Fukushima at-large district

Fukushima at-large district
Fukushima at-large district
福島県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency; for the House of Councillors
Prefecture	Fukushima
Electorate	1,545,913 (as of September 2022)
Current constituency
Created	1947
Seats	2
Councillors	Class of 2019: Masako Mori (LDP); Class of 2022: Hokuto Hoshi (LDP);

The Fukushima at-large district (Japanese: 福島県選挙区, Hepburn: Fukushima-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Fukushima Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It currently has three Councillors in the 242-member house.

Outline

From the first House of Councillors election in 1947 until the 2010 election, Fukushima elected four Councillors to six-year terms, two each at alternating elections held every three years. In September 2012 Fukushima had 1,627,518 registered voters,^[2] the lowest of the 12 prefectures that were represented by 4 Councillors at that time. By comparison, the three most populous districts of Hokkaido, Hyogo at-large district and Fukuoka districts each had more than 4 million voters^[2] but were also represented by four Councillors each. To address this malapportionment, a November 2012 amendment to the Public Offices Election Law reduced Fukushima's (and Gifu's) representation to two Councillors.^[3] This change began to take effect at the 2013 election, when only one Councillor was elected in Fukushima, and will be completed at the 2016 election. The district has 1,607,908 registered voters as of September 2015.^[4]

The Councillors currently representing Fukushima are:

Mitsuhide Iwaki (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), third term; term ends in 2016)^[5] Was appointed as the Minister of Justice in October 2015.^[6]
Teruhiko Mashiko (Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), second term; term ends in 2016)^[7]
Masako Mori (LDP, second term; term ends in 2019)^[8]

Elected Councillors

class of 1947		election year	class of 1950
#2 (1947: 6-year term)	#1 (1947: 6-year term)	election year	#1 (1947: 3-year term)	#2 (1947: 3-year term)
Kentaro Yui (Fukushima Democratic Club)^{[note 1]}	Tsuneo Matsudaira (Ind.)^{[note 2]}	1947	Manuemon Hashimoto (Democratic)	Toshikatsu Tanaka (Social Democratic)
	Kanichiro Ishihara (Democratic Liberal)	1949 by-election^{[note 3]}	Manuemon Hashimoto (Democratic)	Toshikatsu Tanaka (Social Democratic)
		1950	Manuemon Hashimoto (Liberal)^{[note 4]}	Morie Kimura (Liberal)
		1951 by-election^{[note 5]}	Isao Matsudaira (Liberal)
Kanemitsu Tabata (Right Socialist)	Kanichiro Ishihara (Liberal)	1953
Kanemitsu Tabata (Right Socialist)	Kanichiro Ishihara (Liberal)	1956		Ichiji Okawara (Social Democratic)
Kanemitsu Tabata (Social Democratic)	Kanichiro Ishihara (LDP)	1959
Kanemitsu Tabata (Social Democratic)		1962
Hidezo Murata (Social Democratic)^{[note 6]}		1965
		1968		Seigo Suzuki (LDP)
	Shiro Tanabe (LDP)	1971
	Shiro Tanabe (LDP)	1974	Tadao Noguchi (Social Democratic)
	Shoichi Suzuki (LDP)	1977	Tadao Noguchi (Social Democratic)
	Shoichi Suzuki (LDP)	1980	Tadashi Yaoita (Social Democratic)
	Eisaku Sato (LDP)^{[note 7]}	1983
Masutaro Soeta (LDP)		1985 by-election^{[note 8]}
		1986
	Kentaro Ishihara (LDP)^{[note 9]}	1988 by-election^{[note 10]}
Choei Aita (Social Democratic)		1989
		1992	Shizuo Sato (LDP)
	Toyoaki Ota (LDP)	1993 by-election^{[note 11]}
Hiroko Wada (New Frontier)		1995
Hiroko Wada (New Frontier)		1998	Mitsuhide Iwaki (LDP)	Yuhei Sato (Ind.)
Hiroko Wada (DPJ)		2001		Yuhei Sato (Ind.)
		2004^[13]		Yuhei Sato (DPJ)^{[note 12]}
		2007 by-election^{[note 13]}		Teruhiko Mashiko (DPJ)
Emi Kaneko (DPJ)	Masako Mori (LDP)	2007^[14]
Emi Kaneko (DPJ)		2010^[15]
Seat abolished		2013^[16]

^ Fukushima-ken Minshu Kurabu
^ Selected as first President of the House. Later joined Ryokufūkai. Died in office 14 November 1949.^[9]
^ Held 24 December 1949^[10]
^ Died in office 27 December 1950^[11]
^ Held 12 February 1951^[9]
^ Died in office 5 January 1985.^[9]
^ Resigned 3 August 1988^[10]
^ Held 17 February 1985^[10]
^ Resigned 21 June 1993^[10]
^ Held 4 September 1988^[10]
^ Held 18 July 1993^[12]
^ Resigned 23 October 2006^[10]
^ Held 22 April 2007^[10]

