Tokyo 17th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives

House of Representatives of Japan

The is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors of Japan is the upper house.The House of Representatives has 480 members, elected for a four-year term. Of these, 180 members are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a party-list system of proportional representation,...

 in the Diet of Japan

Diet of Japan

The is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under a parallel voting system. In addition to passing laws, the Diet is formally...

 (national legislature). It is located in eastern mainland Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 and covers northeastern parts of the former city of Tokyo

Tokyo City

was a municipality in Japan and part of Tokyo-Fu which existed from May 1, 1889 until its merger with its prefecture on July 1, 1943. The historical boundaries of Tokyo City are now occupied by independent special wards...

. The district consists of Katsushika

Katsushika, Tokyo

is one of the special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It lies in the northeast of the ward area. The ward calls itself Katsushika City in English.As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 429,289 and a density of 12,600 people per km²...

 and parts of Edogawa

Edogawa, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It takes its name from the river that runs from north to south along the eastern edge of the ward. In English, it uses the name Edogawa City....

 ward. As of 2009, 438,609 eligible voters were registered in the district.

Before the electoral reform of 1994, Katsushika, Edogawa and Adachi

Adachi, Tokyo

is one of the Special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is located north of the heart of Tokyo. The ward consists of two separate areas: a small strip of land between the Sumida River and Arakawa River and a larger area north of the Arakawa River...

 had been part of Tokyo 10th district where five Representatives were elected by single non-transferable vote

Single non-transferable vote

The single non-transferable vote or SNTV is an electoral system used in multi-member constituency elections.- Voting :In any election, each voter casts one vote for one candidate in a multi-candidate race for multiple offices. Posts are filled by the candidates with the most votes...

.

The only representative for the 17th district since its creation has been Katsuei Hirasawa

Katsuei Hirasawa

is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of the village of Shirakawa, Gifu and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he jointed the National Police Agency in 1968, attending Duke University in the United States while...

 (LDP

Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...

, Yamasaki faction), former Vice Minister in the Cabinet Office and former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs.

List of Representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Notes
Katsuei Hirasawa Katsuei Hirasawa is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of the village of Shirakawa, Gifu and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he jointed the National Police Agency in 1968, attending Duke University in the United States while...		LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...	1996–	Incumbent

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