Yamanashi at-large district (House of Representatives)

The Yamanashi at-large district (Japanese: 山梨県全県区, Hepburn: Yamanashi-ken Zenken-ku) was a multi-member electoral district represented in the House of Representatives in the National Diet of Japan. From 1947 until 1993, it elected five representatives from Yamanashi Prefecture.

History

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In the 1947 Japanese general election, the Liberal Party and Japan Socialist Party won two seats each with Hisashi Amano, from the conservative Democratic, being the only candidate from other parties to win a seat.[1] In the 1949 Japanese general election, all three conservative candidates retained their seats, and in the 1952 Japanese general election conservative candidates held three of the five seats.[1]

After winning only two seats in the 1953 Japanese general election, they regained their majority in the 1955 Japanese general election by winning three seats, and in 1958 Japanese general election, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which was formed from many of the conservative parties which had held seats in Yamanashi, won four out of five seats.[1] Subsequently, the LDP and their conservative allies would win a majority of seats in every election afterwards until the district's dissolution.[1] Due to the 1994 Japanese electoral reform, the at-large district was replaced with three single-member districts starting with the 1996 Japanese general election.[2]

At the time the Public Offices Election Law [ja] came into law in 1950, the district encompassed the entirely of Yamanashi Prefecture.[3]

Among the district's representatives were director-general of the Japan Defense Agency Shin Kanemaru, Minister of the Environment Sakihito Ozawa, and governor of Yamanashi Prefecture Shōmei Yokouchi.[1]

