Tokyo 1st district (1946)
Tokyo 1st district (東京都第1区, Tōkyō-to dai-1-ku) was a former House of Representatives constituency in Japan. It existed only for the 22nd general election in 1946. It had 10 seats elected by limited vote (two votes per voter).
District area
The constituency covered the following wards of Tokyo:
- Kojimachi Ward
- Kanda Ward
- Nihonbashi Ward
- Kyobashi Ward
- Shiba Ward
- Azabu Ward
- Akasaka Ward
- Yotsuya Ward
- Ushigome Ward
- Koishikawa Ward
- Hongo Ward
- Shitaya Ward
- Asakusa Ward
- Honjo Ward
- Fukagawa Ward
- Toshima Ward
- Takinogawa Ward
- Arakawa Ward
- Oji Ward
- Itabashi Ward
- Adachi Ward
- Mukojima Ward
- Joto Ward
- Katsushika Ward
- Edogawa Ward
Election results
22nd Japanese general election (held April 10, 1946)
Eligible voters: 933,722 Voter turnout: % (change from previous: )
| Status | Candidate | Age | Party | Incumbency | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elected | Ichirō Hatoyama | Liberal Party | Previous | 106,872 | % | |
| Elected | Shizue Yamaguchi | Socialist Party | New | 85,149 | % | |
| Elected | Sanzō Nosaka | Communist Party | New | 80,897 | % | |
| Elected | Inejirō Asanuma | Socialist Party | Former | 68,637 | % | |
| Elected | Shigeyo Takeuchi | Liberal Party | New | 43,321 | % | |
| Elected | Moritoshi Nakajima | Liberal Party | Former | 37,781 | % | |
| Elected | Kazumatsu Ishida | Minor parties | New | 34,940 | % | |
| Elected | Senpachi Suzuki | Liberal Party | New | 34,077 | % | |
| Elected | Hyōnosuke Hara | Socialist Party | New | 31,307 | % | |
| Elected | Ren Hayashi | Progressive Party | New | 29,895 | % | |
| Elected (elevated) | Ichirō Shimamura | Liberal Party | New | 28,726 | % | |
| Yasuyasu Morii | Socialist Party | New | 23,186 | % | ||
| Kōgi Amano | Liberal Party | New | 22,368 | % | ||
| Zengorō Shimakami | Socialist Party | New | 21,998 | % | ||
| Torazō Kumamoto | Socialist Party | New | 21,817 | % | ||
| Kiyau Kiuchi | Progressive Party | New | 21,185 | % | ||
| Shigeo Kamiyama | Communist Party | New | 20,513 | % | ||
| Ryūtarō Katō | Progressive Party | New | 19,107 | % | ||
| Yoshio Sakurauchi | Progressive Party | New | 17,267 | % | ||
| Chūzaburō Miura | Progressive Party | New | 16,412 | % | ||
| Kōshichi Yamamoto | Liberal Party | New | 14,852 | % | ||
| Takeo Kurokawa | Liberal Party | New | 14,612 | % | ||
| Minoru Yoshida | Communist Party | New | 12,865 | % | ||
| Yoshihiko Kitajima | Minor parties | New | 12,552 | % | ||
| Jumatsu Onouchi | Independent | New | 12,298 | % | ||
| Katsumasa Katagiri | Minor parties | New | 10,807 | % | ||
| Katsuko Miyahigashi | Minor parties | New | 10,649 | % | ||
| Shigeru Maruyama | Liberal Party | New | 10,222 | % | ||
| Shichirō Yamada | Progressive Party | New | 9,665 | % | ||
| Kaneto Nonomura | Minor parties | New | 9,587 | % | ||
| Yūsuke Fushiguro | Communist Party | New | 9,333 | % | ||
| Sadao Koyama | Independent | New | 9,115 | % | ||
| Kagehisa Tōyama | Independent | New | 9,032 | % | ||
| Yohachirō Yamaguchi | Progressive Party | New | 8,953 | % | ||
| Kiyoshi Shiraishi | Minor parties | New | 8,561 | % | ||
| Shun'ichi Nakata | Progressive Party | New | 7,523 | % | ||
| Seiichi Yokose | Independent | New | 7,166 | % | ||
| Kikutarō Suzuki | Minor parties | New | 7,138 | % | ||
| Kikuko Yamane | Cooperative Party | New | 7,042 | % | ||
| Hiyoshiji Mano | Independent | New | 6,809 | % | ||
| Nijūshirō Mori | Minor parties | New | 6,711 | % | ||
| Kōtarō Itō | Liberal Party | New | 6,697 | % | ||
| Motozō Udagawa | Minor parties | New | 6,332 | % | ||
| Risaburō Ono | Progressive Party | New | 6,239 | % | ||
| Hideo Yahagi | Minor parties | New | 6,135 | % | ||
| Jōtarō Araki | Progressive Party | New | 5,990 | % | ||
| Chōzō Yamamoto | Minor parties | New | 5,783 | % | ||
| Harushige Sekihara | Liberal Party | New | 5,392 | % | ||
| Toshirō Okazaki | Socialist Party | New | 5,261 | % | ||
| Sasuke Hanada | Independent | New | 4,669 | % | ||
| Seisaku Ōsaki | Liberal Party | New | 4,428 | % | ||
| Taketoshi Nonoue | Independent | New | 4,406 | % | ||
