Chiba at-large district
The Chiba at-large district (Japanese: 千葉県選挙区 Hepburn: Chiba-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Chiba Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has six Councillors in the 242-member house.
Outline
The constituency represents the entire population of Chiba Prefecture. The district elects six Councillors to six-year terms, two sets of three each at alternating elections held every three years. Prior to the 2007 election the district elected four Councilors in two sets of two. The district has 5,092,741 registered voters as of September 2015.[1] The Councillors currently representing Chiba are:
- Kuniko Inoguchi (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), first term; term ends in 2016)[2]
- Hiroyuki Konishi (Democratic Party, first term; term ends in 2016)[3]
- Kenichi Mizuno (Democratic Party, first term; term ends in 2016)[4]
- Junichi Ishii (LDP, second term; term ends in 2019)[5]
- Hiroyuki Nagahama (Democratic Party, second term; term ends in 2019)[6]
- Toshiro Toyoda (LDP, first term; term ends in 2019)[7]
Elected Councillors
| Class of 1947 | election year | Class of 1950 (3-year term in 1947) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Akira Ono (Ind.)[note 1] |
Hisashi Yamazaki (Ind.)[note 2] |
1947 | Yoshiaki Tamaya (Liberal) |
Ichiro Asai (Democratic) |
- |
| 1950 | Kinsuke Kanō (Liberal)[note 3] |
Toshizō Tsuchiya[note 4] (Liberal) | ||||
| 1950 by-election[note 5] | Fumie Kataoka (Social Democratic) | |||||
| Kan Kase (Ind.)[note 6] |
Tamenosuke Kawaguchi (Liberal) |
1953 | ||||
| 1954 by-election[note 7] | Shigejiro Inō (Liberal) | |||||
| 1956 | Shigejirō Inō[note 8] (LDP) | |||||
| Kan Kase (Social Democratic) |
Kyūtarō Ozawa[note 9] (LDP) |
1959 | ||||
| 1960 by-election[note 10] | Yoshio Kijima (LDP) | |||||
| 1962 | Akio Yanaoka (Social Democratic) | |||||
| 1965 | ||||||
| Kisaku Sugeno[note 11] (LDP) |
1967 by-election[note 12] | |||||
| 1968 | Ichitaro Watanabe (LDP) | |||||
| 1971 | ||||||
| 1974 | Takayoshi Takahashi (LDP) |
Misao Akagiri (Social Democratic) | ||||
| 1977 | ||||||
| 1980 | Yutaka Inoue[note 13] (LDP) | |||||
| Sōichi Usui (LDP) |
1981 by-election[note 14] | |||||
| Yaeko Itohisa (Social Democratic) |
Hiroyuki Kurata (LDP) |
1983 | ||||
| 1986 | ||||||
| 1989 | ||||||
| 1992 | ||||||
| Ryōzō Iwase (New Frontier) |
1995 | |||||
| 1998 | Wakako Hironaka (Ind.)[note 15] | |||||
| Akira Imaizumi (DPJ) |
2001 | |||||
| 2002 by-election[note 16] | Kazuyasu Shiina (LDP) | |||||
| 2004[12] | Wakako Hironaka (DPJ) | |||||
| Ken Kagaya (DPJ) |
Hiroyuki Nagahama (DPJ) |
Junichi Ishii (LDP) |
2007[13] | |||
| 2010[14] | Kuniko Inoguchi (LDP) |
Hiroyuki Konishi (DPJ) |
Kenichi Mizuno (Your Party) | |||
| Toshiro Toyoda (LDP) |
2013[15] | |||||
- ↑ Later joined Ryokufūkai[8]
- ↑ Later joined Kaishintō[9]
- ↑ Died in office 5 December 1953[8]
- ↑ Died in office 6 November 1950[10]
- ↑ Held 13 December 1950[8]
- ↑ Joined the Leftist Socialist Party then the Social Democratic Party during his first term
- ↑ Held 20 January 1954[8]
- ↑ Resigned 27 October 1960[8]
- ↑ Died in office 18 September 1967[8]
- ↑ Held 1 December 1960[8]
- ↑ Died in office 25 January 1981[8]
- ↑ Held 5 November 1967[8]
- ↑ Resigned 8 May 2002[8]
- ↑ Held 8 March 1981[8]
- ↑ Joined the DPJ after the election
- ↑ Held 27 October 2002[11]
Election results
| 2013[15] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democratic | Junichi Ishii (endorsed by Komeito) |
680,706 | 28.5 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Toshiro Toyoda (endorsed by Komeito) |
418,806 | 17.5 | ||
| Democratic | Hiroyuki Nagahama | 388,529 | 16.3 | ||
| Your | Masahiro Terada | 285,007 | 11.9 | ||
