Shizuoka at-large district

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

Outline

The constituency represents the entire population of Shizuoka Prefecture. Since its inception in 1947, the district has elected four Councillors to six-year terms, two at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 3,052,579 registered voters as of September 2015.[1] The Councillors currently representing Shizuoka are:

Elected Councillors

Class of 1947 election year Class of 1950
(3-year term in 1947)
Toyohisa Morita[6]
(Liberal)
Kaichi Kawakami
(Centrist)[note 1]
1947 Yahachi Kawai
(Ryokufūkai)[note 2]
Ichizo Hiraoka[note 3]
(Liberal)
1950
1952 by-election[note 4] Tadaatsu Ishiguro
(Ryokufūkai)
Takeji Kobayashi
(LDP)[note 5]
1953
1956 Manpei Suzuki
(LDP)
Chuji Matsunaga
(Social Democratic)
Masataka Ota
(LDP)
1959
1962 Yuko Kurihara[note 6]
(LDP)
Chuji Matsunaga
(Social Democratic)
1965
1968 Keisaburo Yamamoto
(LDP)
Shizu Kawanobe
(LDP)
1971
1972 by-election[note 7] Toshio Saito (LDP)
1974 Shinya Tozuka[note 8]
(LDP)
Shinji Aoki
(Social Democratic)
Buichi Katsumata
(Social Democratic)
Hiroshi Kumagai
(LDP)
1977
1980
Shizuma Kojima
(LDP)
Yutaka Takeyama
(LDP)
1983
1983 by-election[note 9] Sakae Fujita (LDP)
1986 Kazuhito Kimiya
(LDP)
Kijun Sakurai
(Social Democratic)[note 10]
1989
1992
Masataka Suzuki
(New Frontier)
1995
1998 Yoshihiko Yamashita
(LDP)
Toru Unno
(Ind.)[note 11]
Kazuya Shimba
(DPJ)
2001
2004[10] Yukiko Sakamoto[note 12]
(LDP)
Yuji Fujimoto
(DPJ)
Takao Makino
(LDP)
2007[11]
2009 by-election[note 13] Hirokazu Tsuchida (DPJ)
2010[12] Shigeki Iwai
(LDP)
2013[13]
  1. Later joined Ryokufūkai[7]
  2. First elected as an independent.
  3. Died in office 20 march 1952.[8]
  4. Held 6 May 1952[9]
  5. First elected as an independent.
  6. Resigned 13 November 1972 to contest the December general election for the House of Representatives[7][9]
  7. Held 10 December 1972[9]
  8. Resigned 18 November 1983 to contest the December general election for the House of Representatives[8][9]
  9. Held 18 December 1983[9]
  10. Sakurai nominated to contest the election as a Social Democratic candidate. During the campaign he was involved in an incident that saw the party withdraw their support for him, plus he ceased his own campaign activities. Despite this, he was elected officially as an independent candidate. He rejoined the party after the election.
  11. Was endorsed by the Democratic Party in the election and joined the party the following year.
  12. Resigned 17 June 2009 to contest the Shizuoka gubernatorial election.
  13. Held 25 October 2009

Election results

2013[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Takao Makino (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by Komeito)
634,789 41.5
Democratic Kazuya Shimba (Incumbent) 458,095 30.0
Your Yukiko Suzuki 187,055 12.2
Restoration Hiryu Mochizuki 119,109 7.8
Communist Daisuke Mori 115,411 7.6
Happiness Realization Yuta Nakano 13,692 0.9
Turnout
2010[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Shigeki Iwai 554,459 32.3
Democratic Yuji Fujimoto (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by People's New Party)
485,507 28.2
Your Junichi Kawai 359,983 20.9
Democratic Naoko Nakamoto
(Endorsed by People's New Party)
206,870 12.0
Communist Hiromi Watanabe 94,416 5.5
Happiness Realization Yuta Nakano 17,633 1.0
Turnout
2009 by-election[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Hirokazu Tsuchida
(Endorsed by People's New Party)
567,374 52.4
Liberal Democratic Shigeki Iwai 404,763 37.4
Communist Takashige Hiraga 97,631 9.0
Happiness Realization Hissho Yanai 12,106 1.1
Turnout 1,097,330 35.64 22.77
2007[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kazuya Shimba (Incumbent) 823,184 47.1
Liberal Democratic Takao Makino
(Endorsed by Komeito)
549,375 31.4
Independent Ichi Kibe 150,306 8.6
Communist Takashige Hiraga 137,627 7.9
Independent Hirokazu Tsuchida 86,354 4.9
Turnout 58.41[14]
2004[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Yukiko Sakamoto
(endorsed by Komeito)
501,618 29.3
Democratic Yuji Fujimoto 369,573 21.6
Democratic Toru Unno (Incumbent) 361,938 21.2
Liberal Democratic Yoshihiko Yamashita (Incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito)
343,368 20.1
Communist Yukihiro Shimazu 132,972 7.8
Turnout

See also

References

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