Yamanashi at-large district

The Yamanashi at-large district (Japanese: 山梨県選挙区 Hepburn: Yamanashi-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Yamanashi Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has two Councillors in the 242-member house.

Outline

The constituency represents the entire population of Yamanashi Prefecture. The district elects two Councillors to six-year terms, one at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 692,001 registered voters as of September 2015.[1] The Councillors currently representing Yamanashi are:

Elected Councillors

Class of 1947 election year Class of 1950
(3-year term in 1947)
Tsunekichi Komiyama
(Ind.)[note 1]		 1947 Shigeko Hirano
(Social Democratic)[note 2]
1950 Taichi Hirabayashi
(Ind.)[note 3]
Hisatada Hirose
(Ind.)		 1953
1956 Katsuyasu Yoshie
(LDP)[note 4]
Toshio Yasuda
(Social Democratic)		 1959
1962
Hisatada Hirose
(LDP)		 1965
1968
1970 by-election[note 5] Jūji Hoshino
(LDP)
Kiyoshi Kanzawa
(Social Democratic)		 1971
1974 Taro Nakamura
(LDP)
Keiyu Furuya
(LDP)		 1977
1980
Tetsuro Shimura
(LDP)		 1983
1986
Osamu Isomura
(Rengō no Kai)		 1989
1992 Tetsuro Shimura
(LDP)
Mahito Nakajima
(LDP)		 1995
1998 Azuma Koshiishi
(DPJ)[note 6]
2001
2004[8]
Harunobu Yonenaga
(DPJ)		 2007[9]
2010[10]
Hiroshi Moriya
(LDP)		 2013[11]
  1. ↑ Later joined the Ryokufūkai[4]
  2. ↑ Later became an independent.[5]
  3. ↑ Later joined the Liberal Democratic Party[5]
  4. ↑ Died in office 17 September 1970[6]
  5. ↑ Held 1 November 1970[7]
  6. ↑ First elected in 1998 as an independent.

Election results

2013[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democratic Hiroshi Moriya
(endorsed by Komeito)		 142,529 37.3
Independent Takehiro Sakaguchi
(endorsed by Democratic and Social Democratic parties)		 75,686 19.8
Independent Shigeki Aoki 61,834 16.2
Your Harunobu Yonenaga (incumbent) 58,750 15.4
Communist Akiko Endo 36,082 9.4
Independent Shozo Hayashi 3,969 1.0
Happiness Realization Jotaro Tanabe 3,220 0.8
Turnout
2010[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Azuma Koshiishi (Incumbent)
(endorsed by People's New Party)		 187,010 43.0
Liberal Democratic Noriko Miyagawa
(Endorsed by Sunrise Party)		 183,265 42.2
Communist Hitoshi Hanada 32,274 7.4
Independent Naoyuki Nemoto 19,390 4.5
Independent Takashi Kigawa 12,721 2.9
Turnout
2007[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Harunobu Yonenaga
(endorsed by People's New Party)		 242,586 55.3
Liberal Democratic Kaname Irikura
(endorsed by Komeito)		 162,746 37.1
Communist Hitoshi Hanada 32,994 7.5
Turnout
2004[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Azuma Koshiishi (Incumbent) 231,631 55.1
Independent Kenshi Oshiba
(Endorsed by the Liberal Democratic Party)		 155,949 37.1
Communist Hitoshi Hanada 32,845 7.8
Turnout

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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 16 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "輿石　東（こしいし　あずま）：参議院" [Koshiishi, Azuma: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "森屋　宏（もりや　ひろし）：参議院" [Moriya, Hiroshi: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  5. 1 2 "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Satō, Yoshi (令) (December 2005). "Post-War By-Elections" (PDF) (in Japanese). National Diet Library. p. 91. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  8. 1 2 "選挙区開票結果　<山梨県>" [District results (Yamanashi)]. Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  9. 1 2 "選挙区　山梨県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Yamanashi at-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  10. 1 2 "選挙区　山梨県 開票結果 参院選2010 参院選 選挙" [Yamanashi at-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  11. 1 2 "選挙区　山梨県 開票結果 参院選2013 参院選 選挙" [Yamanashi at-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

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