Yamagata at-large district
The Yamagata at-large district (Japanese: 山形県選挙区 Hepburn: Yamagata-ken Senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Yamagata 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 937,920 registered voters as of September 2015.[1]
The Councillors currently representing Yamagata are:
- Koichi Kishi (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)); a Councillor since 1998, was elected to his third term in 2010, which will end in 2016.
- Mizuho Onuma (LDP); elected to her 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) | |
Shigeyasu Kosugi (Ind.) |
1947 | Rokurōbē Ogata (Ind.) |
1950 | Mataji Kobayashi (Social Democratic) | |
Saburo Unno (Right Socialist) |
1953 | |
1956 | Yasusuke Matsuzawa (Social Democratic)[note 1] | |
Michio Murayama (LDP) |
1959 | |
1959 by-el.[note 2] | Isami Shirai (LDP) | |
1962 | ||
Gorō Itō (LDP) |
1965 | |
1968 | ||
1971 | ||
1974 | Tōkichi Abiko (LDP) | |
Keigi Furuya (LDP) |
1977 | |
1980 | ||
1983 | ||
1986 | Teibin Suzuki (LDP) | |
Yasumatsu Hoshikawa (Rengō no Kai) |
1989 | |
1992 | ||
Masatoshi Abe (Ind.) |
1995 | |
1998 | Koichi Kishi (LDP) | |
Masatoshi Abe (LDP) |
2001 | |
2004 | ||
Yasue Funayama (DPJ) | 2007[4] | |
2010[5] | ||
Mizuho Onuma (LDP) |
2013[6] |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic | Mizuho Onuma (endorsed by Komeito) |
272,779 | 48.2 | ||
Green Wind | Yasue Funayama (Endorsed by SDP) |
252,040 | 44.6 | ||
Communist | Toshio Ota | 33,718 | 6.0 | ||
Happiness Realization | Ryota Shirotori | 7,193 | 1.3 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic | Koichi Kishi | 263,987 | 43.6 | ||
Democratic | Yosei Umetsu (Endorsed by People's New Party) |
222,942 | 36.8 | ||
Your | Hiroaki Kawano | 88,238 | 14.6 | ||
Communist | Toshio Ota | 30,348 | 5.0 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Yasue Funayama (Endorsed by People's New Party) |
371,071 | 57.3 | ||
Liberal Democratic | Mieko Shinohara (Endorsed by Komeito) |
238,515 | 36.8 | ||
Communist | Masayuki Sato | 38,008 | 5.9 | ||
Turnout | |||||
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 8 March 2016.
- ↑ "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ↑ "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- 1 2 "選挙区 山形県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Yamagata At-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- 1 2 "選挙区 山形 選挙結果 参議院選挙(参院選)2010" [Yamagata At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- 1 2 "選挙区 山形 選挙結果 参議院選挙(参院選)2013" [Yamagata At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
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