Aichi At-large district

Aichi At-large district is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Aichi Prefecture and elects six Councillors, three every three years by single non-transferable vote (SNTV) for six-year terms.

The Councillors currently representing Aichi are:

Elected Councillors

class of 1947 election year class of 1950
#1
(1947: #1, 6-year term)		 #2
(1947: #2, 6-year term)		 #3
(1947: #3, 6-year term)		 #1
(1947: #4, 3-year term)		 #2
(1947: #5, 3-year term)		 #3
(1947: #6, 3-year term)
Shichirō Takenaka
(Indep.)[1]		 Saichi Yamada
(JLP)		 Takurō Yamanouchi
(Indep.)[2]		 1947[3] Ushirō Saeki
(Indep.)[4]		 Ryōen Kusaba
(JLP)		 Yoshio Kuriyama
(Indep.) [5]
1950[6] Banji Naruse
(JSP)		 Yoneji Yamamoto
(LP)		 Ryōen Kusaba
(LP)
Hideo Aoyagi
(Yoshida faction LP)		 Shin'ichi Kondō
(lefist faction JSP)		 Hiroko Hasebe
(Indep.)[7]		 1953[8]
1956[9] Ryōen Kusaba † '66
(LDP)		 Yoneji Yamamoto
(LDP)
Hideo Aoyagi
(LDP)		 Takeo Sugiura † '63
(LDP)		 Shin'ichi Kondō # '65
(JSP)		 1959[10]
1962[11] Sakae Shibata
(LDP)
Ichirō Yagi
(LDP)		 1963 by-el.[12]
Shin'ichi Kondō
(JSP)		 Hideo Aoyagi
(LDP)		 1965[13]
1966 by-el.[14] Tarō Yokoi
(LDP)
1968[15] Kunihiko Shibuya
(Kōmeitō)
Ichirō Yagi
(LDP)		 Shigezō Hashimoto
(LDP)		 Shōji Suhara † '75
(JSP)		 1971[16]
1974[17] Isshū Fujikawa
(LDP)		 Shigenobu Sanji
(DSP)		 Shōji Morishita
(JSP)
Isamu Fukui
(LDP)		 1975 by-el.[18]
Kei Inoue
(DSP)		 Tomi Baba
(Kōmeitō)		 1977[19]
1980[20] Hiroshi Ōgi
(LDP)		 Kentarō Takagi
(Indep.)[21]
Hiroshi Yoshikawa
(LDP)		 1983[22]
1986[23] Kentarō Takagi † '90
(Indep.)		 Shigenobu Sanji
(DSP)
Sachiko Maehata
(JSP)		 Hiroshi Yoshikawa
(LDP)		 Kei Inoue
(DSP)		 1989[24]
1990 by-el.[25] Yoshihisa Ōshima
(LDP)
1992[26] Kiyohiro Araki
(Kōmeitō)		 Shōji Shinma # '94
(DSP)
1994 by-el.[27] Yuzuru Tsutsugi
(Indep.)[28]
Tamotsu Yamamoto
(NFP)		 Seiji Suzuki
(LDP)		 Makiko Suehiro
(Indep.)		 1995[29]
1998[30] Yoshitake Kimata
(DPJ)		 Taisuke Satō
(DPJ)		 Hiroko Hatta
(JCP)
Seiji Suzuki
(LDP)		 Kōhei Ōtsuka
(DPJ)		 Tamotsu Yamamoto
(Kōmeitō)		 2001[31]
2004[32] Katsuhito Asano
(LDP)		 Taisuke Satō
(DPJ)		 Yoshitake Kimata
(DPJ)
Kōhei Ōtsuka
(DPJ)		 Seiji Suzuki
(LDP)		 Kuniko Tanioka
(DPJ)		 2007[33]
2010[34] Masahito Fujikawa
(LDP)		 Yoshitaka Saitō
(DPJ)		 Misako Yasui
(DPJ)

Party affiliations as of election day; #: resigned; †: died in office.

