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Chiba at-large district
千葉県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Councillors
PrefectureChiba
Electorate5,279,312 (as of September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1947
Seats6
CouncillorsClass of 2019:
  •   Junichi Ishii (LDP)
  •   Hiroyuki Nagahama (CDP)
  •   Toshiro Toyota (LDP)

Class of 2022:

The Chiba at-large district (Japanese: 千葉県選挙区, Hepburn: Chiba-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Chiba Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has six Councillors in the 242-member house.

Outline

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The constituency represents the entire population of Chiba Prefecture. The district elects six Councillors to six-year terms, two sets of three each at alternating elections held every three years. Prior to the 2007 election the district elected four Councilors in two sets of two. The district has 5,092,741 registered voters as of September 2015.[2] The Councillors currently representing Chiba are:

Elected Councillors

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Class of 1947 election year Class of 1950
(3-year term in 1947)
- Akira Ono
(Ind.)[note 1] 		Hisashi Yamazaki
(Ind.)[note 2] 		1947 Yoshiaki Tamaya
(Liberal) 		Ichiro Asai
(Democratic) 		-
1950 Kinsuke Kanō
(Liberal)[note 3] 		Toshizō Tsuchiya[note 4]
(Liberal)
1950 by-election[note 5] Fumie Kataoka
(Social Democratic)
Kan Kase
(Ind.)[note 6] 		Tamenosuke Kawaguchi
(Liberal) 		1953
1954 by-election[note 7] Shigejiro Inō
(Liberal)
1956 Shigejirō Inō[note 8]
(LDP)
Kan Kase
(Social Democratic) 		Kyūtarō Ozawa[note 9]
(LDP) 		1959
1960 by-election[note 10] Yoshio Kijima
(LDP)
1962 Akio Yanaoka
(Social Democratic)
1965
Gisaku Sugeno[note 11]
(LDP) 		1967 by-election[note 12]
1968 Ichitaro Watanabe
(LDP)
1971
1974 Takayoshi Takahashi
(LDP) 		Misao Akagiri
(Social Democratic)
1977
1980 Yutaka Inoue[note 13]
(LDP)
Sōichi Usui
(LDP) 		1981 by-election[note 14]
Yaeko Itohisa
(Social Democratic) 		Hiroyuki Kurata
(LDP) 		1983
1986
1989
1992
Ryōzō Iwase
(New Frontier) 		1995
1998 Wakako Hironaka
(Ind.)[note 15]
Akira Imaizumi
(DPJ) 		2001
2002 by-election[note 16] Kazuyasu Shiina
(LDP)
2004[13] Wakako Hironaka
(DPJ)
Ken Kagaya
(DPJ) 		Hiroyuki Nagahama
(DPJ) 		Junichi Ishii
(LDP) 		2007[14]
2010[15] Hiroyuki Konishi
(DPJ) 		Kuniko Inoguchi
(LDP) 		Kenichi Mizuno
(Your Party)
Junichi Ishii
(LDP) 		Toshirō Toyoda
(LDP) 		Hiroyuki Nagahama
(DPJ) 		2013[16]
2016[17] Kuniko Inoguchi
(LDP) 		Taichirō Motoe
(LDP) 		Hiroyuki Konishi
(DPJ)
Hiroyuki Nagahama
(CDP) 		Toshirō Toyoda
(LDP) 		2019[18]
2022[19] Shoichi Usui
(LDP) 		Kuniko Inoguchi
(LDP) 		Hiroyuki Konishi
(CDP)
  1. ^ Later joined Ryokufūkai[9]
  2. ^ Later joined Kaishintō[10]
  3. ^ Died in office 5 December 1953[9]
  4. ^ Died in office 6 November 1950[11]
  5. ^ Held 13 December 1950[9]
  6. ^ Joined the Leftist Socialist Party then the Social Democratic Party during his first term
  7. ^ Held 20 January 1954[9]
  8. ^ Resigned 27 October 1960[9]
  9. ^ Died in office 18 September 1967[9]
  10. ^ Held 1 December 1960[9]
  11. ^ Died in office 25 January 1981[9]
  12. ^ Held 5 November 1967[9]
  13. ^ Resigned 8 May 2002[9]
  14. ^ Held 8 March 1981[9]
  15. ^ Joined the DPJ after the election
  16. ^ Held 27 October 2002[12]

