Tottori_at-large_district_(House_of_Representatives) References

The Tottori at-large district ( Japanese: 鳥取県全県区, Hepburn: Tottori-ken Zenken-ku) was an electoral district represented in the House of Representatives in the National Diet of Japan. From 1947 until 1993, it elected four representatives from Tottori Prefecture.

History

In the 1947 Japanese general election, the Japan Socialist Party was the only party to have two winning candidates for the district, while the Liberal Party and Tottori Prefectural Farmers' Union had one each.^[1] For the next four elections until the 1955 Japanese general election, most of the winning candidates would come from parties that would eventually merge into the Liberal Democratic Party; the only two exceptions were Kaku Ashika [ ja] and Itaru Yonehara [ ja], who were elected to the district for left-wing parties.^[1] Starting with the 1958 Japanese general election, the LDP would hold at least half of the district's seats for the rest of the district's existence.^[1] Ashika, Bun Takebe [ ja], and Koken Nosaka being the only representatives elected from the district without any affiliation with the LDP.^[1]

At the time the Public Offices Election Law [ ja] came into law in 1950, the district encompassed the entirely of Tottori Prefecture.^[2]

Due to the 1994 Japanese electoral reform, the at-large district was replaced with two single-member districts starting with the 1996 Japanese general election.^[3]

Results

1947^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Naomichi Inada [ ja]	37,540	16.7	*New*
Socialist	Hideo Shōji [ ja]	35,704	15.9	*New*
Other	Jitsuzō Horie [ ja]	31,946	14.2	New
Socialist	Shizuo Kajikawa [ ja]	30,325	13.5	*New*
Liberal	Katsutarō Kadowaki [ ja]	29,036	12.9	New
Other	Shōzō Matsuda	22,432	10.0	New
National Cooperative	Tatsu Tanaka	13,596	6.0	New
Communist	Itaru Yonehara [ ja]	11,751	5.2	New
Socialist	Toyokichi Fujii	6,314	2.8	New
Other	Gorō Ikegami	3,585	1.6	New
Other	Hikozō Yuhara	2,316	1.0	New

1949^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Communist	Itaru Yonehara [ ja]	43,654	17.0	11.8
Democratic Liberal	Naomichi Inada [ ja]	39,805	15.5	*New*
Democratic Liberal	Katsutarō Kadowaki [ ja]	39,244	15.3	*New*
Socialist	Kaku Ashika [ ja]	35,779	14.0	-1.9
Labourers and Farmers	Jitsuzō Horie [ ja]	28,792	11.2	New
Democratic Liberal	Yūji Tejima	26,501	10.3	New
Socialist	Hideo Shōji [ ja]	18,094	7.1	-6.4
Socialist	Shizuo Kajikawa	17,300	6.7	3.9
Pro-American Benevolent Workers' Party	Reiko Gotō	3,563	1.4	New
Democratic	Yukito Uchida	1,977	0.8	New
Japan Social Reform Party	Gorō Ikegami	1,745	0.7	New

1952^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Left Socialist	Kaku Ashika [ ja]	43,369	14.8	*New*
Liberal	Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ ja]	43,278	14.7	*New*
Liberal	Masami Nakata [ ja]	41,223	14.7	*New*
Kaishintō	Yoshimi Furui [ ja]	39,817	13.6	*New*
Japan Reconstruction Federation	Hideyuki Miyoshi [ ja]	32,468	11.1	New
Independent	Masamichi Akazawa [ ja]	29,544	10.1	New
Liberal	Katsutarō Kadowaki [ ja]	28,446	9.7	New
Liberal	Naomichi Inada [ ja]	12,552	4.3	New
Liberal	Yūji Tejima	11,398	3.9	New
Communist	Itaru Yonehara [ ja]	7,920	2.7	-14.3
Independent	Moriya Hatashin	3,741	1.3	New

