Fukui at-large district

The Fukui at-large district (Japanese: 福井県選挙区, Hepburn: Fukui-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Fukui Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has two Councillors in the 242-member house.

Outline

The constituency represents the entire population of Fukui Prefecture. The district elects two Councillors to six-year terms, one at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 644,447 registered voters as of September 2015.[1] Following the merger of the Tottori and Shimane districts into the Tottori-Shimane at-large district and the Tokushima and Kochi districts into the Tokushima-Kochi at-large district in 2015, Fukui became the electorate with the smallest population, thus making it the standard for measuring malapportionment in other districts. The Councillors currently representing Fukui are:

  • Masaaki Yamazaki (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), fourth term; term ends in 2016. Ceased being an official member of the LDP upon becoming president of the House of Councillors in August 2013.)[2]
  • Hirofumi Takinami (LDP, first term; term ends in 2019)[3]

Elected Councillors
Class of 1947 election year Class of 1950
(3-year term in 1947)
Shichirohei Ikeda
(Ind.)		 1947 Shojiro Matsushita[4]
(Social Democratic)
1950 Yoshio Domori[note 1]
(Social Democratic)
Toshio Sakai
(Liberal)		 1953
1955 by-election[note 2] Harukazu Obata
(LDP)[note 3]
1956
Mamoru Takahashi
(LDP)		 1959
1962 Tasaburo Kumagai[note 4]


(LDP)

1965
1968
Kazuhito Tsuji
(Social Democratic)		 1971
1974
Ichiro Yamanouchi
(LDP)		 1977
1980
1983
1986
Tasaburo Furukawa
(Rengō no Kai)		 1989
1992 Masaaki Yamazaki
(LDP)
Ryuuji Matsumura
(LDP)		 1995
1998
2001
2004[8]
2007[9]
2010[10]
Hirofumi Takinami
(LDP)		 2013[11]
  1. Resigned 1 February 1955[5]
  2. Held 10 March 1955[6]
  3. First elected in 1955 as an independent.[6]
  4. Died in office 15 January 1992[7]

Election results
2013[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Hirofumi Takinami
(Endorsed by Komeito)		 237,732 70.6
Democratic Toshikazu Fujino 56,409 16.8
Communist Kazuo Yamada 35,600 10.6
Happiness Realization Yasuyuki Shirakawa 7,020 2.1
Turnout
2010[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Masaaki Yamazaki (Incumbent) 212,605 51.2
Democratic Kota Inobe
(Endorsed by People's New Party)		 175,382 42.3
Communist Kazuo Yamada 27,017 6.5
Turnout
2007[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Ryuji Matsumura (incumbent)
(Endorsed by Komeito)		 193,617 47.5
Democratic Seizo Wakaizumi
(Endorsed by People's New Party)		 190,644 46.8
Communist Kazuo Yamada 23,110 5.7
Turnout
2004[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Masaaki Yamazaki (Incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito)		 218,885 56.0
Democratic Makiko Isokawa 147,419 37.8
Communist Kunihiro Uno 24,250 6.2
Turnout
1955 By-election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Harukazu Obata 191,186 69.4
Japan Democratic Akira Hokyo 84,385 30.6
Turnout 64.32%

See also

References
  1. "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 18 May 2016.
  2. "山崎　正昭（やまざき　まさあき）：参議院" [Nogami, Kotaro: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. "滝波　宏文（たきなみ　ひろふみ）：参議院" [Douko, Shigeru: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  4. "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  5. "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  6. Satō, Yoshi (令) (December 2005). "Post-War By-Elections" (PDF) (in Japanese). National Diet Library. p. 86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  7. "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  8. "選挙区開票結果　<福井県>" [District results (Fukui)]. Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  9. "選挙区　福井県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Fukui at-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  10. "選挙区　福井県 開票結果 参院選2010 参院選 選挙" [Fukui at-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  11. "選挙区　福井県 開票結果 参院選2013 参院選 選挙" [Fukui at-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

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