Results

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1947[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Hisashi Amano [ja] 43,723 15.0 New
Socialist Hajime Matsuzawa [ja] 43,647 15.0 New
Liberal Masafumi Suzuki [ja] 39,197 13.5 New
Socialist Rikizō Hirano [ja] 38,916 13.4 New
Liberal Senzō Higai [ja] 38,245 13.1 New
Other Jirō Usui 29,082 10.0 New
Democratic Jūji Kasai [ja] 27,498 9.5 New
Democratic Kenzō Akiyama 16,304 5.6 New
JCP Yuki Yukie 11,133 3.8 New
National Cooperative Tsutomu Furuya 2,663 0.9 New
Independent Noriji Iketani 562 0.2 New
1949[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Liberal Senzō Higai [ja] 41,745 12.7 New
Democratic Liberal Masafumi Suzuki [ja] 38,661 11.8 New
Democratic Hisashi Amano [ja] 35,823 10.9 −4.1
JCP Yoshimori Fukazawa [ja] 31,695 9.7 5.9
Independent Shin'ichi Kobayashi [ja] 27,403 8.3 New
Socialist Nagao Ono 26,284 8.0 −7.0
Democratic Liberal Eitarō Yamada 22,475 6.8 New
Japan Social Reform Party Hajime Matsuzawa [ja] 21,848 6.7 New
Democratic Kenzō Akiyama 21,528 6.6 −2.9
Independent Jūji Kasai [ja] 18,698 5.7 New
Independent Ryūhei Suzuki 16,671 5.1 New
Socialist Sadao Furuya [ja] 14,794 4.5 −8.9
Independent Kazuyoshi Onozaki 8,154 2.5 New
Pro-American Labor Party Tadashi Fujimoto 1,353 0.4 New
National Cooperative Tsutomu Furuya 1,138 0.3 −0.6
1952[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Katsuyasu Yoshie [ja] 48,909 13.8 New
Japan Cooperative Party (1952) Rikizō Hirano [ja] 47,183 13.3 New
Liberal Tsuneo Uchida [ja] 44,297 12.5 New
Independent Toyohei Ogino [ja] 43,117 12.1 New
Left Socialist Sadao Furuya [ja] 40,103 11.3 New
Kaishintō Shin'ichi Kobayashi [ja] 39,836 11.2 New
Liberal Masafumi Suzuki [ja] 38,262 10.8 New
Kaishintō Shigeji Hoshino 31,329 8.8 New
JCP Yoshimori Fukazawa [ja] 11,060 3.1 −6.6
Independent Gen'ichi Iketani 10,992 3.1 New
Other Takayoshi Kamei 506 0.1 New
1953[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Left Socialist Sadao Furuya [ja] 53,710 15.1 3.8
Kaishintō Kikuo Furuya [ja] 53,561 15.0 New
Independent Shin'ichi Kobayashi [ja] 47,986 13.5 New
Right Socialist Rikizō Hirano [ja] 40,727 11.4 New
Liberal Masafumi Suzuki [ja] 38,939 10.9 −2.9
Liberal Tsuneo Uchida [ja] 38,314 10.7 −1.8
Independent Toyohei Ogino [ja] 37,922 10.6 −1.5
Liberal Katsuyasu Yoshie [ja] 33,863 9.5 −1.3
Independent Jūji Kasai [ja] 10,751 3.0 New
Independent Fumiyoshi Horiuchi 648 0.2 New
1955[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kazuo Horiuchi [ja] 58,036.4 16.1 New
Democratic Toyohei Ogino [ja] 56,735 15.8 New
Independent Shin'ichi Kobayashi [ja] 45,568 12.7 −0.8
Left Socialist Sadao Furuya [ja] 43,983 12.2 −2.9
Liberal Tsuneo Uchida [ja] 41,741 11.6 0.7
Liberal Masafumi Suzuki [ja] 32,759 9.1 −1.6
Left Socialist Toshio Yasuda [ja] 31,367 8.7 New
National Farmers Union Rikizō Hirano [ja] 20,794 5.8 New
Independent Hisako Tsushima [ja] 19,858 5.5 New
Independent Shin'ichirō Hirabayashi 4,312 1.2 New
Right Socialist Usaburō Shimura 3,184 0.9 −10.5
Independent Fumiyoshi Horiuchi 1,816.6 0.5 0.3
1958[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shin Kanemaru 69,354.92 17.8 5.6
Socialist Tokushige Kanamaru [ja] 55,480.03 14.3 New
LDP Kazuo Horiuchi [ja] 53,812.52 13.8 5.1
LDP Kunio Tanabe [ja] 46,377 11.9 New
LDP Tsuneo Uchida [ja] 45,431 11.7 New
Independent Shin'ichi Kobayashi [ja] 33,810 8.7 −4.0
Socialist Sadao Furuya [ja] 30,612 7.9 New
Independent Masafumi Suzuki [ja] 18,030 4.6 New
LDP Toyohei Ogino [ja] 17,957 4.6 New
Independent Rikizō Hirano [ja] 10,840 2.8 New
JCP Yuki Yukie 5,742 1.5 New
Japan National Agricultural Party Fumiyoshi Horiuchi 1,670.44 0.4 New
1960[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shin Kanemaru 71,435.51 18.5 0.7
LDP Kazuo Horiuchi [ja] 61,430.55 15.9 2.1
LDP Tsuneo Uchida [ja] 59,522 15.4 3.5
Socialist Shin'ichi Kobayashi [ja] 51,007 13.2 −1.1
LDP Kunio Tanabe [ja] 50,711 13.1 1.4
Socialist Tokushige Kanamaru [ja] 45,366.43 11.7 3.8
Socialist Sadao Furuya [ja] 39,834 10.3 New
JCP Yuki Yukie 5,525 1.4 −0.1
Japan National Agricultural Party Fumiyoshi Horiuchi 1,495.4 0.4 0.0
1963[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Socialist Tokushige Kanamaru [ja] 76,008.31 19.4 6.2
LDP Tsuneo Uchida [ja] 70,824 18.1 −0.4
LDP Kazuo Horiuchi [ja] 64,821.75 16.5 0.6