Recent election results

2010[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Masahito Fujikawa 918,187.000
DPJ Yoshitaka Saitō 750,723.421
DPJ Misako Yasui 676,681.000
YP Michiyo Yakushiji 529,130.578
JCP Nobuko Motomura 193,710.000
SDP Mitsuko Aoyama 102,989.000
HRP Hiromi Nakane 37,338.000
Turnout 3,349,983.000 57.46
2007[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ Kōhei Ōtsuka 880,856
LDP Seiji Suzuki 734,153
DPJ (PNP support) Kuniko Tanioka 720,777
Kōmeitō Tamotsu Yamamoto 587,268
JCP Hiroko Hatta 293,607
SDP Ryōhei Hirayama 69,853
Independent Takashi Hyōdō 22,273
Ishin Seitō Shinpū Masaji Tsuge 13,301
Kyōsei Shintō Kōtarō Arakawa 12,435
Turnout 3,397,619 59.12

References

House of Councillors: Alphabetical list of former Councillors

  1. ^ later joined Liberal Party
  2. ^ joined Ryokufūkai
  3. ^ "参議院>第1回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1947/99/001803/00001803_8431.html. Retrieved 2011-02-10. 
  4. ^ joined Ryokufūkai
  5. ^ later joined JSP
  6. ^ "参議院>第2回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1950/99/001841/00001841_8533.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  7. ^ joined Mushozoku Club ("independent club")
  8. ^ "参議院>第3回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1953/99/001862/00001862_8600.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  9. ^ "参議院>第4回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1956/99/001873/00001873_8657.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  10. ^ "参議院>第5回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1959/99/001900/00001900_8730.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  11. ^ "参議院>第6回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1962/99/001907/00001907_8784.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  12. ^ "参議院>第6回参議院議員補欠選挙" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1963/99/00001911.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  13. ^ "参議院>第7回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1965/99/001918/00001918_8841.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  14. ^ "参議院>第7回参議院議員補欠選挙" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1966/99/00001924.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  15. ^ "参議院>第8回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1968/99/001930/00001930_8900.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  16. ^ "参議院>第9回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1971/99/001935/00001935_8951.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  17. ^ "参議院>第10回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1974/99/001945/00001945_9009.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  18. ^ "参議院>第10回参議院議員補欠選挙" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1975/99/00001947.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  19. ^ "参議院>第11回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1977/99/001953/00001953_9067.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  20. ^ "参議院>第12回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1980/99/001960/00001960_9121.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  21. ^ joined Kōmeitō parliamentary group
  22. ^ "参議院>第13回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1983/99/001970/00001970_9178.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  23. ^ "参議院>第14回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1986/99/001975/00001975_9230.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  24. ^ "参議院>第15回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1989/99/001986/00001986_9288.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  25. ^ "参議院>第15回参議院議員補欠選挙" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1990/99/00001993.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  26. ^ "参議院>第16回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1992/99/001996/00001996_9345.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  27. ^ "参議院>第16回参議院議員補欠選挙" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1993/99/00001997.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. , note: the date is incorrectly given as July 1993; but the by-election took place in September 1994, see HC website.
  28. ^ backed by JRP, JNP, Kōmeitō, DSP and two other parties from the former anti-LDP coalition (Hosokawa and Hata cabinets).
  29. ^ "参議院>第17回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1995/99/001998/00001998_9397.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  30. ^ "参議院>第18回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1998/99/002001/00002001_9447.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  31. ^ "参議院>第19回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2001/99/002009/00002009_9597.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  32. ^ "参議院>第20回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2004/99/002006/00002006_9547.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  33. ^ a b "参議院>第21回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2007/99/006850/00006850_17779.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  34. ^ a b "参議院>第22回参議院議員選挙>愛知選挙区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2010/99/011253/00011253_27104.html. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
Aichi's electoral districts for the Diet of Japan
FPTP "small" districts (1996–present): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 · PR: part of the Tōkai PR block (21 seats) · House of Councillors: At-large (15 Representatives, 6 Councillors)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1947–1993): 1 2 3 4 5 6 (19→22 Representatives, 6 Councillors)
Limited voting "large" districts (1946): 1 2 (18 Representatives)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1928–1942): 1 2 3 4 5 (17 Representatives)
FPTP/SNTV "small" districts (1920–1924): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 (17 Representatives)
SNTV "large" districts (1902–1917): Nagoya city · counties (gunbu) (13 Representatives)
FPTP/bloc voting "small" districts (1890–1898): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 (11 Representatives)