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The Yamagata at-large district (Japanese: 山形県選挙区, Hepburn: Yamagata-ken Senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Yamagata Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. Councillors are elected to the house by single non-transferable vote (SNTV) for six-year terms. Since the establishment of the current House of Councillors electoral system in 1947, the district has elected two Councillors, one each at elections held every three years. It has 937,920 registered voters as of September 2015.[1]

Yamagata at-large district
山形県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Councillors
PrefectureYamagata
Electorate898,671 (as of September 2022)[2]
Current constituency
Created1947
Seats2
CouncillorsClass of 2019:  Michiya HagaIndependent
Class of 2022:  Yasue FunayamaDPP

Elected Councillors

class of 1947 election year class of 1950
(1947: 6-year term) (1947: 3-year term)
Shigeyasu Kosugi
(Ind.)
1947 Rokurōbē Ogata (Ind.)
1950 Mataji Kobayashi
(Socialist)
Saburo Unno
(Left Socialist)
1953
1956 Yasusuke Matsuzawa
(Socialist)[note 1]
Michio Murayama
(LDP)
1959
1959 by-el.[note 2] Isami Shirai
(LDP)
1962 Isami Shirai
(LDP)
Gorō Itō
(LDP)
1965
1968 Isami Shirai
(LDP)
Gorō Itō
(LDP)
1971
1974 Tōkichi Abiko
(LDP)
Keigi Furuya
(LDP)
1977
1980 Tōkichi Abiko
(LDP)
Keigi Furuya
(LDP)
1983
1986 Teibin Suzuki
(LDP)
Yasumatsu Hoshikawa
(Rengō no Kai)
1989
1992 Teibin Suzuki
(LDP)
Masatoshi Abe
(Ind.)
1995
1998 Koichi Kishi
(LDP)
Masatoshi Abe
(LDP)
2001
2004 Koichi Kishi
(LDP)
Yasue Funayama (DPJ) 2007[5]
2010[6] Koichi Kishi
(LDP)
Mizuho Onuma
(LDP)
2013[7]
2016[8] Yasue Funayama
(Ind.)
Michiya Haga
(Ind.)
2019[9]
2022 Yasue Funayama
(DPP)
  1. ^ Died in office 18 June 1959.[3]
  2. ^ Held 24 July 1959.[4]

Election results

2013[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Mizuho Onuma
(endorsed by Komeito)
272,779 48.2
Green Wind Yasue Funayama
(Endorsed by SDP)
252,040 44.6
JCP Toshio Ota 33,718 6.0
Happiness Realization Ryota Shirotori 7,193 1.3
Turnout
2010[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Koichi Kishi 263,987 43.6
Democratic Yosei Umetsu
(Endorsed by People's New Party)
222,942 36.8
Your Hiroaki Kawano 88,238 14.6
JCP Toshio Ota 30,348 5.0
Turnout
2007[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yasue Funayama
(Endorsed by People's New Party)
371,071 57.3
LDP Mieko Shinohara
(Endorsed by Komeito)
238,515 36.8
JCP Masayuki Sato 38,008 5.9
Turnout

References

  1. ^ "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). 2 September 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  4. ^ "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b "選挙区 山形県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Yamagata At-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  6. ^ a b "選挙区 山形 選挙結果 参議院選挙(参院選)2010" [Yamagata At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  7. ^ a b "選挙区 山形 選挙結果 参議院選挙(参院選)2013" [Yamagata At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  8. ^ "平成28年7月10日執行 参議院議員通常選挙 速報結果" [House of Councilors general election breaking news results]. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Election Results 2019". NHK. Retrieved 3 January 2021.