LDP Shin Kanemaru 62,206.63 15.9 2.8
LDP Kunio Tanabe [ja] 62,112 15.9 0.5
Socialist Shin'ichi Kobayashi [ja] 50,492 12.9 1.2
JCP Yoshiyuki Hiraide 4,054 1.0 −0.4
Japan National Agricultural Party Fumiyoshi Horiuchi 1,194.2 0.3 −0.1
1967[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Socialist Shin'ichi Kobayashi [ja] 77,495 18.9 −0.5
LDP Shin Kanemaru 71,339.11 17.4 −0.7
Socialist Tokushige Kanamaru [ja] 66,849.82 16.3 3.4
LDP Tsuneo Uchida [ja] 65,635 16.0 −0.5
Independent Eiichi Nakao 52,530 12.8 New
LDP Tetsuo Tanaka [ja] 51,029 12.4 −3.5
Independent Rikizō Hirano [ja] 17,317 4.2 New
JCP Yoshiyuki Hiraide 5,754 1.4 0.4
Japan National Agricultural Party Fumiyoshi Horiuchi 1,676 0.4 0.1
Independent Hiroyoshi Sugimoto 647 0.2 New
1969[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Tsuneo Uchida [ja] 83,607 20.8 3.4
LDP Shin Kanemaru 68,660.62 17.1 1.1
Socialist Shin'ichi Kobayashi [ja] 65,622 16.4 −2.5
LDP Eiichi Nakao 62,357 15.5 3.1
Socialist Tokushige Kanamaru [ja] 59,953.33 14.9 −1.4
Kōmeitō Junrō Oikawa [ja] 49,081 12.2 New
JCP Yoshiyuki Hiraide 9,743 2.4 1.0
Independent Fumiyoshi Horiuchi 1,575 0.4 New
Independent Hiroyoshi Sugimoto 647 0.2 0.0
1972[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shin Kanemaru 102,954.79 27.4 6.6
LDP Tsuneo Uchida [ja] 66,213 17.6 0.5
LDP Eiichi Nakao 61,696 16.4 0.9
Socialist Shin'ichi Kobayashi [ja] 52,703 14.0 −2.4
Socialist Tokushige Kanamaru [ja] 49,909.15 13.3 −1.6
JCP Yoshiyuki Hinata 42,862 11.4 9.0
1976[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Socialist Tsuyoshi Suzuki [ja] 74,968 15.7 1.7
LDP Eiichi Nakao 68,077 14.3 −13.1
LDP Shin Kanemaru 67,609 14.2 −3.4
LDP Mitsuo Horiuchi 66,258 13.9 −2.5
LDP Tsuneo Uchida [ja] 61,489 12.9 New
Socialist Shin'ichi Kobayashi [ja] 53,565 11.2 −2.1
Kōmeitō Junrō Oikawa [ja] 43,486 9.1 New
JCP Yoshiyuki Hinata 33,125 7.0 −4.4
Democratic Socialist Kin'nosuke Endō 7,905 1.7 New
1979[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shin Kanemaru 92,007 19.7 5.4
LDP Kunio Tanabe [ja] 90,098 19.3 5.1
LDP Eiichi Nakao 59,474 12.8 −1.1
LDP Mitsuo Horiuchi 57,957 12.4 −0.5
Socialist Kiyoshi Kanzawa [ja] 55,514 11.9 −3.8
Socialist Tsuyoshi Suzuki [ja] 54,798 11.8 0.6
Kōmeitō Junrō Oikawa [ja] 44,434 9.5 0.4
JCP Takeshi Fukuda 11,961 2.6 −4.4
1980[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shin Kanemaru 86,919 18.4 −1.3
LDP Kunio Tanabe [ja] 75,013 15.9 −3.4
Socialist Tsuyoshi Suzuki [ja] 72,952 15.5 3.6
LDP Mitsuo Horiuchi 65,959 14.0 1.2
LDP Eiichi Nakao 55,089 11.7 −0.7
Socialist Kiyoshi Kanzawa [ja] 48,935 10.4 −1.4
Kōmeitō Junrō Oikawa [ja] 37,857 8.0 −1.5
JCP Akiji Ishimaru 28,962 6.1 3.5
1983[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shin Kanemaru 96,449 21.2 2.8
Socialist Tsuyoshi Suzuki [ja] 74,562 16.4 0.9
Socialist Katsuhiko Tanaka [ja] 73,193 16.1 5.7
LDP Kunio Tanabe [ja] 71,301 15.7 −0.2
LDP Mitsuo Horiuchi 61,499 13.5 −0.5
LDP Eiichi Nakao 59,109 13.0 1.3
JCP Akiji Ishimaru 19,118 4.2 −1.9
1986[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shin Kanemaru 112,530 22.8 1.6
LDP Mitsuo Horiuchi 82,388 16.7 1.0
LDP Eiichi Nakao 79,517 16.1 2.6
LDP Kunio Tanabe [ja] 72,384 14.7 1.7
Socialist Toshimasa Ueda [ja] 66,013 13.4 −3.0
Socialist Katsuhiko Tanaka [ja] 61,128 12.4 −3.7
JCP Akiji Ishimaru 19,218 3.9 −0.3
1990[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shin Kanemaru 101,756 19.7 −3.1
Socialist Toshimasa Ueda [ja] 94,390 18.3 4.9
Socialist Azuma Koshiishi 80,311 15.5 3.1
LDP Eiichi Nakao 77,282 15.0 −1.7
LDP Kunio Tanabe [ja] 75,412 14.6 −1.5
LDP Mitsuo Horiuchi 70,606 13.7 −1.0
JCP Shinsaku Sakurai 17,130 3.3 −0.6
1993[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Mitsuo Horiuchi 99,708 20.1 0.4
Socialist Azuma Koshiishi 72,561 14.7 −3.6
New Party Sakihito Ozawa 71,038 14.3 New
Independent Shōmei Yokouchi 69,704 14.1 New
LDP Eiichi Nakao 67,388 13.6 −1.4
LDP Kunio Tanabe [ja] 63,356 12.8 −1.8
Independent Masaaki Akaike 31,741 6.4 New
JCP Shinsaku Sakurai 19,696 4.0 0.7
Turnout 658,294 76.19

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w
  2. ^ 別表第一 (104) (in Japanese). House of Representatives. 25 November 1994. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ 別表第一 (100) (in Japanese). House of Representatives. 15 April 1950. Retrieved 25 November 2023.