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.
| Ibaraki at-large district | |
|---|---|
| 茨城県選挙区 | |
| Parliamentary constituency for the House of Councillors | |
 | |
| Prefecture | Ibaraki |
| Electorate | 2,399,889[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1947 |
| Seats | 4 |
| Councillors | Class of 2019:
Class of 2022: |
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.)^ | ||
Election results
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Hiroshi Okada | 717,140 | 80.6 | ||
| Communist | Osamu Kojima | 172,455 | 19.4 | ||
| Turnout | 39.61 | ||||
See also
- List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan
- Ibaraki 4th district, one of seven districts that represents Ibaraki Prefecture in the House of Representatives
References
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