1953^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Left Socialist	Kaku Ashika [ ja]	48,276	17.1	2.3
Kaishintō	Masamichi Akazawa [ ja]	45,227	16.0	2.5
Liberal	Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ ja]	42,604	15.1	0.4
Kaishintō	Yoshimi Furui [ ja]	42,517	15.1	*New*
Liberal	Masami Nakata [ ja]	41,399	14.6	-0.1
Liberal	Katsutarō Kadowaki [ ja]	30,316	10.7	1.0
Left Socialist	Kanji Morimoto	19,864	7.0	New
Communist	Itaru Yonehara [ ja]	6,664	2.4	-0.3
Independent	Moriya Hatashin	5,597	2.0	0.7

1955^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Japan Democratic Party	Yoshimi Furui [ ja]	62,538	21.9	*New*
Left Socialist	Kaku Ashika [ ja]	59,564	20.8	3.7
Japan Democratic Party	Masamichi Akazawa [ ja]	54,128	18.9	*New*
Liberal	Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ ja]	49,545	17.3	2.2
Right Socialist	Toshitada Nakanishi	33,481	11.7	New
Independent	Moriya Hatashin	14,483	5.1	3.1
Communist	Itaru Yonehara [ ja]	12,197	4.3	1.9

1958^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democratic	Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ ja]	56,529	19.1	-1.7
Liberal Democratic	Masamichi Akazawa [ ja]	56,452	19.1	*New*
Liberal Democratic	Yoshimi Furui [ ja]	54,132	18.3	*New*
Socialist	Kaku Ashika [ ja]	45,999	15.5	*New*
Socialist	Toshitada Nakanishi	41,216	13.9	New
Independent	Katsutarō Kadowaki [ ja]	18,832	6.4	New
Independent	Moriya Hatashin	9,132	3.1	-2.0
Independent	Naomichi Inada [ ja]	5,936	2.0	New
Communist	Ichiji Kawake	4,634	1.6	-2.7
Independent	Akira Umebayashi	3,113	1.1	New

1960^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Socialist	Kaku Ashika [ ja]	75,927	26.1	12.2
Liberal Democratic	Yoshimi Furui [ ja]	66,989	23.0	3.9
Liberal Democratic	Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ ja]	61,551	21.2	2.1
Liberal Democratic	Masamichi Akazawa [ ja]	55,699	19.2	0.9
Democratic Socialist	Toshitada Nakanishi	23,564	8.1	New
Communist	Ichiji Kawake	6,928	2.4	0.8

1963^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democratic	Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ ja]	60,804	20.7	-2.3
Liberal Democratic	Yoshimi Furui [ ja]	60,277	20.5	-0.7
Liberal Democratic	Masamichi Akazawa [ ja]	57,897	19.7	0.5
Socialist	Kaku Ashika [ ja]	57,380	19.5	-6.6
Democratic Socialist	Bun Takebe [ ja]	50,937	17.3	9.2
Communist	Minoru Ishio	6,737	2.3	-0.1

1967^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Socialist	Bun Takebe [ ja]	64,002	25.6	6.1
Liberal Democratic	Yoshimi Furui [ ja]	59,180	23.7	3.0
Liberal Democratic	Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ ja]	56,422	22.6	2.1
Liberal Democratic	Masamichi Akazawa [ ja]	54,385	21.8	2.1
Socialist	Kaku Ashika [ ja]	54,262	21.7	New
Communist	Toshitomo Takeuchi	6,424	2.6	0.3

1969^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democratic	Masamichi Akazawa [ ja]	65,582	20.5	-3.2
Liberal Democratic	Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ ja]	64,638	20.2	-2.4
Liberal Democratic	Yoshimi Furui [ ja]	45,635	14.3	-7.5
Socialist	Bun Takebe [ ja]	43,798	13.7	-11.9
Kōmeitō	Tomomasa Kawakami	41,285	12.9	New
Socialist	Yoshio Nakata [ ja]	32,295	10.1	-11.7
Independent	Isao Akihisa	19,351	6.0	New
Communist	Minoru Ishio	7,296	2.3	-0.3

