi branch office (excluding Yaguchi 2 (1, 13, 14, 27 and 28) and Yaguchi 3 (1 and 8)

Before the creation of this district, Meguro Ward was split between the 5th and 6th districts, and the western Ota Ward area was split between the 3rd and 4th districts.

Elected representatives

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Representative Party Years served Notes
Jin Matsubara Independent 2024 – Moved from the 3rd district

Election results

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2024[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jin Matsubara 108,174 45.6
LDP Ueki Imaoka 68,568 28.9
JCP Masako Wada 28,819 12.1
Sanseitō Kumi Fujita 17,250 7.3
Independent Masafumi Tabuchi 14,602 6.2
Turnout 57.17

References

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