Akita at-large district

The Akita at-large district (Japanese: 秋田県選挙区 Hepburn: Akita-ken Senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Akita Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. Councillors are elected to the house by single non-transferable vote (SNTV) for six-year terms. Since the establishment of the current House of Councillors electoral system in 1947, the district has elected two Councillors, one each at elections held every three years. It has 888,496 registered voters as of September 2015.[1]

The Councillors currently representing Akita are:

Elected Councillors

class of 1947 election year class of 1950
(1947: 6-year term) (1947: 3-year term)
Yasutaka Suzuki
(Liberal)
1947 Junkichi Ishikawa
(Ind.)
1950 Kōki Haseyama
(Liberal)
Hajime Suzuki
(Ind.)[note 1]
1953
1956 Hitoshi Suzuki
(Social Democratic)
Koichi Matsuno
(LDP)[note 2]
1958 by-el.[note 3]
1959
1962
1965
Masaji Sawada
(Social Democratic)
1967 by-el.[note 4]
1968 Goro Yamazaki
(LDP)[note 5]
1971
1974
1976 by-el.[note 6] Man Sasaki
(LDP)
Hosei Norota
(LDP)
1977
1980
Hiromitsu Deguchi
(LDP)
1983
1986
Akio Hosoya
(Social Democratic)
1989
1992
Katsutoshi Kaneda
(LDP)
1995
1998 Shigenobu Saito
(LDP)
2001
2004 Yoetsu Suzuki (Ind.)
Endorsed by DPJ, SDP
Daigo Matsuura (Ind.)
Endorsed by DPJ, SDP, PNP
2007[4]
2010[5] Hiroo Ishii
(LDP)
Matsuji Nakaizumi
(LDP)
2013[6]
  1. Resigned 1 May 1958.[2]
  2. Died in office 29 July 1967.[3]
  3. Held 22 June 1958.[3]
  4. Held 15 September 1967.[2]
  5. Died in office 6 April 1976.[3]
  6. Held 23 May 1976.[2]

Election results

2013[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Matsuji Nakaizumi
(endorsed by Komeito)
260,846 52.3
Democratic Daigo Matsuura 194,497 39.0
Communist Yoshio Satake 36,371 7.3
Happiness Realization Akira Nishino 6,736 1.4
Turnout
2010[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Hiroo Ishii
(Endorsed by Sunrise Party)
328,771 55.6
Democratic Yoetsu Suzuki
(Endorsed by People's New Party)
226,217 38.3
Communist Kazuhisa Fujita 36,320 6.1
Turnout
2007[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Daigo Matsuura
(Endorsed by DPJ, SDP)
319,631 50.4
Liberal Democratic Katsutoshi Kaneda
(Endorsed by Komeito)
276,694 43.6
Communist Satoshi Suzuki 38,394 6.0
Turnout

References

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