1972^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democratic	Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ ja]	61,431	18.3	-2.2
Liberal Democratic	Masamichi Akazawa [ ja]	55,584	16.5	-3.7
Independent	Yasuo Shimada [ ja]	54,373	16.2	*New*
Socialist	Koken Nosaka	53,192	15.8	2.1
Socialist	Bun Takebe [ ja]	49,106	14.6	4.5
Liberal Democratic	Yoshimi Furui [ ja]	47,511	14.1	-0.2
Communist	Taizō Tanaka	15,153	4.5	2.2

1976^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democratic	Yoshimi Furui [ ja]	59,328	16.2	-2.1
Liberal Democratic	Hideyuki Aizawa [ ja]	58,128	15.8	-0.7
Socialist	Bun Takebe [ ja]	53,990	14.7	-1.1
Socialist	Koken Nosaka	49,594	13.5	-1.1
Liberal Democratic	Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ ja]	46,571	12.7	-1.4
Liberal Democratic	Yasuo Shimada [ ja]	42,089	11.5	New
Kōmeitō	Kenji Yamazaki	40,898	11.1	New
Communist	Taizō Tanaka	11,980	3.3	-1.2
Independent	Shinzō Koga	4,290	1.2	New

1979^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democratic	Hideyuki Aizawa [ ja]	64,080	17.8	1.6
Liberal Democratic	Yoshimi Furui [ ja]	60,753	16.9	1.1
Socialist	Koken Nosaka	60,705	16.9	2.2
Socialist	Bun Takebe [ ja]	57,575	16.0	2.5
Liberal Democratic	Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ ja]	53,978	15.0	2.3
Liberal Democratic	Yasuo Shimada [ ja]	47,759	13.3	1.8
Communist	Shūichi Itani	12,830	3.6	0.3
Independent	Yukihiro Tanaka	1,539	0.4	New

1980^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democratic	Hideyuki Aizawa [ ja]	71,217	19.9	2.1
Socialist	Koken Nosaka	63,847	17.8	0.9
Socialist	Bun Takebe [ ja]	63,735	17.8	1.8
Liberal Democratic	Yoshimi Furui [ ja]	63,701	17.8	0.9
Liberal Democratic	Yasuo Shimada [ ja]	59,164	16.5	1.5
Independent	Takayoshi Tsuneda [ ja]	23,495	6.6	New
Communist	Shūichi Itani	12,683	3.5	-0.1

1983^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democratic	Yasuo Shimada [ ja]	80,406	22.7	2.8
Socialist	Bun Takebe [ ja]	67,603	19.1	1.3
Liberal Democratic	Kōzō Hirabayashi [ ja]	67,054	18.9	1.1
Liberal Democratic	Hideyuki Aizawa [ ja]	66,121	18.7	2.2
Socialist	Koken Nosaka	61,752	17.4	-0.4
Communist	Mutsumi Yasuda	8,935	2.5	-1.0
Independent	Shigenori Uchita	2,081	0.6	New

1986^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democratic	Kōzō Hirabayashi [ ja]	71,015	18.6	-4.1
Liberal Democratic	Hideyuki Aizawa [ ja]	69,933	18.3	-0.6
Socialist	Koken Nosaka	66,067	17.3	-1.8
Liberal Democratic	Shigeru Ishiba	56,534	14.8	-3.9
Kōmeitō	Nobutaka Kumagai	51,632	13.5	New
Socialist	Bun Takebe [ ja]	46,917	12.3	-5.1
Independent	Mitsuru Shimada	11,307	3.0	New
Communist	Mutsumi Yasuda	8,097	2.1	-0.4

1990^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democratic	Shigeru Ishiba	82,169	21.5	2.9
Socialist	Koken Nosaka	75,439	19.8	2.5
Socialist	Bun Takebe [ ja]	75,112	19.7	7.4
Liberal Democratic	Hideyuki Aizawa [ ja]	71,354	18.7	0.4
Liberal Democratic	Kōzō Hirabayashi [ ja]	66,345	17.4	2.6
Communist	Naoyuki Iwanaga	8,332	2.2	0.1
Independent	Toyoaki Nakanishi	1,829	0.5	New
Independent	Shigenori Uchita	900	0.2	-0.4

