Tokushima at-large district (徳島県選挙区, Tokushima-ken senkyoku) was a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It consists of Tokushima Prefecture and elects two Councillors, one every three years by a first-past-the-post system for a six-year term. In the first election in 1947, Tokushima like all districts used single non-transferable vote to elect both its Councillors in one election.
Single-member districts (ichinin-ku) for the House of Councillors often play a decisive role for the outcome of elections as little swing in votes is required to achieve a change of the Councillors elected there. Tokushima in predominantly rural Shikoku has for decades voted for candidates from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) or ex-LDP conservative independents by large margins. In the landslide election of 1989 that left the LDP-led government without a majority in the House of Councillors for the first time, a so-called "twisted parliament" (nejire kokkai), Harumi Inui from RENGO trade union federation's Rengō no Kai won Tokushima against incumbent Tomoyoshi Kamanaga by a margin of 60,000 votes.
With its 641,534 registered voters (as of September 2015),[1] it is the fourth-smallest electoral district for the house. To address the imbalance in representation between districts, a 2015 revision of the Public Officers Election Law will see the district merged with the Kochi At-large district to create the Tokushima-Kochi At-large district;[2] this change will begin to take effect at the 2016 election, at which one Councillor will be elected.
The current Councillors for Tokushima are:
- Yusuke Nakanishi (LDP, term expires 2016)
- Toru Miki (LDP, term expires 2019)
Elected Councillors
edit| class of 1947 | election year | class of 1950 |
|---|---|---|
| #1 (1947: #1, 6-year term) |
#1 (1947: #2, 3-year term) | |
| Yojin Akazawa (Kakushin Kyōdō, "Progressive Cooperation")[3] |
1947[4] | Makio Kishino (Indep.)[3] |
| 1947 by-el.[5] | Mitsu Kōro (DP) | |
| 1950[6] | Mitsu Kōro (NDP) | |
| Yokichirō Miki (Indep.) | 1953[7] | |
| 1956[8] | Mitsu Kōro (LDP) | |
| Yokichirō Miki (LDP) | 1959[9] | |
| 1962[10] | ||
| 1965[11] | ||
| 1968[12] | Kentarō Kujime (LDP) | |
| Kōshō Ogasa (Indep.) | 1971[13] | |
| 1974[14] | Kentarō Kujime (Indep.) | |
| Tomoyoshi Kamenaga (LDP) | 1977[15] | |
| 1980[16] | Ken Naitō (LDP) | |
| 1983[17] | ||
| 1986[18] | Kōji Matsuura (LDP) | |
| Harumi Inui (Rengō no Kai) | 1989[19] | |
| 1992[20] | ||
| Shūji Kitaoka (LDP) | 1995[21] | |
| 1998[22] | Kiseko Takahashi (Indep.)[23] | |
| 2001[24] | ||
| 2004[25] | Masakatsu Koike (LDP) | |
| Tomoji Nakatani (DPJ) | 2007[26] | |
| 2010[27] | Yūsuke Nakanishi (LDP) | |
| Toru Miki (LDP) | 2013[28] | |
| 2016 | seat to be abolished | |
| seat to be abolished | 2019 |
References
edit- House of Councillors: Alphabetical list of former Councillors
- ^ "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 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Upper House districts set for shake-up after electoral reform laws pass Diet". Japan Times. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ a b joined Ryokufūkai
- ^ 参議院>第1回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第1回参議院議員補欠選挙. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
- ^ 参議院>第2回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第3回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第4回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第5回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第6回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第7回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第8回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第9回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第10回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第11回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第12回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第13回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第14回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第15回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第16回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第17回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第18回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ ran with opposition support, later joined Midori no Kaigi (lit. "Green Conference")
- ^ 参議院>第19回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第20回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第21回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ 参議院>第22回参議院議員選挙>徳島選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- ^ "選挙区 高知 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2013" [Kochi At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 22 February 2016.