Tokyo 2nd district (東京都第2区 Tōkyō-to dai-ni-ku or simply 東京2区 Tōkyō ni-ku) is a constituency of the
House of Representatives in the
Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in eastern mainland
Tokyo and covers central parts of the former
Tokyo City. The district consists of the wards of
Chūō,
Bunkyō and
Taitō. As of 2012, 424,273 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]
Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area formed
Tokyo 8th district where two Representatives had been elected by
single non-transferable vote. The current Representative for the 2nd district is Liberal Democrat Kiyoto Tsuji who won in the 2012 Representatives election with less than a third of the vote.