1993^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Shigeru Ishiba	137,025	40.4	*New*
	Liberal Democratic	Kōzō Hirabayashi [ ja]	69,508	20.5	-1.0
	Socialist	Koken Nosaka	59,497	17.5	-2.3
	Liberal Democratic	Hideyuki Aizawa [ ja]	48,793	14.4	-4.3
	Communist	Yasuko Sasaki	24,579	7.2	5.0
Turnout			467,413	73.7

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v
Election results:
- 1947: "鳥取選挙区 - 第23回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1947年04月25日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1949: "鳥取選挙区 - 第24回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1949年01月23日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1952: "鳥取選挙区 - 第25回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1952年10月01日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1953: "鳥取選挙区 - 第26回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1953年04月19日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1955: "鳥取選挙区 - 第27回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1955年02月27日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1958: "鳥取選挙区 - 第28回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1958年05月22日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1960: "鳥取選挙区 - 第29回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1960年11月20日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1963: "鳥取選挙区 - 第30回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1963年11月21日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1967: "鳥取選挙区 - 第31回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1967年01月29日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1969: "鳥取選挙区 - 第32回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1969年12月27日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1972: "鳥取選挙区 - 第33回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1972年12月10日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1976: "鳥取選挙区 - 第34回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1976年12月05日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1979: "鳥取選挙区 - 第35回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1979年10月07日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1980: "鳥取選挙区 - 第36回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1980年06月22日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1983: "鳥取選挙区 - 第37回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1983年12月18日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1986: "鳥取選挙区 - 第38回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1986年07月06日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1990: "鳥取選挙区 - 第39回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1990年02月18日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- 1993: "鳥取選挙区 - 第40回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1993年07月18日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
^ 別表第一 (100) (in Japanese). House of Representatives. 15 April 1950. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
^ 別表第一 (104) (in Japanese). House of Representatives. 25 November 1994. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

[go2senkyo-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Election results:
1947: "鳥取選挙区 - 第23回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1947年04月25日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1949: "鳥取選挙区 - 第24回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1949年01月23日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1952: "鳥取選挙区 - 第25回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1952年10月01日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1953: "鳥取選挙区 - 第26回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1953年04月19日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1955: "鳥取選挙区 - 第27回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1955年02月27日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1958: "鳥取選挙区 - 第28回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1958年05月22日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1960: "鳥取選挙区 - 第29回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1960年11月20日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1963: "鳥取選挙区 - 第30回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1963年11月21日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1967: "鳥取選挙区 - 第31回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1967年01月29日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1969: "鳥取選挙区 - 第32回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1969年12月27日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1972: "鳥取選挙区 - 第33回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1972年12月10日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1976: "鳥取選挙区 - 第34回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1976年12月05日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1979: "鳥取選挙区 - 第35回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1979年10月07日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1980: "鳥取選挙区 - 第36回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1980年06月22日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1983: "鳥取選挙区 - 第37回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1983年12月18日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1986: "鳥取選挙区 - 第38回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1986年07月06日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1990: "鳥取選挙区 - 第39回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1990年02月18日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

1993: "鳥取選挙区 - 第40回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1993年07月18日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[2] 1947: "鳥取選挙区 - 第23回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1947年04月25日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[3] 1949: "鳥取選挙区 - 第24回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1949年01月23日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[4] 1952: "鳥取選挙区 - 第25回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1952年10月01日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[5] 1953: "鳥取選挙区 - 第26回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1953年04月19日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[6] 1955: "鳥取選挙区 - 第27回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1955年02月27日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[7] 1958: "鳥取選挙区 - 第28回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1958年05月22日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[8] 1960: "鳥取選挙区 - 第29回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1960年11月20日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[9] 1963: "鳥取選挙区 - 第30回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1963年11月21日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[10] 1967: "鳥取選挙区 - 第31回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1967年01月29日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[11] 1969: "鳥取選挙区 - 第32回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1969年12月27日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 November 2023.

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