| Issei Uchikoga | Independent | New | 3,921 | % | ||
| Teruko Shimizu | Minor parties | New | 3,660 | % | ||
| Seiei Tanimura | Independent | New | 3,483 | % | ||
| Masayoshi Tanaka | Minor parties | New | 3,374 | % | ||
| Fukuhisa Kaneko | Minor parties | New | 3,274 | % | ||
| Tsuneta Tabayashi | Socialist Party | New | 3,263 | % | ||
| Hirokuni Asanuma | Independent | New | 3,128 | % | ||
| Isamu Saijō | Independent | New | 3,093 | % | ||
| Tokuji Yasuda | Liberal Party | New | 3,012 | % | ||
| Toshio Iijima | Liberal Party | New | 2,910 | % | ||
| Toshio Konyo | Cooperative Party | New | 2,726 | % | ||
| Chō Kamiki | Independent | New | 2,559 | % | ||
| Tajirō Shimada | Progressive Party | New | 2,540 | % | ||
| Yoshi Saitō | Minor parties | New | 2,425 | % | ||
| Kyōnosuke Ōhashi | Independent | New | 2,400 | % | ||
| Saichi Suzuki | Independent | New | 2,374 | % | ||
| Tadashi Tsuda | Cooperative Party | New | 2,195 | % | ||
| Tōzaemon Chiba | Socialist Party | New | 2,095 | % | ||
| Yasutoshi Maki | Liberal Party | New | 1,953 | % | ||
| Kikuo Misawa | Minor parties | New | 1,904 | % | ||
| Miyomatsu Itō | Independent | New | 1,820 | % | ||
| Nobukazu Yamazaki | Independent | New | 1,819 | % | ||
| Hideaki Ōbayashi | Independent | New | 1,780 | % | ||
| Tokuzō Kitami | Independent | New | 1,707 | % | ||
| Kensuke Takahashi | Minor parties | New | 1,390 | % | ||
| Masatoshi Yamaguchi | Independent | New | 1,387 | % | ||
| Yutaka Suzuki | Minor parties | New | 1,346 | % | ||
| Tomiji Shibata | Independent | New | 1,293 | % | ||
| Yūei Horikoshi | Minor parties | New | 1,193 | % | ||
| Kōji Tokiwa | Cooperative Party | New | 1,180 | % | ||
| Matsutarō Terasaki | Socialist Party | New | 1,149 | % | ||
| Tokutarō Iijima | Liberal Party | New | 1,119 | % | ||
| Nichiaki Okazaki | Independent | New | 1,093 | % | ||
| Takeo Yamada | Minor parties | New | 1,074 | % | ||
| Ichisaburō Nakamura | Minor parties | New | 976 | % | ||
| Katsunari Sasaki | Minor parties | New | 850 | % | ||
| Chiharu Sakurai | Independent | New | 663 | % | ||
| Kuninobu Yanagise | Independent | New | 661 | % | ||
| Yokichi Kitahara | Independent | New | 655 | % | ||
| Satoshi Fujiwara | Progressive Party | New | 643 | % | ||
| Nobuhisa Yamamoto | Minor parties | New | 636 | % | ||
| Hiyoshi Yoda | Independent | New | 575 | % | ||
| Hatsutarō Nakano | Independent | New | 544 | % | ||
| Sekiji Aoki | Independent | New | 524 | % | ||
| Tomohiro Mamata | Minor parties | New | 506 | % | ||
| Morihō Araki | Minor parties | New | 426 | % | ||
| Shōichirō Chiba | Minor parties | New | 384 | % | ||
| Ichirō Takano | Independent | New | 347 | % | ||
| Yasunosuke Sasaki | Minor parties | New | 319 | % | ||
| Masaharu Hara | Independent | New | 317 | % | ||
| Ken'ichi Tako | Independent | New | 306 | % | ||
| Shōjirō Takagi | Independent | New | 276 | % | ||
| Kyōzō Akita | Progressive Party | New | 258 | % | ||
| Yonetarō Fujizuka | Independent | New | 253 | % | ||
| Taneyuki Sōgetsu | Independent | New | 246 | % | ||
| Kimihiko Satō | Independent | New | 244 | % | ||
| Satoshi Harada | Independent | New | 242 | % | ||
| Yoshikatsu Uesugi | Independent | New | 231 | % | ||
| Mineichi Murakami | Independent | New | 217 | % | ||
| Takaharu Yushiba | Independent | New | 212 | % | ||
| Giichi Yamagishi | Minor parties | New | 204 | % | ||
| Tatsuo Shishijima | Progressive Party | New | 186 | % | ||
| Yasuo Yasui | Minor parties | New | 181 | % | ||
| Shigeru Takatsuki | Independent | New | 173 | % | ||
| Fumio Kamata | Independent | New | 158 | % | ||
| Masanao Watabe | Minor parties | New | 139 | % | ||
| Tomohiro Furuya | Minor parties | New | 103 | % | ||
| Kōjirō Takabatake | Independent | New | 101 | % |
- On May 7, 1946, Ichirō Hatoyama was purged from public office. Runner-up Ichirō Shimamura was elevated to elected status.
References
- House of Representatives Secretariat, Shūgiin Giin Sōsenkyo Ichiran. Dai 22-kai [General Election Overview of House of Representatives Members: 22nd], 1950, Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau. Available at Digital National Diet Library.