Fukushima at-large district

The Fukushima at-large district (Japanese: 福島県選挙区 Hepburn: Fukushima-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Fukushima Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It currently has three Councillors in the 242-member house.

Outline

From the first House of Councillors election in 1947 until the 2010 election, Fukushima elected four Councillors to six-year terms, two each at alternating elections held every three years. In September 2012 Fukushima had 1,627,518 registered voters,[1] the lowest of the 12 prefectures that were represented by 4 Councillors at that time. By comparison, the three most populous districts of Hokkaido, Hyogo at-large district and Fukuoka districts each had more than 4 million voters[1] but were also represented by four Councillors each. To address this malapportionment, a November 2012 amendment to the Public Offices Election Law reduced Fukushima's (and Gifu's) representation to two Councillors.[2] This change began to take effect at the 2013 election, when only one Councillor was elected in Fukushima, and will be completed at the 2016 election. The district has 1,607,908 registered voters as of September 2015.[3]

The Councillors currently representing Fukushima are:

Elected Councillors

class of 1947 election year class of 1950
#2
(1947: 6-year term)		 #1
(1947: 6-year term)		 #1
(1947: 3-year term)		 #2
(1947: 3-year term)
Kentaro Yui
(Fukushima Democratic Club)[note 1]		 Tsuneo Matsudaira (Ind.)[note 2] 1947 Manuemon Hashimoto
(Democratic)		 Toshikatsu Tanaka
(Social Democratic)
Kanichiro Ishihara
(Democratic Liberal)		 1949 by-election[note 3]
1950 Manuemon Hashimoto
(Liberal)[note 4]		 Morie Kimura
(Liberal)
1951 by-election[note 5] Isao Matsudaira
(Liberal)
Kanemitsu Tabata
(Right Socialist)		 Kanichiro Ishihara
(Liberal)		 1953
1956 Ichiji Okawara
(Social Democratic)
Kanemitsu Tabata
(Social Democratic)		 Kanichiro Ishihara
(LDP)		 1959
1962
Hidezo Murata
(Social Democratic)[note 6]		 1965
1968 Seigo Suzuki
(LDP)
Shiro Tanabe
(LDP)		 1971
1974 Tadao Noguchi
(Social Democratic)
Shoichi Suzuki
(LDP)		 1977
1980 Tadashi Yaoita
(Social Democratic)
Eisaku Sato
(LDP)[note 7]		 1983
Masutaro Soeta
(LDP)		 1985 by-election[note 8]
1986
Kentaro Ishihara
(LDP)[note 9]		 1988 by-election[note 10]
Choei Aita
(Social Democratic)		 1989
1992 Shizuo Sato
(LDP)
Toyoaki Ota
(LDP)		 1993 by-election[note 11]
Hiroko Wada
(New Frontier)		 1995
1998 Mitsuhide Iwaki
(LDP)		 Yuhei Sato
(Ind.)
Hiroko Wada (DPJ) 2001
2004[12] Yuhei Sato (DPJ)[note 12]
2007 by-election[note 13] Teruhiko Mashiko (DPJ)
Emi Kaneko (DPJ) Masako Mori
(LDP)		 2007[13]
2010[14]
Seat abolished 2013[15]
  1. ↑ Fukushima-ken Minshu Kurabu
  2. ↑ Selected as first President of the House. Later joined Ryokufūkai. Died in office 14 November 1949.[8]
  3. ↑ Held 24 December 1949[9]
  4. ↑ Died in office 27 December 1950[10]
  5. ↑ Held 12 February 1951[8]
  6. ↑ Died in office 5 January 1985.[8]
  7. ↑ Resigned 3 August 1988[9]
  8. ↑ Held 17 February 1985[9]
  9. ↑ Resigned 21 June 1993[9]
  10. ↑ Held 4 September 1988[9]
  11. ↑ Held 18 July 1993[11]
  12. ↑ Resigned 23 October 2006[9]
  13. ↑ Held 22 April 2007[9]

Election results

2013[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Masako Mori
(Endorsed by Komeito)		 484,089 56.6
Democratic Emi Kaneko 240,842 28.2
Communist Tomo Iwabuchi 77,401 9.0
Social Democratic Yoko Endo
(Endorsed by People's Life Party)		 35,801 4.2
Happiness Realization Hidemitsu Sakai 9,860 1.2
Zaisei Saiken Kazushige Sugiuchi 7,425 0.9
Turnout
2010[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Teruhiko Mashiko
(Endorsed by People's New Party)		 340,947 34.4
Liberal Democratic Mitsuhide Iwaki 338,265 34.1
Democratic Hiromi Ito 155,262 15.6
Your Kazumasa Sugamoto 93,758 9.4
Communist Tomo Iwabuchi 64,209 6.5
Turnout
2007[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Emi Kaneko 503,423 49.9
Liberal Democratic Masako Mori
(Endorsed by Komeito)		 372,857 37.0
Communist Shizue Miyamoto 78,237 7.8
Social Democratic Usen Ogawa 54,466 5.4
Turnout
2007 by-election[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Teruhiko Mashiko 541,236 58.1
Liberal Democratic Isamu Yamaguchi 303,782 32.6
Communist Shizue Miyamoto 85,994 9.2
Turnout 948,890 56.72 -3.62
2004[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yuhei Sato 445,560 45.4
Liberal Democratic Mitsuhide Iwaki
(endorsed by Komeito)		 406,793 41.5
Communist Yumiko Abe 128,300 9.8 13.1
Turnout

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "平成２4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 2012] (in Japanese). 28 December 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Weighing Vote Disparity in Japan’s Upper House". 30 July 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "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). 28 December 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "岩城　光英（いわき　みつひで）：参議院" [Iwaki, Mitsuhide: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "岩城法相が靖国参拝 秋季例大祭で初の閣僚参拝" [Justice Minister Iwaki visits Yasukuni Shrine: First visit by minister to autumn festival] (in Japanese). 18 October 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "増子　輝彦（ましこ　てるひこ）：参議院" [Mashiko, Teruhiko: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "森　まさこ（もり　まさこ）：参議院" [Mori, Masako: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "歴代参議院議員一覧" [List of Former Councillors] (PDF) (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  12. 1 2 "選挙区開票結果　<福島県>" [District results (Fukushima)]. Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  13. 1 2 "選挙区　福島県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Fukushima at-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  14. 1 2 "選挙区　福島県 開票結果 参院選2010 参院選 選挙" [Fukushima at-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  15. 1 2 "選挙区 福島 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2013" [Fukushima at-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  16. ↑ "参議院福島県選挙区選出議員補欠選挙結果調" [House of Councillors Fukushima at-large district by-election results] (PDF) (in Japanese). 23 April 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

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