Aomori at-large district

The Aomori at-large district (Japanese: 青森県選挙区, Hepburn: Aomori-ken Senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Aomori 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 1,122,948 registered voters as of September 2015.[1]

Aomori at-large district
青森県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Councillors
PrefectureAomori
Electorate1,069,653 (as of September 2022)[2]
Current constituency
Created1947
Seats2
CouncillorsClass of 2019:

  Motome Takisawa
Liberal Democratic
Class of 2022:

  Masayo Tanabu
CDP

Elected Councillors

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class of 1947 election year class of 1950
(1947: 6-year term) (1947: 3-year term)
Naotake Satō
(Ind.)
1947 Zenjirō Hirano
(Democratic)
1950 Tetsuo Kudō
(Liberal)
Naotake Satō
(Ryokufūkai)
1953
1953 by-el. Junzo Sasamori
(Progressive)
1956 Junzo Sasamori
(LDP)
Naotake Satō
(Ryokufūkai)
1959
1962 Junzo Sasamori
(LDP)
Bunji Tsushima
(LDP)
1965
1968 Tatsuo Yamazaki
(Ind.)
Bunji Tsushima
(LDP)
1971
Iwazo Terashita
(LDP)
1973 by-el.
1974 Tatsuo Yamazaki
(LDP)
Iwazo Terashita
(LDP)
1977
Kanpei Matsuo
(LDP)
1980 by-el.
1980 Tatsuo Yamazaki
(LDP)
Kanpei Matsuo
(LDP)
1983
1986 Tatsuo Yamazaki
(Ind.)
Takao Mikami
(Ind.)
1989
1991 by-el. Kanpei Matsuo
(Liberal National Congress [ja])
1992 Kanpei Matsuo
(LDP)
Tsutomu Yamazaki
(New Frontier)
1995
1998 Masami Tanabu
(Ind.)
Tsutomu Yamazaki
(LDP)
2001
2004 Masami Tanabu
(DPJ)
Kōji Hirayama
(DPJ)
2007
2010[3] Tsutomu Yamazaki
(LDP)
Motome Takisawa
(LDP)
2013[4]
2016[5] Masayo Tanabu
(DP)
Motome Takisawa
(LDP)
2019[6]
2022[7] Masayo Tanabu
(CDP)

Election results

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2022[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CDP Masayo Tanabu 277,009 53.45 New
Liberal Democratic Naohito Saito [ja] 216,265 41.73
Sanseitō Eitaro Nakajō 13,607 2.63 New
Anti-NHK Akira Sasaki 11,335 2.19
Registered electors 1,073,060
Turnout 49.49   6.55
2019[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Motome Takisawa 239,757 51.5 +0.2
CDP Satoru Odagiri 206,582 44.4
Anti-NHK Hinako Koyama 19,310 4.1
Turnout 1,109,104 42,94%   12.37
2016[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Masayo Tanabu 302,867 49.2 New
Liberal Democratic Tsutomu Yamazaki 294,815 47.9
Happiness Realization Party Yuuki Mikuni 18,071 2.9
Turnout 1,140,629 55,31%
2013[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Motome Takisawa
(endorsed by Komeito)
261,575 51.3
People's Life Kōji Hirayama
(endorsed by Social Democratic Party, Green Wind)
76,432 15.0
Your Rina Hatano 63,528 12.5
Independent Shin Kudo
(endorsed by Democratic Party)
53,062 10.4
JCP Yo Yoshimata 48,290 9.5
Happiness Realization Akihiro Ishita 6,659 1.3
Turnout
2010[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Tsutomu Yamazaki 287,385 46.8
Democratic Rina Hatano
(Endorsed by People's New Party)
222,875 36.3
Sunrise Sekio Masuta 49,102 8.0
JCP Yo Yoshimata 31,040 5.1
Social Democratic Kiyohiko Yamada 23,803 3.9
Turnout


See also

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References

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  • "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  • "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  • "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ As of 2 September 2015. "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 1 March 2016.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b "選挙区 青森 選挙結果 参議院選挙(参院選)2010" [Aomori At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b "選挙区 青森 選挙結果 参議院選挙(参院選)2013" [Aomori At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b "2016参院選 | 参議院選挙 | 選挙アーカイブス | Nhk選挙Web". NHK. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  6. ^ a b "青森 選挙区 | 参院選 2019 | Nhk選挙Web". NHK. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  7. ^ a b "第26回参議院議員通常選挙 青森県選挙区". NHK. Retrieved 3 November 2023.