The Akita at-large district (Japanese: 秋田県選挙区, Hepburn: Akita-ken Senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Akita 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 888,496 registered voters as of September 2015.[2]
| Akita at-large district | |
|---|---|
| 秋田県選挙区 | |
| Parliamentary constituency for the House of Councillors | |
 | |
| Prefecture | Akita |
| Electorate | 819,474[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1947 |
| Seats | 2 |
| Councillors | Class of 2019:
Class of 2022: |
The Councillors currently representing Akita are:
- Hiroo Ishii (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)); a former professional baseball in the Nippon Professional Baseball leagues, was elected to his first term in 2010, re-elected in 2016 and his current term will end in 2022.
- Shizuka Terata (Independent); elected to her first term in 2019, which will end in 2025.
Elected Councillors
edit| class of 1947 | election year | class of 1950 |
|---|---|---|
| (1947: 6-year term) | (1947: 3-year term) | |
| Yasutaka Suzuki (Liberal) |
1947 | Junkichi Ishikawa (Ind.) |
| 1950 | Kōki Haseyama (Liberal) | |
| Hajime Suzuki (Ind.)[note 1] |
1953 | |
| 1956 | Hitoshi Suzuki (Social Democratic) | |
| Koichi Matsuno (LDP)[note 2] |
1958 by-el.[note 3] | |
| 1959 | ||
| 1962 | ||
| 1965 | ||
| Masaji Sawada (Social Democratic) |
1967 by-el.[note 4] | |
| 1968 | Goro Yamazaki (LDP)[note 5] | |
| 1971 | ||
| 1974 | ||
| 1976 by-el.[note 6] | Man Sasaki (LDP) | |
| Hosei Norota (LDP) |
1977 | |
| 1980 | ||
| Hiromitsu Deguchi (LDP) |
1983 | |
| 1986 | ||
| Akio Hosoya (Social Democratic) |
1989 | |
| 1992 | ||
| Katsutoshi Kaneda (LDP) |
1995 | |
| 1998 | Shigenobu Saito (LDP) | |
| 2001 | ||
| 2004 | Yoetsu Suzuki (Ind.) Endorsed by DPJ, SDP | |
| Daigo Matsuura (Ind.) Endorsed by DPJ, SDP, PNP |
2007[5] | |
| 2010[6] | Hiroo Ishii (LDP) | |
| Matsuji Nakaizumi (LDP) |
2013[7] | |
| 2016[8] | ||
| Shizuka Terata (Ind.) |
2019[9] |
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Shizuka Terata | 242,286 | 50.5% | − | |
| LDP | Matsuji Nakaizumi | 221,219 | 46.1% | −6.2 | |
| The Party to Protect the People from NHK | Ryuuji Ishioka | 16,683 | 3.5% | − | |
| Turnout | 864,560 | 56.29% | −4.58 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Hiroo Ishii | 290,052 | 53.9% | −1.7 | |
| Democratic | Daigo Matsuura | 236,521 | 44.0% | +5.0 | |
| Happiness Realization | Akira Nishino | 11,131 | 2.1% | +0.7 | |
| Turnout | 897,614 | 60.87% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Matsuji Nakaizumi (endorsed by Komeito) |
260,846 | 52.3 | ||
| Democratic | Daigo Matsuura | 194,497 | 39.0 | ||
| JCP | Yoshio Satake | 36,371 | 7.3 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Akira Nishino | 6,736 | 1.4 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Hiroo Ishii (Endorsed by Sunrise Party) |
328,771 | 55.6 | ||
| Democratic | Yoetsu Suzuki (Endorsed by People's New Party) |
226,217 | 38.3 | ||
| JCP | Kazuhisa Fujita | 36,320 | 6.1 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Daigo Matsuura (Endorsed by DPJ, SDP) |
319,631 | 50.4 | ||
| LDP | Katsutoshi Kaneda (Endorsed by Komeito) |
276,694 | 43.6 | ||
| JCP | Satoshi Suzuki | 38,394 | 6.0 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
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 8 March 2016.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ 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 2 March 2016.
- ^ a b "選挙区 秋田県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Akita At-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ a b "選挙区 秋田 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2010" [Akita At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ a b "選挙区 秋田 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2013" [Akita At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ a b "2016参院選". NHK. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ a b "2019参院選". NHK. Retrieved 26 September 2019.