Gifu at-large district
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The Gifu at-large district ( Japanese : 岐阜県選挙区 , Hepburn : Gifu-ken senkyoku ) is a constituency that represents Gifu 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 1992 election , Gifu elected two Councillors to six-year terms at alternating elections held every three years. Electoral reform in 1994 increased Gifu's representation to four Councillors, which began to take effect at the 1992 election , at which two Councillors were elected.
In September 2012 Gifu had 1,684,766 registered voters, [1] the second-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 [1] but were also represented by four Councillors each. To address this malapportionment , a November 2012 amendment to the Public Offices Election Law reduced Gifu's representation (along with Fukushima's ) representation to two Councillors. [2] This change began to take effect at the 2013 election , when only one Councillor was elected in Gifu, and will be completed at the 2016 election . The district has 1,666,610 registered voters as of September 2015. [3]
The Councillors currently representing Fukushima are:
- Takeyuki Watanabe ( Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), first term; term ends in 2016) [4]
- Yoshiharu Komiyama ( Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), first term; term ends in 2016) [5]
- Yasutada Ohno (LDP, first term; term ends in 2019) [6]
Elected Councillors
- Note: Party listed is at the time of election
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic |
Yasutada Ohno
(Endorsed by Komeito ) |
500,580 | 58.8 | ||
Democratic | Rie Yoshida | 218,074 | 25.6 | ||
Communist | Masanori Suzuki | 115,503 | 13.6 | ||
Happiness Realization | Yukihiko Kano | 17,893 | 2.1 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic |
Takeyuki Watanabe
(Endorsed by Sunrise Party ) |
425,594 | 44.0 | ||
Democratic |
Yoshiharu Komiyama
(Endorsed by People's New Party ) |
229,225 | 23.7 | ||
Democratic |
Yasuo Yamashita
(Endorsed by People's New Party ) |
221,343 | 22.9 | ||
Communist | Masanori Suzuki | 73,031 | 7.5 | ||
Happiness Realization | Yukihiko Kano | 18,138 | 1.9 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Takao Fujii
(Endorsed by LDP , Komeito ) |
466,008 | 46.1 | |||
Democratic | Kenji Hirata | 445,489 | 44.1 | ||
Communist | Takao Kato | 99,301 | 9.8 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic |
Iwao Matsuda
(endorsed by Komeito ) |
428,988 | 44.5 | ||
Democratic | Yasuo Yamashita | 422,235 | 43.8 | ||
Communist | Takao Kato | 112,882 | 11.7 | ||
Turnout |
See also
- List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan
- Gifu 1st district , one of Gifu Prefecture's five districts in the House of Representatives
References
- 1 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 15 March 2016 .
- ↑ "Weighing Vote Disparity in Japan's Upper House" . 30 July 2015 . Retrieved 15 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 15 March 2016 .
- ↑ "渡辺 猛之(わたなべ たけゆき):参議院" [ Watanabe, Takeyuki: House of Councillors ] (in Japanese) . Retrieved 15 March 2016 .
- ↑ "小見山 幸治(こみやま よしはる):参議院" [ Komiyama, Yoshiharu: House of Councillors ] (in Japanese) . Retrieved 15 March 2016 .
- ↑ "大野 泰正(おおの やすただ):参議院" [ Ohno, Yasutada: House of Councillors ] (in Japanese) . Retrieved 15 March 2016 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009 . Retrieved 15 March 2016 .
- 1 2 3 4 "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009 . Retrieved 15 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 15 March 2016 .
- 1 2 "選挙区開票結果 <岐阜県>" [ District results (Gifu) ] . Asahi Shimbun . Retrieved 15 March 2016 .
- 1 2 "選挙区 岐阜県 開票結果 参院選2007" [ Gifu at-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election ] . Yomiuri Shimbun . Retrieved 15 March 2016 .
- 1 2 "選挙区 岐阜県 開票結果 参院選2010 参院選 選挙" [ Gifu at-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election ] . Yomiuri Shimbun . Retrieved 15 March 2016 .
- 1 2 "選挙区 岐阜 選挙結果 参議院選挙(参院選)2013" [ Gifu at-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election ] . Yomiuri Shimbun . Retrieved 15 March 2016 .
Hokkaido - Tohoku | |
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Kanto | |
Chūbu | |
Kinki | |
Chugoku |
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Shikoku |
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Kyushu - Okinawa | |
National Proportional representation | |
Abolished in 2015 reform | |
Abolished in 1983 election | |
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