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.
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:
Class of 1947 | election year | Class of 1950 (3-year term in 1947) | ||
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Toyohisa Morita[6] (Liberal) |
Kaichi Kawakami (Centrist)[note 1] |
1947 | Yahachi Kawai (Ryokufūkai)[note 2] |
Ichizo Hiraoka[note 3] (Liberal) |
1950 | ||||
1952 by-election[note 4] | Tadaatsu Ishiguro (Ryokufūkai) | |||
Takeji Kobayashi (LDP)[note 5] |
1953 | |||
1956 | Manpei Suzuki (LDP) |
Chuji Matsunaga (Social Democratic) | ||
Masataka Ota (LDP) |
1959 | |||
1962 | Yuko Kurihara[note 6] (LDP) | |||
Chuji Matsunaga (Social Democratic) |
1965 | |||
1968 | Keisaburo Yamamoto (LDP) | |||
Shizu Kawanobe (LDP) |
1971 | |||
1972 by-election[note 7] | Toshio SaitoLDP) | (|||
1974 | Shinya Tozuka[note 8] (LDP) |
Shinji Aoki (Social Democratic) | ||
Buichi Katsumata (Social Democratic) |
Hiroshi Kumagai (LDP) |
1977 | ||
1980 | ||||
Shizuma Kojima (LDP) |
Yutaka Takeyama (LDP) |
1983 | ||
1983 by-election[note 9] | Sakae FujitaLDP) | (|||
1986 | Kazuhito Kimiya (LDP) | |||
Kijun Sakurai (Social Democratic)[note 10] |
1989 | |||
1992 | ||||
Masataka Suzuki (New Frontier) |
1995 | |||
1998 | Yoshihiko Yamashita (LDP) |
Toru Unno (Ind.)[note 11] | ||
Kazuya Shimba (DPJ) |
2001 | |||
2004[10] | Yukiko Sakamoto[note 12] (LDP) |
Yuji Fujimoto (DPJ) | ||
Takao Makino (LDP) |
2007[11] | |||
2009 by-election[note 13] | Hirokazu TsuchidaDPJ) | (|||
2010[12] | Shigeki Iwai (LDP) | |||
2013[13] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic | Shigeki Iwai (Incumbent) (Endorsed by Komeito) |
747,410 | 44.3 | ||
Democratic | Sachiko Hirayama (Endorsed by Social Democratic Party) | 691,687 | 41.0 | ||
Communist | Chika Suzuki | 172,382 | 10.2 | ||
Independent | Sotaro Otake | 54,412 | 3.2 | ||
Happiness Realization | Toshimitsu Egashira | 23,021 | 1.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,688,912 | 55.76 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic | Takao Makino (Incumbent) (Endorsed by Komeito) |
634,789 | 41.5 | ||
Democratic | Kazuya Shimba (Incumbent) | 458,095 | 30.0 | ||
Your | Yukiko Suzuki | 187,055 | 12.2 | ||
Restoration | Hiryu Mochizuki | 119,109 | 7.8 | ||
Communist | Daisuke Mori | 115,411 | 7.6 | ||
Happiness Realization | Yuta Nakano | 13,692 | 0.9 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic | Shigeki Iwai | 554,459 | 32.3 | ||
Democratic | Yuji Fujimoto (Incumbent) (Endorsed by People's New Party) |
485,507 | 28.2 | ||
Your | Junichi Kawai | 359,983 | 20.9 | ||
Democratic | Naoko Nakamoto (Endorsed by People's New Party) |
206,870 | 12.0 | ||
Communist | Hiromi Watanabe | 94,416 | 5.5 | ||
Happiness Realization | Yuta Nakano | 17,633 | 1.0 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Hirokazu Tsuchida (Endorsed by People's New Party) |
567,374 | 52.4 | ||
Liberal Democratic | Shigeki Iwai | 404,763 | 37.4 | ||
Communist | Takashige Hiraga | 97,631 | 9.0 | ||
Happiness Realization | Hissho Yanai | 12,106 | 1.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,097,330 | 35.64 | −22.77 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Kazuya Shimba (Incumbent) | 823,184 | 47.1 | ||
Liberal Democratic | Takao Makino (Endorsed by Komeito) |
549,375 | 31.4 | ||
Independent | Ichi Kibe | 150,306 | 8.6 | ||
Communist | Takashige Hiraga | 137,627 | 7.9 | ||
Independent | Hirokazu Tsuchida | 86,354 | 4.9 | ||
Turnout | 58.41[15] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic | Yukiko Sakamoto (endorsed by Komeito) |
501,618 | 29.3 | ||
Democratic | Yuji Fujimoto | 369,573 | 21.6 | ||
Democratic | Toru Unno | (Incumbent)361,938 | 21.2 | ||
Liberal Democratic | Yoshihiko Yamashita (endorsed by Komeito) |
(Incumbent) 343,368 | 20.1 | ||
Communist | Yukihiro Shimazu | 132,972 | 7.8 | ||
Turnout |