Ishikawa at-large district

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The Ishikawa at-large district (Japanese: 石川県選挙区 Hepburn: Ishikawa-ken senkyoku?) is a constituency that represents Ishikawa Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has two Councillors in the 242-member house.

Outline

The constituency represents the entire population of Ishikawa Prefecture. The district elects two Councillors to six-year terms, one at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 939,531 registered voters as of September 2015.[1] The Councillors currently representing Ishikawa are:

Elected Councillors

Class of 1947 election year Class of 1950
(3-year term in 1947)
Kamejiro Hayashiya
(Democratic)		 1947 Kohei Nakagawa
(Japan Liberal)
1950 Kohei Nakagawa
(Liberal)
Tokuji Imura[note 1]
(Kaishintō)		 1953
1956 Kamejiro Hayashiya
(LDP)
Wakio Shibano
(Ind.)[note 2]		 1958 by-election[note 3]
Tokujiro Toribatake
(Ind.)[note 4]		 1959
1962
Shinji Toda[note 5]
(LDP)		 1965
1968 Takaaki Yasuta[6]
(LDP)[note 6]
Hitoshi Shimasaki
(LDP)		 1971 by-election[note 7]
1971
1974
1977
1980
1983
1986 Tetsuo Kutsukake
(LDP)
Takashi Awamori
(Rengō no Kai)		 1989
1992
Hiroshi Hase[note 8]
(LDP)[note 9]		 1995
1998 Sota Iwamoto
(Ind.)
Testuo Kutsukake
(LDP)		 2000 by-election[note 10]
2001
2004[8] Naoki Okada
(LDP)
Yasuo Ichikawa
(DPJ)		 2007[9]
2010[10]
Syuji Yamada
(LDP)		 2013[11]
  1. ↑ Died in office 27 October 1958[4]
  2. ↑ Later joined the LDP.[4]
  3. ↑ Held 7 December 1958[4]
  4. ↑ Later joined the LDP.[5]
  5. ↑ Died in office 16 December 1970[5]
  6. ↑ Was first elected as an independent in 1968
  7. ↑ Held 7 February 1971[4]
  8. ↑ Resigned 12 May 2000[5]
  9. ↑ Contested the eelction as an independent candidate endorsed by the LDP. Officially joined the party two months after his election.
  10. ↑ Held 25 June 2000[7]

Election results

2013[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Syuji Yamada
(endorsed by Komeito)		 321,286 64.8
Democratic Yasuo Ichikawa (Incumbent) 113,817 23.0
Communist Ryosuke Kameda 40,295 8.1
Independent Shigeru Hamasaki 10,114 2.0
Happiness Realization Satoshi Miyamoto 9,935 2.0
Turnout
2010[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Naoki Okada (Incumbent) 304,511 55.5
Democratic Akira Nishihara
(endorsed by People's New Party)		 211,373 38.5
Communist Mikiko Chikamatsu 32,780 6.0
Turnout
2007[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yasuo Ichikawa
(endorsed by People's New Party)		 272,366 46.9
Liberal Democratic ja (Tomiro Yata)
(endorsed by Komeito)		 268,185 46.2
Communist Mikiko Chikamatsu 28,604 4.9
Independent Shigeru Hamasaki 11,477 2.0
Turnout
2004[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Naoki Okada
(endorsed by Komeito)		 289,697 56.1
Democratic Takashi Kato 188,804 36.6
Communist Masayuki Sato 37,800 7.3
Turnout

See also

References

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