Ibaraki at-large district

茨城県選挙区Parliamentary constituency
for the House of CouncillorsPrefectureIbarakiElectorate2,399,889[1]Current constituencyCreated1947Seats4CouncillorsClass of 2019:   Ryōsuke Kōzuki (LDP)
  •   Takumi Onuma (CDP)

    • Class of 2022:

    •   Kato Akiyoshi (LDP)
    •   Makiko Dougomi (Ind.)

    The Ibaraki at-large district (Japanese: 茨城県選挙区, Hepburn: Ibaraki-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Ibaraki 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 Ibaraki Prefecture. The district elects four Councillors to six-year terms, two each at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 2,411,307 registered voters as of September 2015.[2] The Councillors currently representing Ibaraki are:

    • Akira Gunji (Democratic Party, third term; term ends in 2016)[3]
    • Hiroshi Okada (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), third term; term ends in 2016)[4]
    • Yukihisa Fujita (Democratic Party, second term; term ends in 2019)[5]
    • Ryosuke Kouzuki (LDP, first term; term ends in 2019)[6]

    Elected Councillors

    Class of 1947 election year Class of 1950
    (3-year term in 1947)
    Yasuji Yūki
    (Ind.)[note 1]     		Masaji Shibata
    (Liberal)[note 2]     		1947 Nobuo Ōhata
    (Social Democratic)     		Tsuneo Ikeda
    (Ind.)[note 3]
    1950 Yūichi Kōri
    (Liberal)     		Shichihei Kikuta
    (National Democratic)
    Shigefumi Miyata
    (Liberal)     		1950 by-election[note 4]
    Tsunesuke Mutō
    (Kaishintō)     		1953
    1956 Yūichi Kōri
    (LDP)     		Motojiro Mori
    (Social Democratic)
    Tsunesuke Mutō[note 5]
    (LDP)     		Sōzō Ōmori
    (Social Democratic)     		1959
    1962
    Ichiji Suzuki
    (LDP)     		1963 by-election[note 6]
    Kishirō Nakamura[note 7]
    (LDP)     		1965
    1968
    Fujio Takeuchi[note 8]
    (LDP)     		1971
    Tomi Nakamura
    (Minor party)[note 9]     		1972 by-election[note 10]
    1974 Taeko Iwakami[note 11]
    (Minor party)[note 12]     		Osamu Yatabe
    (Social Democratic)
    Yūichi Kōri
    (LDP)     		1975 by-election[note 13]
    Michitada Takasugi
    (Social Democratic)     		1977
    [note 14]1978 by-election Nirō Iwakami[note 15]
    (LDP)
    1980
    Ikuo Soneda
    (LDP)     		1983
    1986
    Makoto Taneda
    (Social Democratic)     		Akio Kanō[note 16]
    (LDP)     		1989
    [note 17]1989 by-election Itsuo Nomura
    (LDP)
    Yasu Kanō[note 18]
    (LDP)     		1992 by-election[note 19]
    1992
    Moto Kobayashi
    (New Frontier)     		1995
    1998 Kōichi Kuno[note 20]
    (LDP)     		Akira Gunji
    (DPJ)
    Moto Kobayashi
    (DPJ)     		2001
    2003 by-election[note 21] Hiroshi Okada
    (LDP)
    2004[11]
    Yukihisa Fujita
    (DPJ)     		Tamon Hasegawa
    (LDP)     		2007[12]
    2010[13]
    Ryosuke Kouzuki
    (LDP)     		2013[14]
    2016
    Takumi Onuma (CDP) 2019[15]
    2022[16] Akiyoshi Kato (LDP) Masako Dogomi (Ind.)^
    1. ^ Later joined Ryokufūkai[7]
    2. ^ Died in office 15 September 1950[8]
    3. ^ Later joined the Labourers and Farmers Party[8]
    4. ^ Held 3 November 1950[7]
    5. ^ Died in office 6 August 1963[7]
    6. ^ Held 18 September 1963[8]
    7. ^ Died in office 21 December 1971[9]
    8. ^ Resigned 14 March 1975[9]
    9. ^ Wife of the deceased Kishirō Nakamura. Ran as a candidate of a minor party,[10] but later joined the LDP[9]
    10. ^ Held 6 February 1972[9]
    11. ^ Resigned 21 December 1977[8]
    12. ^ Elected as a candidate for the Ibaraki Agricultural Federation. Later joined the LDP[8]
    13. ^ Held 27 April 1975[8]
    14. ^ Held 5 February 1978[8]
    15. ^ Husband of Taeko Iwakami. Died in office 16 August 1989[8]
    16. ^ Died in office 26 February 1992[8]
    17. ^ Held 1 October 1989[8]
    18. ^ Wife of Akio Kanō
    19. ^ Held 12 April 1992[10]
    20. ^ Died in office 17 October 2002
    21. ^ Held 27 April 2003[10]