| Communist | Satoshi Terao | 232,477 | 9.7 | ||
| Restoration | Hiroki Hanazaki | 186,259 | 7.8 | ||
| People's Life | Kazumi Ota | 148,240 | 6.2 | ||
| Ishin Seito Shimpu | Yuichi Watanabe | 39,147 | 1.6 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Hironori Matsushima | 9,227 | 0.4 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| 2010[14] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Hiroyuki Konishi (endorsed by People's New Party) |
535,632 | 20.2 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Kuniko Inoguchi | 513,772 | 19.3 | ||
| Your | Kenichi Mizuko | 476,259 | 17.9 | ||
| Democratic | Ayumi Michi | 463,648 | 17.4 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Kazuyasu Shiina | 395,746 | 14.9 | ||
| Communist | Kazuko Saito | 163,803 | 6.2 | ||
| New Renaissance | Hisashi Koga | 66,384 | 2.5 | ||
| Sunrise | Satoshi Shimizu | 29,926 | 1.1 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Masahiko Makino | 12,669 | 0.5 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| 2007[13] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Hiroyuki Nagahama | 666,241 | 25.2 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Junichi Ishii (endorsed by Komeito) |
541,701 | 20.5 | ||
| Democratic | Ken Kagaya | 477,402 | 18.1 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Takaki Shirasuka (endorsed by Komeito) |
387,395 | 14.7 | ||
| Communist | Fumiko Asano | 214,991 | 8.1 | ||
| Independent | Susumu Honma | 130,364 | 4.9 | ||
| Social Democratic | Kazumi Aoki | 124,113 | 4.7 | ||
| People's New | Michiko Iwabuchi | 99,316 | 3.8 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| 2004[12] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Wakako Hironaka | 1,187,663 | 49.1 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Kazuyasu Shiina (endorsed by Komeito) |
944,231 | 39.0 | ||
| Communist | Fumiko Asano | 288,072 | 11.9 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| 2002 By-Election[11] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democratic | Kazuyasu Shiina | 509,688 | 45.1 | ||
| クリーン千葉政治円卓会議 | Yasuhito Wakai | 422,185 | 37.4 | ||
| Communist | Fumiko Asano | 197,699 | 17.5 | ||
| Turnout | 39.61 | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ "平成２７年９月２日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Number of resident and non-resident enrolled voters as of 2 September 2015] (in Japanese). 2 September 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "猪口 邦子（いのぐち くにこ）：参議院" [Inoguchi, Kuniko: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "小西 洋之（こにし ひろゆき）：参議院" [Konishi, Hiroyuki: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "水野 賢一（みずの けんいち）：参議院" [Mizuno, Kenichi: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "石井 準一（いしい じゅんいち）：参議院" [Ishii, Junichi: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "長浜 博行（ながはま ひろゆき）：参議院" [Nagahama, Hiroyuki: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "豊田 俊郎（とよだ としろう）：参議院" [Toyoda, Toshiro: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- 1 2 Satō, Yoshi (令) (December 2005). "Post-War By-Elections" (PDF) (in Japanese). national Diet Library. p. 92. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- 1 2 "選挙区開票結果 <千葉県>" [District results (Chiba)]. Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- 1 2 "選挙区 千葉県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Chiba At-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- 1 2 "選挙区 千葉県 開票結果 参院選2010 参院選 選挙" [Chiba At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- 1 2 "選挙区 千葉県 開票結果 参院選2013 参院選 選挙" [Chiba At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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