Akita at-large district

Akita at-large district
秋田県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Councillors
PrefectureAkita
Electorate819,474[1]
Current constituency
Created1947
Seats2
CouncillorsClass of 2019:
  •   Shizuka Terata
    (Independent)

Class of 2022:


The Akita at-large district (Japanese: 秋田県選挙区, Hepburn: Akita-ken Senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Akita Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. Councillors are elected to the house by single non-transferable vote (SNTV) for six-year terms. Since the establishment of the current House of Councillors electoral system in 1947, the district has elected two Councillors, one each at elections held every three years. It has 888,496 registered voters as of September 2015.[2]

The Councillors currently representing Akita are:

Elected Councillors

class of 1947 election year class of 1950
(1947: 6-year term) (1947: 3-year term)
Yasutaka Suzuki
(Liberal) 		1947 Junkichi Ishikawa
(Ind.)
1950 Kōki Haseyama
(Liberal)
Hajime Suzuki
(Ind.)[note 1] 		1953
1956 Hitoshi Suzuki
(Social Democratic)
Koichi Matsuno
(LDP)[note 2] 		1958 by-el.[note 3]
1959
1962
1965
Masaji Sawada
(Social Democratic) 		1967 by-el.[note 4]
1968 Goro Yamazaki
(LDP)[note 5]
1971
1974
1976 by-el.[note 6] Man Sasaki
(LDP)
Hosei Norota
(LDP) 		1977
1980
Hiromitsu Deguchi
(LDP) 		1983
1986
Akio Hosoya
(Social Democratic) 		1989
1992
Katsutoshi Kaneda
(LDP) 		1995
1998 Shigenobu Saito
(LDP)
2001
2004 Yoetsu Suzuki (Ind.)
Endorsed by DPJ, SDP
Daigo Matsuura (Ind.)
Endorsed by DPJ, SDP, PNP 		2007[5]
2010[6] Hiroo Ishii
(LDP)
Matsuji Nakaizumi
(LDP) 		2013[7]
2016[8]
Shizuka Terata
(Ind.) 		2019[9]
  1. ^ Resigned 1 May 1958.[3]
  2. ^ Died in office 29 July 1967.[4]
  3. ^ Held 22 June 1958.[4]
  4. ^ Held 15 September 1967.[3]
  5. ^ Died in office 6 April 1976.[4]
  6. ^ Held 23 May 1976.[3]

Election results

2019[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Shizuka Terata 242,286 50.5% −
LDP Matsuji Nakaizumi 221,219 46.1% −6.2
The Party to Protect the People from NHK Ryuuji Ishioka 16,683 3.5% −
Turnout 864,560 56.29% −4.58
2016[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hiroo Ishii 290,052 53.9% −1.7
Democratic Daigo Matsuura 236,521 44.0% +5.0
Happiness Realization Akira Nishino 11,131 2.1% +0.7
Turnout 897,614 60.87%
2013[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Matsuji Nakaizumi
(endorsed by Komeito) 		260,846 52.3
Democratic Daigo Matsuura 194,497 39.0
JCP Yoshio Satake 36,371 7.3
Happiness Realization Akira Nishino 6,736 1.4
Turnout
2010[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hiroo Ishii
(Endorsed by Sunrise Party) 		328,771 55.6
Democratic Yoetsu Suzuki
(Endorsed by People's New Party) 		226,217 38.3
JCP Kazuhisa Fujita 36,320 6.1
Turnout
2007[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Daigo Matsuura
(Endorsed by DPJ, SDP) 		319,631 50.4
LDP Katsutoshi Kaneda
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		276,694 43.6
JCP Satoshi Suzuki 38,394 6.0
Turnout

References

  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.
  2. ^ "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 8 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b "選挙区　秋田県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Akita At-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  6. ^ a b "選挙区 秋田 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2010" [Akita At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  7. ^ a b "選挙区 秋田 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2013" [Akita At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  8. ^ a b "2016参院選". NHK. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  9. ^ a b "2019参院選". NHK. Retrieved 26 September 2019.