Ibaraki at-large district
| Ibaraki at-large district | |
|---|---|
| 茨城県選挙区 | |
| Parliamentary constituency for the House of Councillors | |
 | |
| Prefecture | Ibaraki |
| Electorate | 2,399,889[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1947 |
| Seats | 4 |
| Councillors | Class of 2019:
Class of 2022: |
The Ibaraki at-large district (Japanese: 茨城県選挙区, Hepburn: Ibaraki-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Ibaraki Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has four Councillors in the 242-member house.
Outline[edit]
The constituency represents the entire population of Ibaraki Prefecture. The district elects four Councillors to six-year terms, two each at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 2,411,307 registered voters as of September 2015.[2] The Councillors currently representing Ibaraki are:
- Akira Gunji (Democratic Party, third term; term ends in 2016)[3]
- Hiroshi Okada (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), third term; term ends in 2016)[4]
- Yukihisa Fujita (Democratic Party, second term; term ends in 2019)[5]
- Ryosuke Kouzuki (LDP, first term; term ends in 2019)[6]
Elected Councillors[edit]
- ^ Later joined Ryokufūkai[7]
- ^ Died in office 15 September 1950[8]
- ^ Later joined the Labourers and Farmers Party[8]
- ^ Held 3 November 1950[7]
- ^ Died in office 6 August 1963[7]
- ^ Held 18 September 1963[8]
- ^ Died in office 21 December 1971[9]
- ^ Resigned 14 March 1975[9]
- ^ Wife of the deceased Kishirō Nakamura. Ran as a candidate of a minor party,[10] but later joined the LDP[9]
- ^ Held 6 February 1972[9]
- ^ Resigned 21 December 1977[8]
- ^ Elected as a candidate for the Ibaraki Agricultural Federation. Later joined the LDP[8]
- ^ Held 27 April 1975[8]
- ^ Held 5 February 1978[8]
- ^ Husband of Taeko Iwakami. Died in office 16 August 1989[8]
- ^ Died in office 26 February 1992[8]
- ^ Held 1 October 1989[8]
- ^ Wife of Akio Kanō
- ^ Held 12 April 1992[10]
- ^ Died in office 17 October 2002
- ^ Held 27 April 2003[10]
Election results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Ryosuke Kouzuki (endorsed by Komeito) |
560,642 | 48.4 | ||
| Democratic | Yukihisa Fujita | 204,021 | 17.6 | ||
| Your | Junko Ishihara | 153,403 | 13.3 | ||
| Restoration | Akira Ishii | 127,823 | 11.0 | ||
| Communist | Kyoko Kobayashi | 97,197 | 8.4 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Koki Nakamura | 14,586 | 1.3 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Hiroshi Okada | 499,566 | 38.7 | ||
| Democratic | Akira Gunji (Endorsed by People's New Party) |
307,022 | 23.8 | ||
| Democratic | Tomohiro Nagatsuka | 204,753 | 15.9 | ||
| Your | Shigenori Okawa | 151,375 | 11.7 | ||
| Sunrise | Rie Yoshida | 65,913 | 5.1 | ||
| Communist | Nobutoshi Inaba | 50,136 | 3.9 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Koki Nakamura | 11,664 | 0.9 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Yukihisa Fujita | 540,174 | 43.4 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Tamon Hasegawa | 427,297 | 34.3 | ||
| Independent | Masao Ishizu | 114,358 | 9.2 | ||
| Communist | Takeo Taya | 86,288 | 6.9 | ||
| People's New | Toshitaka Kudo | 52,621 | 4.2 | ||
| Kyōsei Shintō | Hiromitsu Muto | 23,845 | 1.9 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Hiroshi Okada (endorsed by Komeito) |
583,471 | 50.5 | ||
| Democratic | Akira Gunji | 477,948 | 41.3 | ||
| Communist | Takeo Taya | 94,837 | 8.2 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Hiroshi Okada | 717,140 | 80.6 | ||
| Communist | Osamu Kojima | 172,455 | 19.4 | ||
| Turnout | 39.61 | ||||
See also[edit]
- List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan
- Ibaraki 4th district, one of seven districts that represents Ibaraki Prefecture in the House of Representatives
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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 6 April 2016.
- ^ "郡司 彰（ぐんじ あきら）：参議院" [Gunji, Akira: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "岡田 広（おかだ ひろし）：参議院" [Okada, Hiroshi: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "藤田 幸久（ふじた ゆきひさ）：参議院" [Fujita, Yukihisa: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "上月 良祐（こうづき りょうすけ）：参議院" [Kouzuki, Ryosuke: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d 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 6 April 2016.
- ^ a b "選挙区開票結果 <茨城県>" [District results (Ibaraki)]. Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ a b "選挙区 茨城県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Ibaraki At-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ a b "選挙区 茨城県 開票結果 参院選2010 参院選 選挙" [Ibaraki At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ a b "選挙区 茨城県 開票結果 参院選2013 参院選 選挙" [Ibaraki At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "House of Councilors election 2019 electoral district Ibaraki". Retrieved 9 Nov 2023.
- ^ "Ibaraki House of Councilors election 2022 election news/vote counting results". Retrieved 9 Nov 2023.