Saga at-large district
The Saga at-large district (Japanese: 佐賀県選挙区, Hepburn: Saga-ken Senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Saga 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 679,289 registered voters as of September 2015.[1]
The Councillors currently representing Saga are:
- Takamaro Fukuoka (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)), elected to his first term in 2010, which will end in 2016. Previously served one term in the House of Representatives representing the Saga 1st district.
- Yuhei Yamashita (LDP); elected to his first term in 2013, which will end in 2019.
Elected Councillors
| class of 1947 | election year | class of 1950 |
|---|---|---|
| (1947: 6-year term) | (1947: 3-year term) | |
| Eizaemon Fukagawa (Democratic) |
1947 | Masaki Imaizumi (JLP) |
| 1950 | Arata Sugihara (Liberal) | |
| Heiichi Matsuoka (Liberal) | 1953 | |
| 1956 | Arata Sugihara (Ind.) | |
| Naotsugu Mabeshima (LDP)[note 1] |
1959 | |
| 1962 | Arata Sugihara (LDP) | |
| 1965 | ||
| 1968 | ||
| 1971 | ||
| 1974 | Hidemaro Fukuoka (LDP) | |
| 1977 | ||
| 1980 | ||
| Kenichiro Otsubo (LDP)[note 2] |
1982 by-election[note 3] | |
| 1983 | ||
| 1986 | Seijiro Otsuka (LDP)[note 4] | |
| Makoto Miike (LDP)[note 5] |
1986 by-election[note 6] | |
| Takao Jinnouchi (LDP) |
1988 by-election[note 7] | |
| 1989 | ||
| 1992 | ||
| 1995 | ||
| 1995 by-election[note 8] | Hiromi Iwanaga (LDP) | |
| 1998 | ||
| 2001 | ||
| 2004[7] | ||
| Minoru Kawasaki (DPJ) | 2007[8] | |
| 2010[9] | Takamaro Fukuoka (LDP) | |
| Yuhei Yamashita (LDP) |
2013[10] |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Yuhei Yamashita (endorsed by Komeito) |
223,810 | 64.6 | ||
| Democratic | Kazunori Aoki | 83,447 | 24.1 | ||
| Communist | Yasutoshi Kamimura | 30,920 | 8.9 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Toru Nakshima | 8,067 | 2.3 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Takamaro Fukuoka | 256,673 | 60.5 | ||
| Democratic | Michiko Kakki (Endorsed by People's New Party) |
143,540 | 33.8 | ||
| Communist | Katsuhiro Yamaguchi | 23,974 | 5.7 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Minoru Kawasaki (Endorsed by People's New Party) |
210,452 | 49.6 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshiyuki Kawakami (Endorsed by Komeito) |
189,212 | 44.6 | ||
| Communist | Junko Nakao | 25,028 | 5.9 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Hiromi Iwanaga (Endorsed by Komeito) |
197,100 | 47.7 | ||
| Democratic | Minoru Kawasaki | 177,139 | 42.9 | ||
| Communist | Akemi Muto | 39,101 | 9.5 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
See also
Saga Prefecture districts for the House of Representatives:
- Saga 1st district
- Saga 2nd district
- Saga 3rd district
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 11 March 2016.
- "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.
- "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.
- "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- "歴代参議院議員一覧" [List of Former House of Councillors Members] (PDF) (in Japanese). 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- "歴代参議院議員一覧" [List of Former House of Councillors Members] (PDF) (in Japanese). 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- "選挙区開票結果 <佐賀県>" [District election results, (Saga Prefecture)] (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- "選挙区 佐賀県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Saga At-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- "選挙区 佐賀 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2010" [Saga At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- "選挙区 佐賀 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2013" [Saga At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
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