Ishikawa at-large district

Ishikawa at-large district
Ishikawa at-large district
石川県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency; for the House of Councillors
Prefecture	Ishikawa
Electorate	935,591 (as of September 2022)
Current constituency
Created	1947
Seats	2
Councillors	Class of 2019: Shuji Miyamoto (LDP); Class of 2022: Naoki Okada (LDP);

The Ishikawa at-large district (Japanese: 石川県選挙区, Hepburn: Ishikawa-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Ishikawa Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has two Councillors in the 242-member house.

Outline

The constituency represents the entire population of Ishikawa Prefecture. The district elects two Councillors to six-year terms, one at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 939,531 registered voters as of September 2015.^[2] The Councillors currently representing Ishikawa are:

Naoki Okada (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), second term; term ends in 2016)^[3]
Syuji Yamada (LDP, first term; term ends in 2019)^[4]

Elected Councillors

Class of 1947	election year	Class of 1950 (3-year term in 1947)
Kamejiro Hayashiya (Democratic)	1947	Kohei Nakagawa (Japan Liberal)
Kamejiro Hayashiya (Democratic)	1950	Kohei Nakagawa (Liberal)
Tokuji Imura^{[note 1]} (Kaishintō)	1953	Kohei Nakagawa (Liberal)
Tokuji Imura^{[note 1]} (Kaishintō)	1956	Kamejiro Hayashiya (LDP)
Wakio Shibano (Ind.)^{[note 2]}	1958 by-election^{[note 3]}
Tokujiro Toribatake (Ind.)^{[note 4]}	1959
Tokujiro Toribatake (Ind.)^{[note 4]}	1962
Shinji Toda^{[note 5]} (LDP)	1965
Shinji Toda^{[note 5]} (LDP)	1968	Takaaki Yasuta^[7] (LDP)^{[note 6]}
Hitoshi Shimasaki (LDP)	1971 by-election^{[note 7]}
	1971
	1974
	1977
	1980
	1983
	1986	Tetsuo Kutsukake (LDP)
Takashi Awamori (Rengō no Kai)	1989
Takashi Awamori (Rengō no Kai)	1992
Hiroshi Hase^{[note 8]} (LDP)^{[note 9]}	1995
Hiroshi Hase^{[note 8]} (LDP)^{[note 9]}	1998	Sota Iwamoto (Ind.)
Tetsuo Kutsukake (LDP)	2000 by-election^{[note 10]}
	2001
	2004^[9]	Naoki Okada (LDP)
Yasuo Ichikawa (DPJ)	2007^[10]
Yasuo Ichikawa (DPJ)	2010^[11]
Syuji Yamada (LDP)	2013^[12]

^ Died in office 27 October 1958^[5]
^ Later joined the LDP.^[5]
^ Held 7 December 1958^[5]
^ Later joined the LDP.^[6]
^ Died in office 16 December 1970^[6]
^ Was first elected as an independent in 1968
^ Held 7 February 1971^[5]
^ Resigned 12 May 2000^[6]
^ Contested the election as an independent candidate endorsed by the LDP. Officially joined the party two months after his election.
^ Held 25 June 2000^[8]

Election results

2013^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Syuji Yamada (endorsed by Komeito)	321,286	64.8
	Democratic	Yasuo Ichikawa (Incumbent)	113,817	23.0
	JCP	Ryosuke Kameda	40,295	8.1
	Independent	Shigeru Hamasaki	10,114	2.0
	Happiness Realization	Satoshi Miyamoto	9,935	2.0
Turnout

2010^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Naoki Okada (Incumbent)	304,511	55.5
	Democratic	Akira Nishihara (endorsed by People's New Party)	211,373	38.5
	JCP	Mikiko Chikamatsu	32,780	6.0
Turnout

2007^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yasuo Ichikawa (endorsed by People's New Party)	272,366	46.9
	LDP	Tomiro Yata [ja] (endorsed by Komeito)	268,185	46.2
	JCP	Mikiko Chikamatsu	28,604	4.9
	Independent	Shigeru Hamasaki	11,477	2.0
Turnout

2004^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Naoki Okada (endorsed by Komeito)	289,697	56.1
	Democratic	Takashi Kato	188,804	36.6
	JCP	Masayuki Sato	37,800	7.3
Turnout

References

^ "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.
^ "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 26 April 2016.
^ "岡田　直樹（おかだ　なおき）：参議院" [Okada, Naoki: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^ "山田　修路（やまだ　しゅうじ）：参議院" [Yamada, Syuji: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^ "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^ 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 26 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b "選挙区開票結果　<石川県>" [District results (Ishikawa)]. Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b "選挙区　石川県開票結果参院選2007" [Ishikawa at-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b "選挙区　石川県開票結果参院選2010 参院選選挙" [Ishikawa at-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b "選挙区　石川県開票結果参院選2013 参院選選挙" [Ishikawa at-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[6] Died in office 27 October 1958^[5]

[7] Later joined the LDP.^[5]

[8] Held 7 December 1958^[5]

[10] Later joined the LDP.^[6]

[11] Died in office 16 December 1970^[6]

[13] Was first elected as an independent in 1968

[14] Held 7 February 1971^[5]

[15] Resigned 12 May 2000^[6]

[16] Contested the election as an independent candidate endorsed by the LDP. Officially joined the party two months after his election.

[18] Held 25 June 2000^[8]

[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.

[voters-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). 28 December 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[3] "岡田　直樹（おかだ　なおき）：参議院" [Okada, Naoki: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[4] "山田　修路（やまだ　しゅうじ）：参議院" [Yamada, Syuji: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[A-5] "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[Ta-9] "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[Ma-12] "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[by-17] 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 26 April 2016.

[elect04-19] "選挙区開票結果　<石川県>" [District results (Ishikawa)]. Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[elect07-20] "選挙区　石川県開票結果参院選2007" [Ishikawa at-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[elect10-21] "選挙区　石川県開票結果参院選2010 参院選選挙" [Ishikawa at-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[elect13-22] "選挙区　石川県開票結果参院選2013 参院選選挙" [Ishikawa at-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

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Ishikawa at-large district

Outline

Elected Councillors

Election results

See also

References

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