    Election results

    2013[14]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Liberal Democratic Ryosuke Kouzuki
    (endorsed by Komeito)     		560,642 48.4
    Democratic Yukihisa Fujita 204,021 17.6
    Your Junko Ishihara 153,403 13.3
    Restoration Akira Ishii 127,823 11.0
    Communist Kyoko Kobayashi 97,197 8.4
    Happiness Realization Koki Nakamura 14,586 1.3
    Turnout
    2010[13]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Liberal Democratic Hiroshi Okada 499,566 38.7
    Democratic Akira Gunji
    (Endorsed by People's New Party)     		307,022 23.8
    Democratic Tomohiro Nagatsuka 204,753 15.9
    Your Shigenori Okawa 151,375 11.7
    Sunrise Rie Yoshida 65,913 5.1
    Communist Nobutoshi Inaba 50,136 3.9
    Happiness Realization Koki Nakamura 11,664 0.9
    Turnout
    2007[12]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Democratic Yukihisa Fujita 540,174 43.4
    Liberal Democratic Tamon Hasegawa 427,297 34.3
    Independent Masao Ishizu 114,358 9.2
    Communist Takeo Taya 86,288 6.9
    People's New Toshitaka Kudo 52,621 4.2
    Kyōsei Shintō Hiromitsu Muto 23,845 1.9
    Turnout
    2004[11]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Liberal Democratic Hiroshi Okada
    (endorsed by Komeito)     		583,471 50.5
    Democratic Akira Gunji 477,948 41.3
    Communist Takeo Taya 94,837 8.2
    Turnout
    2003 By-Election[10]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Liberal Democratic Hiroshi Okada 717,140 80.6
    Communist Osamu Kojima 172,455 19.4
    Turnout 39.61

    See also

    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 6 April 2016.
    3. ^ "郡司　彰（ぐんじ　あきら）：参議院" [Gunji, Akira: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 April 2016.
    4. ^ "岡田　広（おかだ　ひろし）：参議院" [Okada, Hiroshi: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 April 2016.
    5. ^ "藤田　幸久（ふじた　ゆきひさ）：参議院" [Fujita, Yukihisa: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 April 2016.
    6. ^ "上月　良祐（こうづき　りょうすけ）：参議院" [Kouzuki, Ryosuke: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 April 2016.
    7. ^ 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 6 April 2016.
    8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
    9. ^ a b c d "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
    10. ^ a b c d Satō, Yoshi (令) (December 2005). "Post-War By-Elections" (PDF) (in Japanese). national Diet Library. p. 92. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
    11. ^ a b "選挙区開票結果　<茨城県>" [District results (Ibaraki)]. Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
    12. ^ a b "選挙区　茨城県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Ibaraki At-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
    13. ^ a b "選挙区　茨城県 開票結果 参院選2010 参院選 選挙" [Ibaraki At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
    14. ^ a b "選挙区　茨城県 開票結果 参院選2013 参院選 選挙" [Ibaraki At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
    15. ^ "House of Councilors election 2019 electoral district Ibaraki". Retrieved 9 Nov 2023.
    16. ^ "Ibaraki House of Councilors election 2022 election news/vote counting results". Retrieved 9 Nov 2023.
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