Tochigi at-large district

Tochigi At-Large District (栃木県選挙区, Tochigi-ken Senkyoku) is a multi-member district of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It consists of Tochigi Prefecture and elects two Councillors, one per election.

Tochigi At-Large District
栃木県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Councillors
PrefectureTochigi
National BlockNational PR
Electorate1,621,403
(as of 1 September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1947
SeatsTwo
PartyLDP (Classes of 2019 & 2022)
CouncillorsKatsunori Takahashi (2019)
Michiko Ueno (2022)

Between 1947 and 2007 Tochigi was represented by four councillors, elected two at a time by single non-transferable vote. Like many two-member districts Tochigi often split seats between the two major postwar parties: the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Japan Socialist Party (JSP). In the 1965 election, left-wing Socialist incumbent Takeshi Tokano finished only third behind two LDP candidates while another Socialist candidate, Takashi Hagiwara, received almost as many votes as Tokano. In 1968, the LDP could repeat this success against incumbent Socialist Seiichi Inaba who finished only fourth behind Tokano, this time running as an independent. In the following election of 1971 Tokano returned as a Socialist candidate to his seat with the highest vote; and Seiichi Inaba became a Socialist Member of the House of Representatives where he was a member of the sp cial committee investigating the Lockheed scandal.

In the election of 1974, two independents, one DSP and one Kōmeitō candidate joined the traditional field of LDP, JSP and JCP candidates. Turnout jumped to 74% and independent Takaji Ōshima beat out LDP incumbent Yano for second place, but subsequently joined the LDP himself. Six years later, the leftist vote was still split among one Socialist, one Democratic Socialist and one Communist while there were only two LDP candidates on the conservative side: Once again, the party gained two Tochigi seats in one election. They held onto those seats until the 1990s when the declining JSP collapsed during the party's participation in a LDP government and was ultimately replaced by the Democratic Party of Japan as the largest opposition party.

Current Councillors

Since the 2010 House of Councillors election, the district has been represented in the House of Councillors by 2 Councillors, with one Councillor being up for election every 3 years

As of 23 January 2023, the Councillors currently representing this district are as follows:

Since the 2013 House of Councillors election, the district has only been represented by members of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Elected Councillors
class of 1947 election year class of 1950
#1
(1947: #1, 6-year term)		 #2
(1947: #2, 6-year term)		 #1
(1947: #3, 3-year term)		 #2
(1947: #4, 3-year term)
Sadakichi Ōshima
(DP)		 Shōzaburō Iwasaki
(JSP)		 1947[2] Risuke Tonooka
(DP)		 Haruhiko Uetake
(Indep.)
1947 by-el.[3] Kikuji Okada
(DP)
1950[4] Sukeji Sōma
(JSP)		 Haruhiko Uetake
(LP)
Takeshi Tokano
(JSP, left)		 Seiichirō Satō
(Yoshida LP)		 1953[5]
1956[6] Haruhiko Uetake
(LDP)
Takeshi Tokano
(JSP)		 Michio Yuzawa
(LDP)		 1959[7]
1962[8] Haruhiko Uetake
(LDP)		 Seiichi Inaba
(JSP)
Tokuya Tsuboyama
(LDP)		 1963 by-el.[9]
Yuzuru Funada
(LDP)		 Kensaku Tamura
(LDP)		 1965[10]
1968[11] Noboru Yano
(LDP)
Takeshi Tokano
(JSP)		 Yuzuru Funada
(LDP)		 1971[12]
1974[13] Takashi Ōtsuka
(JSP)		 Tomoji Ōshima
(Indep.)
Noboru Yano
(LDP)		 1974 by-el.[14]
Junzō Iwasaki
(LDP)		 Takeshi Tokano
(JSP)		 1977[15]
1980[16] Mayumi Moriyama
(LDP)		 Tomoji Ōshima
(LDP)
Yūbun Ueno
(JSP)		 1983 by-el.[17]
Yūbun Ueno
(JSP)		 Junzō Iwasaki
(LDP)		 1983[18]
1986[19]
1989[20]
1992[21] Tetsurō Yano
(LDP)
Junzō Iwasaki
(LDP)		 Masayuki Kunii
(DRP)		 1995[22]
1996 by-el.[23] Itten Kamiyoshihara
(LDP)
1998[24] Susumu Yanase
(DPJ)
Masayuki Kunii
(LDP)		 Hiroyuki Tani
(DPJ)		 2001[25]
2004[26]
Hiroyuki Tani
(DPJ)		 – 2007[27]
2010[28] Michiko Ueno
(LDP)		 –
Katsunori Takahashi
(LDP)		 2013[29]
2016[30]
2019[31]
2022[32]


