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:
- Mitsuhide Iwaki (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), third term; term ends in 2016)[4] Was appointed as the Minister of Justice in October 2015.[5]
- Teruhiko Mashiko (Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), second term; term ends in 2016)[6]
- Masako Mori (LDP, second term; term ends in 2019)[7]
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] | |||
- Fukushima-ken Minshu Kurabu
- Selected as first President of the House. Later joined Ryokufūkai. Died in office 14 November 1949.[8]
- Held 24 December 1949[9]
- Died in office 27 December 1950[10]
- Held 12 February 1951[8]
- Died in office 5 January 1985.[8]
- Resigned 3 August 1988[9]
- Held 17 February 1985[9]
- Resigned 21 June 1993[9]
- Held 4 September 1988[9]
- Held 18 July 1993[11]
- Resigned 23 October 2006[9]
- Held 22 April 2007[9]
Election results
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||
| 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
- List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan
- Fukushima 3rd district, one of Fukushima Prefecture's five districts in the House of Representatives
References
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