Shizuoka at-large district
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The Shizuoka at-large district (Japanese: 静岡県選挙区 Hepburn: Shizuoka-ken senkyoku?) is a constituency that represents Shizuoka Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has four Councillors in the 242-member house.
Outline
The constituency represents the entire population of Shizuoka Prefecture. Since its inception in 1947, the district has elected four Councillors to six-year terms, two at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 3,052,579 registered voters as of September 2015.[1] The Councillors currently representing Shizuoka are:
- Yuji Fujimoto (Democratic Party (DP), second term; term ends in 2016.)[2]
- ja (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), first term; term ends in 2016.)[3]
- Takao Makino (LDP, second term; term ends in 2019.)[4]
- Kazuya Shimba (DP, third term; term ends in 2019)[5]
Elected Councillors
| Class of 1947 | election year | Class of 1950 (3-year term in 1947) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| ja[6] (Liberal) |
ja (Centrist)[note 1] |
1947 | ja (Ryokufūkai)[note 2] |
ja[note 3] (Liberal) |
| 1950 | ||||
| 1952 by-election[note 4] | Tadaatsu Ishiguro (Ryokufūkai) |
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| ja (LDP)[note 5] |
1953 | |||
| 1956 | ja (LDP) |
ja (Social Democratic) |
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| ja (LDP) |
1959 | |||
| 1962 | ja[note 6] (LDP) |
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| Chuji Matsunaga (Social Democratic) |
1965 | |||
| 1968 | ja (LDP) |
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| ja (LDP) |
1971 | |||
| 1972 by-election[note 7] | ja (LDP) | |||
| 1974 | ja[note 8] (LDP) |
ja (Social Democratic) |
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| ja (Social Democratic) |
ja (LDP) |
1977 | ||
| 1980 | ||||
| ja (LDP) |
ja (LDP) |
1983 | ||
| 1983 by-election[note 9] | ja (LDP) | |||
| 1986 | ja (LDP) |
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| ja (Social Democratic)[note 10] |
1989 | |||
| 1992 | ||||
| ja (New Frontier) |
1995 | |||
| 1998 | ja (Ind.)[note 11] |
ja (LDP) |
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| Kazuya Shimba (DPJ) |
2001 | |||
| 2004[10] | Yukiko Sakamoto[note 12] (LDP) |
Yuji Fujimoto (DPJ) |
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| Takao Makino (LDP) |
2007[11] | |||
| 2009 by-election[note 13] | ja (DPJ) | |||
| 2010[12] | ja (LDP) |
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| 2013[13] | ||||
- ↑ Later joined Ryokufūkai[7]
- ↑ First elected as an independent.
- ↑ Died in office 20 march 1952.[8]
- ↑ Held 6 May 1952[9]
- ↑ First elected as an independent.
- ↑ Resigned 13 November 1972 to contest the December general election for the House of Representatives[7][9]
- ↑ Held 10 December 1972[9]
- ↑ Resigned 18 November 1983 to contest the December general election for the House of Representatives[8][9]
- ↑ Held 18 December 1983[9]
- ↑ Sakurai nominated to contest the election as a Social Democratic candidate. During the campaign he was involved in an incident that saw the party withdraw their support for him, plus he ceased his own campaign activities. Despite this, he was elected officially as an independent candidate. He rejoined the party after the election.
- ↑ Was endorsed by the Democratic Party in the election and joined the party the following year.
- ↑ Resigned 17 June 2009 to contest the Shizuoka gubernatorial election.
- ↑ Held 25 October 2009
See also
References
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