Aomori at-large district

The Aomori at-large district (Japanese: 青森県選挙区, Hepburn: Aomori-ken Senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Aomori 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 1,122,948 registered voters as of September 2015.[1]

The Councillors currently representing Aomori are:

  • Masayo Tanabu (Democratic Party (DP)); elected for the first time in 2016, and her current term will end in 2022.
  • Motome Takisawa (LDP); elected to his first term in 2013, reelected in 2019 and his current term will end in 2025.

Elected Councillors
class of 1947 election year class of 1950
(1947: 6-year term) (1947: 3-year term)
Naotake Satō
(Ind.)		 1947 Zenjirō Hirano
(Democratic)
1950 Tetsuo Kudō
(Liberal)
Naotake Satō
(Ryokufūkai)		 1953
1953 by-el. Junzo Sasamori
(Progressive)
1956 Junzo Sasamori
(LDP)
1959
1962
Bunji Tsushima
(LDP)		 1965
1968 Tatsuo Yamazaki
(Ind.)
1971
Iwazo Terashita
(LDP)		 1973 by-el.
1974 Tatsuo Yamazaki
(LDP)
1977
Kanpei Matsuo
(LDP)		 1980 by-el.
1980
1983
1986 Tatsuo Yamazaki
(Ind.)
Takao Mikami
(Ind.)		 1989
1991 by-el. Kanpei Matsuo
(Liberal National Congress)
1992 Kanpei Matsuo
(LDP)
Tsutomu Yamazaki
(New Frontier)		 1995
1998 Masami Tanabu
(Ind.)
Tsutomu Yamazaki
(LDP)		 2001
2004 Masami Tanabu
(DPJ)
Kōji Hirayama
(DPJ)		 2007
2010[2] Tsutomu Yamazaki
(LDP)
Motome Takisawa
(LDP)		 2013[3]
2016[4] Masayo Tanabu
(DP)
2019[5]

    Election results
    2019[5]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Liberal Democratic Motome Takisawa 239,757 51.5 +0.2
    CDP Satoru Odagiri 206,582 44.4 -
    The Party to Protect the People from NHK Hinako Koyama 19,310 4.1 -
    Turnout 1,109,104 42,94%55,31% -12.37%
    2016[4]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Democratic Masayo Tanabu 302,867 49.2 -
    Liberal Democratic Tsutomu Yamazaki 294,815 47.9 -
    Happiness Realization Yuuki Mikuni 18,071 2.9 -
    Turnout 1,140,629 55,31%
    2013[3]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Liberal Democratic Motome Takisawa
    (endorsed by Komeito)    		 261,575 51.3
    People's Life Kōji Hirayama
    (endorsed by Social Democratic Party, Green Wind)    		 76,432 15.0
    Your Rina Hatano 63,528 12.5
    Independent Shin Kudo
    (endorsed by Democratic Party)    		 53,062 10.4
    Communist Yo Yoshimata 48,290 9.5
    Happiness Realization Akihiro Ishita 6,659 1.3
    Turnout
    2010[2]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Liberal Democratic Tsutomu Yamazaki 287,385 46.8
    Democratic Rina Hatano
    (Endorsed by People's New Party)    		 222,875 36.3
    Sunrise Sekio Masuta 49,102 8.0
    Communist Yo Yoshimata 31,040 5.1
    Social Democratic Kiyohiko Yamada 23,803 3.9
    Turnout


    See also

    References
    • "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
    • "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
    • "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

    Footnotes
    1. As of 2 September 2015. "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 1 March 2016.
    2. "選挙区 青森 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2010" [Aomori At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
    3. "選挙区 青森 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2013" [Aomori At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
    4. "2016参院選 | 参議院選挙 | 選挙アーカイブス | Nhk選挙Web". NHK. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
    5. "青森 選挙区 | 参院選 2019 | Nhk選挙Web". NHK. Retrieved 25 September 2019.

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