The Osaka at-large district (Japanese: 大阪府選挙区, Hepburn: Ōsaka-ken senkyoku) is a constituency of the House of Councillors that elects Councillors to represent Osaka Prefecture in the National Diet of Japan. From 1947 the district has elected three Councillors every three years by single non-transferable vote for six-year terms, such that there are six Councillors representing the district in the 242-member house. A revision to the Public Officers Electoral Law in 2012 increased the district's representation so that four Councillors were elected at the July 2013 election which will give the district a total eight Councillors by 2019.[2]
| Osaka at-large district | |
|---|---|
| 大阪府選挙区 | |
| Parliamentary constituency for the House of Councillors | |
 | |
| Prefecture | Osaka |
| Electorate | 7,322,198(as of September 2022)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1947 |
| Seats | 8 |
| Councillors | Class of 2019:
Class of 2022: |
The district has 7,140,578 registered voters (as of September 2015), making it the third-largest district behind the Tokyo and Kanagawa districts.[3] The current Councillors for the district are:
Elected Councillors
edit- Notes:
- ^ a b Resigned 31 March 1951.[4]
- ^ Held 16 May 1951.[4]
- ^ Died in office 5 March 1957.[4]
- ^ Resigned 29 March 1959.[5]
- ^ Resigned on 5 April 1959 to contest the vacancy caused by the resignation of Gisen Sato[5]
- ^ Held 23 April 1957.[5]
- ^ Vacancy caused by Ohkawa's resignation on 5 April 1959 to contest the vacancy caused by the resignation of Gisen Sato[5]
- ^ Held 30 April 1959.[5]
- ^ Died in office 2 May 1973.[5]
- ^ Resigned 25 January 1988.[6]
- ^ Held 17 June 1973.[5]
- ^ Died in office 14 November 1987.[4]
- ^ Held 27 December 1987.[6]
- ^ Held 28 February 1988.[4]
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.
- ^ "Weighing Vote Disparity in Japan's Upper House". 30 July 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "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 2 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "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 c d e f g "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ a b "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2016.