Election Results

Elections in the 2020s
2022[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Michiko Ueno (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		414,456 56.2 Decrease2.7
CDP Kyo Itakura 127,628 17.3 New
Innovation Hiromi Okubo 100,529 13.6 New
Communist Keiko Okamura 44,310 6.0 New
Sanseitō Hirosato Okuma 30,864 4.2 New
Anti-NHK Masako Takahashi 19,090 2.6 New
Registered electors 1,620,720
Majority 286,828 38.9
Turnout 761,414 47.0 Decrease4.4
Liberal Democratic hold Swing

Elections in the 2010s
2019[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Katsunori Takahashi (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		373,099 53.5 Decrease5.4
CDP Kato Chiho
(Endorsed by the DPP, SDP and the JCP)		 285,681 41.0 New
Anti-NHK Norimitsu Machida 38,508 5.5 New
Registered electors 1,634,678
Majority 87,418 12.5 Decrease9.8
Turnout 721,383 44.1 Decrease5.6
Liberal Democratic hold Swing
2016[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Michiko Ueno (Incumbent) 484,300 58.9 Increase22.7
Independent Takao Tanobe
(Endorsed by the DPJ, JCP, SDP and the Liberal Party)		 314,401 38.3 New
Happiness Realization Misaki Akemi 23,262 2.8 New
Registered electors 1,653,308
Majority 169,899 20.6 Increase20.0
Turnout 849,470 51.4 Decrease5.2
Liberal Democratic hold Swing


2013[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Katsunori Takahashi 376,553 48.1 Increase6.7
Your Tomoki Oki 201,895 25.8 New
Democratic Hiroyuki Tani (Incumbent) 158,577 20.3 Decrease33.6
Communist Kazunori Koike 41,351 5.3 Increase0.6
Happiness Realization Mitsuharu Suhiura 4,371 0.6 New
Registered electors 1,625,367
Majority 174,658 22.3
Turnout 807,645 49.7 Decrease7.0
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic Swing
2010[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Michiko Ueno 324,790 36.2 Decrease5.9
Democratic Susumu Yanase (Incumbent) 319,898 35.6 Decrease13.6
Your Daiki Araki 224,529 25.0 New
Communist Kazunori Koike 28,617 3.2 Decrease5.5
Registered electors 1,630,549
Majority 4,892 1.6 New
Turnout 922,728 56.6 Increase5.6
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic Swing
Liberal Democratic loss (seat eliminated)

Elections in the 2000s
2007[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Hiroyuki Tani (Incumbent) 484,900 53.9 Increase25.9
Liberal Democratic Masayuki Kuni (Incumbent) 372,930 41.4 Increase2.8
Communist Kazunori Koike 42,335 4.7 Decrease0.8
Registered electors 1,624,325
Majority 111,970 12.5 Increase1.9
Turnout 920,343 56.7 Increase2.8
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic Swing
Democratic loss (seat eliminated)
2004[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Susumu Yanase (Incumbent) 388,356 49.2 Increase9.5
Liberal Democratic Tetsuro Yano (Incumbent) 332,513 42.1 Increase17.4
Communist Setsuko Nomura 69,044 8.7 Increase0.4
Registered electors 1,605,279
Turnout 818,532 51.0 Unknown
Democratic hold Swing
Liberal Democratic hold Swing
2001[33]
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Elections in the 1990s
1998[24]
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1996 by-election[23]
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1995[22]
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1992[21]
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Elections in the 1980s
1989[20]
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1986[19]
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1983[18]
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1983 by-election[17]
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1980[16]
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Elections in the 1970s
1977[15]
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1974 by-election[14]
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1974[13]
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1971[12]
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Elections in the 1960s
1968[11]
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1965[10]
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1963 by-election[9]
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1962[8]
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Elections in the 1950s
1959[7]
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1956[6]
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1953[5]
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1950[4]
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Elections in the 1940s
1947[2]
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