Election results

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2022[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
LDP Shoichi Usui
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		656,952 25.85
LDP Kuniko Inoguchi
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		587,809 23.13
CDP Hiroyuki Konishi
(Endorsed by the SDP's Chiba branch) 		473,175 18.62
Ishin Masato Sano 251,416 9.89
JCP Kazuko Saito 194,475 7.65
Democratic Party for the People Hirokazu Isobe 161,648 6.36
Sanseitō Ryota Shiina 86,147 3.39
Anti-NHK Noriko Nakamura 28,295
Happiness Realization Hiroko Nanami 22,834 0.9
Liberal Republican Party Sakurako Uda 18,791 0.74
New Party Kunimori Mari Azusa 18,329 0.72
Anti-NHK Nobuhiro Watanabe 17,511 0.69
Anti-NHK Ryo Sudara 13,016 0.51
Japan First Megumi Kiuchi 10,922 0.43
Turnout 2,705,602 50.01
Total valid votes 2,607,139# 96.36
Rejected ballots 98,463 3.64
LDP hold
LDP hold
CDP gain from Democratic
2019[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
LDP Kuniko Inoguchi
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		698,993 30.54
CDP Hiroyuki Nagahama
(Endorsed by the DPP and the SDP) 		661,224 28.89
LDP Toshiro Toyoda
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		436,182 19.06
JCP Fumiko Asano 359,854 15.72
Anti-NHK Masayuki Hiratsuka 89,941 3.93
Euthanasia Party Masanori Kadota 42,643 1.86
Turnout 2,374,919 45.28
Total valid votes 2,288,837 96.37
Rejected ballots 86,082 3.63
LDP hold
CDP gain from LDP
LDP gain from Democratic
2016[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
LDP Kuniko Inoguchi 760,093 29.15
LDP Taichirō Motoe 577,392 22.15
Democratic Hiroyuki Konishi 472,219 18.11
JCP Fumiko Asano 359,854 15.72
Democratic Kenichi Mizuno 314,670 12.07
Independent Masao Takahashi 57,329 2.20
Japanese Kokoro Naritomo Katori 50,098 1.92
Happiness Realization Yuzo Furukawa 23,777 0.91
Registered electors 5,201,477
Turnout 2,705,602 52.02
Total valid votes 2,607,139 96.36
Rejected ballots 98,463 3.64
LDP gain from Democratic
LDP hold
Democratic gain from Your
2013[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
LDP Junichi Ishii
(endorsed by Komeito) 		680,706 28.5
LDP Toshiro Toyoda
(endorsed by Komeito) 		418,806 17.5
Democratic Hiroyuki Nagahama 388,529 16.3
Your Masahiro Terada 285,007 11.9
JCP Satoshi Terao 232,477 9.7
Restoration Hiroki Hanazaki 186,259 7.8
People's Life Kazumi Ota 148,240 6.2
Ishin Seito Shimpu Yuichi Watanabe 39,147 1.6
Happiness Realization Hironori Matsushima 9,227 0.4
Turnout
2010[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hiroyuki Konishi
(endorsed by People's New Party) 		35,632 20.2
LDP Kuniko Inoguchi 513,772 19.3
Your Kenichi Mizuko 476,259 17.9
Democratic Ayumi Michi 463,648 17.4
LDP Kazuyasu Shiina 395,746 14.9
JCP Kazuko Saito 163,803 6.2
New Renaissance Hisashi Koga 66,384 2.5
Sunrise Satoshi Shimizu 29,926 1.1
Happiness Realization Masahiko Makino 12,669 0.5
Turnout
2007[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hiroyuki Nagahama 666,241 25.2
LDP Junichi Ishii
(endorsed by Komeito) 		541,701 20.5
Democratic Ken Kagaya 477,402 18.1
LDP Takaki Shirasuka
(endorsed by Komeito) 		387,395 14.7
JCP Fumiko Asano 214,991 8.1
Independent Susumu Honma 130,364 4.9
Social Democratic Kazumi Aoki 124,113 4.7
People's New Michiko Iwabuchi 99,316 3.8
Turnout
2004[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wakako Hironaka 1,187,663 49.1
LDP Kazuyasu Shiina
(endorsed by Komeito) 		944,231 39.0
JCP Fumiko Asano 288,072 11.9
Turnout
2002 By-Election[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
LDP Kazuyasu Shiina 509,688 45.1
Clean Chiba Political Roundtable Yasuhito Wakai 422,185 37.4
JCP Fumiko Asano 197,699 17.5
Turnout 39.61

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "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 April 2016.
  3. ^ "猪口　邦子（いのぐち　くにこ）：参議院" [Inoguchi, Kuniko: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  4. ^ "小西　洋之（こにし　ひろゆき）：参議院" [Konishi, Hiroyuki: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  5. ^ "水野　賢一（みずの　けんいち）：参議院" [Mizuno, Kenichi: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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  10. ^ "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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  12. ^ a b Satō, Yoshi (令) (December 2005). "Post-War By-Elections" (PDF) (in Japanese). national Diet Library. p. 92. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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  15. ^ a b "選挙区　千葉県 開票結果 参院選2010 参院選 選挙" [Chiba At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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  18. ^ a b "House of Councilors election 2019 Cho". 読売新聞オンライン (in Japanese). 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  19. ^ a b "Chiba House of Councilors Election 2022 - Election News/Vote Counting Results". 読売新聞オンライン (in Japanese). 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2023-10-31.

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