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Shizuoka at-large district

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Shizuoka at-large district
静岡県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Councillors
PrefectureShizuoka
Electorate3,016,115 (as of September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1947
Seats4
CouncillorsClass of 2019:
  •   Takao Makino (LDP)
  •   Kazuya Shimba (DPP)

Class of 2022:

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

Outline

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The constituency represents the entire population of Shizuoka Prefecture. Since its inception in 1947, the district has elected four Councillors to six-year terms, two at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 3,052,579 registered voters as of September 2015.[2] The Councillors currently representing Shizuoka are:

Elected Councillors

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Class of 1947 election year Class of 1950
(3-year term in 1947)
Toyohisa Morita [ja][7]
(Liberal) 		Kaichi Kawakami [ja]
(Centrist)[note 1] 		1947 Yahachi Kawai [ja]
(Ryokufūkai)[note 2] 		Ichizo Hiraoka [ja][note 3]
(Liberal)
1950
1952 by-election[note 4] Tadaatsu Ishiguro
(Ryokufūkai)
Takeji Kobayashi [ja]
(LDP)[note 5] 		1953
1956 Manpei Suzuki [ja]
(LDP) 		Chuji Matsunaga [ja]
(Social Democratic)
Masataka Ota [ja]
(LDP) 		1959
1962 Yuko Kurihara [ja][note 6]
(LDP)
Chuji Matsunaga
(Social Democratic) 		1965
1968 Keisaburo Yamamoto [ja]
(LDP)
Shizu Kawanobe [ja]
(LDP) 		1971
1972 by-election[note 7] Toshio Saito [ja] (LDP)
1974 Shinya Tozuka [ja][note 8]
(LDP) 		Shinji Aoki [ja]
(Social Democratic)
Buichi Katsumata [ja]
(Social Democratic) 		Hiroshi Kumagai [ja]
(LDP) 		1977
1980
Shizuma Kojima [ja]
(LDP) 		Yutaka Takeyama [ja]
(LDP) 		1983
1983 by-election[note 9] Sakae Fujita [ja] (LDP)
1986 Kazuhito Kimiya [ja]
(LDP)
Kijun Sakurai [ja]
(Social Democratic)[note 10] 		1989
1992
Masataka Suzuki [ja]
(New Frontier) 		1995
1998 Yoshihiko Yamashita [ja]
(LDP) 		Toru Unno [ja]
(Ind.)[note 11]
Kazuya Shimba
(DPJ) 		2001
2004[11] Yukiko Sakamoto[note 12]
(LDP) 		Yuji Fujimoto
(DPJ)
Takao Makino
(LDP) 		2007[12]
2009 by-election[note 13] Hirokazu Tsuchida [ja] (DPJ)
2010[13] Shigeki Iwai
(LDP)
2013[14]
  1. ^ Later joined Ryokufūkai[8]
  2. ^ First elected as an independent.
  3. ^ Died in office 20 march 1952.[9]
  4. ^ Held 6 May 1952[10]
  5. ^ First elected as an independent.
  6. ^ Resigned 13 November 1972 to contest the December general election for the House of Representatives[8][10]
  7. ^ Held 10 December 1972[10]
  8. ^ Resigned 18 November 1983 to contest the December general election for the House of Representatives[9][10]
  9. ^ Held 18 December 1983[10]
  10. ^ Sakurai nominated to contest the election as a Social Democratic candidate. During the campaign he was involved in an incident that saw the party withdraw their support for him, plus he ceased his own campaign activities. Despite this, he was elected officially as an independent candidate. He rejoined the party after the election.
  11. ^ Was endorsed by the Democratic Party in the election and joined the party the following year.
  12. ^ Resigned 17 June 2009 to contest the Shizuoka gubernatorial election.
  13. ^ Held 25 October 2009

Election results

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2016[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shigeki Iwai (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		747,410 44.3
Democratic Sachiko Hirayama (Endorsed by Social Democratic Party) 691,687 41.0
JCP Chika Suzuki 172,382 10.2
Independent Sotaro Otake 54,412 3.2
Happiness Realization Toshimitsu Egashira 23,021 1.4
Turnout 1,688,912 55.76
2013[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Takao Makino (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		634,789 41.5
Democratic Kazuya Shimba (Incumbent) 458,095 30.0
Your Yukiko Suzuki 187,055 12.2
Restoration Hiryu Mochizuki 119,109 7.8
JCP Daisuke Mori 115,411 7.6
Happiness Realization Yuta Nakano 13,692 0.9
Turnout
2010[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shigeki Iwai 554,459 32.3
Democratic Yuji Fujimoto (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by People's New Party) 		485,507 28.2
Your Junichi Kawai 359,983 20.9
Democratic Naoko Nakamoto
(Endorsed by People's New Party) 		206,870 12.0
JCP Hiromi Watanabe 94,416 5.5
Happiness Realization Yuta Nakano 17,633 1.0
Turnout
2009 by-election[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Hirokazu Tsuchida [ja]
(Endorsed by People's New Party) 		567,374 52.4
LDP Shigeki Iwai 404,763 37.4
JCP Takashige Hiraga [ja] 97,631 9.0
Happiness Realization Hissho Yanai 12,106 1.1
Turnout 1,097,330 35.64 −22.77
2007[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kazuya Shimba (Incumbent) 823,184 47.1
LDP Takao Makino
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		549,375 31.4
Independent Ichi Kibe 150,306 8.6
JCP Takashige Hiraga [ja] 137,627 7.9
Independent Hirokazu Tsuchida [ja] 86,354 4.9
Turnout 58.41[16]
2004[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Yukiko Sakamoto
(endorsed by Komeito) 		501,618 29.3
Democratic Yuji Fujimoto 369,573 21.6
Democratic Toru Unno [ja] (Incumbent) 361,938 21.2
LDP Yoshihiko Yamashita [ja] (Incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito) 		343,368 20.1
JCP Yukihiro Shimazu [ja] 132,972 7.8
Turnout

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "総務省｜令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  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). 28 December 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ^ "藤本　祐司（ふじもと　ゆうじ）：参議院" [Fujimoto, Yuji: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 13 June 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. ^ "岩井　茂樹（いわい　しげき）：参議院" [Iwai, Shigeki: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  5. ^ "牧野　たかお（まきの　たかお）：参議院" [Makino, Takao: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  6. ^ "榛葉　賀津也（しんば　かづや）：参議院" [Shimba, Kazuya: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  7. ^ "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  8. ^ a b "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  9. ^ a b "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  10. ^ a b c d e Satō, Yoshi (令) (December 2005). "Post-War By-Elections" (PDF) (in Japanese). National Diet Library. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  11. ^ a b "選挙区開票結果　<静岡県>" [District results (Shizuoka)]. Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  12. ^ a b "選挙区　静岡県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Shizuoka at-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  13. ^ a b "選挙区　静岡県 開票結果 参院選2010 参院選 選挙" [Shizuoka at-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  14. ^ a b "選挙区　静岡県 開票結果 参院選2013 参院選 選挙" [Shizuoka at-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  15. ^  "静岡県／参議院議員通常選挙開票状況（平成28年7月10日執行）". Shizuoka Prefectural Election Management Committee. July 10, 2018. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  16. ^ a b "参議院静岡県選挙区選出議員 補欠選挙結果調" [House of Councillors Shizuoka at-large district Councillor by-election results] (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

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