Fukushima at-large district | |
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福島県選挙区 | |
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Councillors | |
Prefecture | Fukushima |
Electorate | 1,545,913 (as of September 2022) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1947 |
Seats | 2 |
Councillors | Class of 2019:
Class of 2022:
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The Fukushima at-large district ( Japanese: 福島県選挙区, Hepburn: Fukushima-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Fukushima Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It currently has three Councillors in the 242-member house.
From the first House of Councillors election in 1947 until the 2010 election, Fukushima elected four Councillors to six-year terms, two each at alternating elections held every three years. In September 2012 Fukushima had 1,627,518 registered voters, [2] the 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 [2] but were also represented by four Councillors each. To address this malapportionment, a November 2012 amendment to the Public Offices Election Law reduced Fukushima's (and Gifu's) representation to two Councillors. [3] This change began to take effect at the 2013 election, when only one Councillor was elected in Fukushima, and will be completed at the 2016 election. The district has 1,607,908 registered voters as of September 2015. [4]
The Councillors currently representing Fukushima are:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democratic |
Masako Mori (Endorsed by Komeito) |
484,089 | 56.6 | ||
Democratic | Emi Kaneko | 240,842 | 28.2 | ||
Communist | Tomo Iwabuchi | 77,401 | 9.0 | ||
Social Democratic | Yoko Endo (Endorsed by People's Life Party) |
35,801 | 4.2 | ||
Happiness Realization | Hidemitsu Sakai | 9,860 | 1.2 | ||
Zaisei Saiken | Kazushige Sugiuchi | 7,425 | 0.9 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic |
Teruhiko Mashiko (Endorsed by People's New Party) |
340,947 | 34.4 | ||
Liberal Democratic | Mitsuhide Iwaki | 338,265 | 34.1 | ||
Democratic | Hiromi Ito | 155,262 | 15.6 | ||
Your | Kazumasa Sugamoto | 93,758 | 9.4 | ||
Communist | Tomo Iwabuchi | 64,209 | 6.5 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Emi Kaneko | 503,423 | 49.9 | ||
Liberal Democratic |
Masako Mori (Endorsed by Komeito) |
372,857 | 37.0 | ||
Communist | Shizue Miyamoto | 78,237 | 7.8 | ||
Social Democratic | Usen Ogawa | 54,466 | 5.4 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Teruhiko Mashiko | 541,236 | 58.1 | ||
Liberal Democratic | Isamu Yamaguchi | 303,782 | 32.6 | ||
Communist | Shizue Miyamoto | 85,994 | 9.2 | ||
Turnout | 948,890 | 56.72 | -3.62 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Yuhei Sato | 445,560 | 45.4 | ||
Liberal Democratic |
Mitsuhide Iwaki (endorsed by Komeito) |
406,793 | 41.5 | ||
Communist | Yumiko Abe | 128,300 | 9.8 | 13.1 | |
Turnout |