Election results

2013^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Masako Mori (Endorsed by Komeito)	484,089	56.6
	Democratic	Emi Kaneko	240,842	28.2
	JCP	Tomo Iwabuchi	77,401	9.0
	Social Democratic	Yoko Endo (Endorsed by People's Life Party)	35,801	4.2
	Happiness Realization	Hidemitsu Sakai	9,860	1.2
	Zaisei Saiken	Kazushige Sugiuchi	7,425	0.9
Turnout

2010^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Teruhiko Mashiko (Endorsed by People's New Party)	340,947	34.4
	LDP	Mitsuhide Iwaki	338,265	34.1
	Democratic	Hiromi Ito	155,262	15.6
	Your	Kazumasa Sugamoto	93,758	9.4
	JCP	Tomo Iwabuchi	64,209	6.5
Turnout

2007^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emi Kaneko	503,423	49.9
	LDP	Masako Mori (Endorsed by Komeito)	372,857	37.0
	JCP	Shizue Miyamoto	78,237	7.8
	Social Democratic	Usen Ogawa	54,466	5.4
Turnout

2007 by-election^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Teruhiko Mashiko	541,236	58.1
	LDP	Isamu Yamaguchi	303,782	32.6
	JCP	Shizue Miyamoto	85,994	9.2
Turnout			948,890	56.72	−3.62

2004^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yuhei Sato	445,560	45.4
	LDP	Mitsuhide Iwaki (endorsed by Komeito)	406,793	41.5
	JCP	Yumiko Abe	128,300	9.8	13.1
Turnout

References

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "平成２4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 2012] (in Japanese). 28 December 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ "Weighing Vote Disparity in Japan's Upper House". 30 July 2015. Retrieved 14 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). 28 December 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ "岩城　光英（いわき　みつひで）：参議院" [Iwaki, Mitsuhide: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ "岩城法相が靖国参拝秋季例大祭で初の閣僚参拝" [Justice Minister Iwaki visits Yasukuni Shrine: First visit by minister to autumn festival] (in Japanese). 18 October 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ "増子　輝彦（ましこ　てるひこ）：参議院" [Mashiko, Teruhiko: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ "森　まさこ（もり　まさこ）：参議院" [Mori, Masako: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 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 ^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 11 March 2016.
^ "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
^ "歴代参議院議員一覧" [List of Former Councillors] (PDF) (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b "選挙区開票結果　<福島県>" [District results (Fukushima)]. Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b "選挙区　福島県開票結果参院選2007" [Fukushima at-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b "選挙区　福島県開票結果参院選2010 参院選選挙" [Fukushima at-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b "選挙区福島選挙結果参議院選挙（参院選）2013" [Fukushima at-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ "参議院福島県選挙区選出議員補欠選挙結果調" [House of Councillors Fukushima at-large district by-election results] (PDF) (in Japanese). 23 April 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[9] Fukushima-ken Minshu Kurabu

[11] Selected as first President of the House. Later joined Ryokufūkai. Died in office 14 November 1949.^[9]

[13] Held 24 December 1949^[10]

[15] Died in office 27 December 1950^[11]

[16] Held 12 February 1951^[9]

[17] Died in office 5 January 1985.^[9]

[18] Resigned 3 August 1988^[10]

[19] Held 17 February 1985^[10]

[20] Resigned 21 June 1993^[10]

[21] Held 4 September 1988^[10]

[23] Held 18 July 1993^[12]

[25] Resigned 23 October 2006^[10]

[26] Held 22 April 2007^[10]

[1] "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.

[voters12-2] "平成２4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 2012] (in Japanese). 28 December 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[3] "Weighing Vote Disparity in Japan's Upper House". 30 July 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[voters-4] "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). 28 December 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[5] "岩城　光英（いわき　みつひで）：参議院" [Iwaki, Mitsuhide: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[6] "岩城法相が靖国参拝秋季例大祭で初の閣僚参拝" [Justice Minister Iwaki visits Yasukuni Shrine: First visit by minister to autumn festival] (in Japanese). 18 October 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[7] "増子　輝彦（ましこ　てるひこ）：参議院" [Mashiko, Teruhiko: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[8] "森　まさこ（もり　まさこ）：参議院" [Mori, Masako: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[Ma-10] "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-12] ^ ^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 11 March 2016.

[Ta-14] "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

[NewA-22] "歴代参議院議員一覧" [List of Former Councillors] (PDF) (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[elect04-24] "選挙区開票結果　<福島県>" [District results (Fukushima)]. Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

[elect07-27] "選挙区　福島県開票結果参院選2007" [Fukushima at-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

[elect10-28] "選挙区　福島県開票結果参院選2010 参院選選挙" [Fukushima at-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

[elect13-29] "選挙区福島選挙結果参議院選挙（参院選）2013" [Fukushima at-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[30] "参議院福島県選挙区選出議員補欠選挙結果調" [House of Councillors Fukushima at-large district by-election results] (PDF) (in Japanese). 23 April 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

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Outline

Elected Councillors

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See also

References

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