Hokkaido At-large district
Hokkaido At-large district is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It consists of Hokkaido and is represented by four Councillors electing two at a time every three years by single non-transferable vote for six-year terms. In the election period from 2013 to 2016, Hokkaido's Councillors are:
- Katsuya Ogawa (DPJ, Hatoyama group; term ends in 2019),
- Chūichi Date (LDP, Machimura faction; term ends in 2019),
- Gaku Hasegawa (LDP, Machimura faction; term ends in 2016) and
- Eri Tokunaga (DPJ; term ends in 2016).
After the House of Councillors had replaced the House of Peers according to the constitution of 1947, Hokkaido was represented by eight Councillors. In the early years of the 1955 System, all four seats went to the two major postwar parties, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Japan Socialist Party (JSP). But smaller parties such as the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) had a chance to pick up seats in Hokkaido as the vote share sufficient to gain a seat was often significantly below 20 percent. The high number of candidates increased the risk of vote splitting for the major parties: In 1974, two incumbent LDP candidates and conservative independent Tatsuo Takahashi ranked 5th, 6th and 7th leaving all four seats to the center-left to left opposition parties Kōmeitō, JSP and JCP.
In a major reapportionment in 1994 the number of Councillors from Hokkaido was halved to four. It became effective in the 1995 and 1998 elections. Like most two-member districts Hokkaidō usually splits seats evenly between Democrats and Liberal Democrats.
Elected Councillors
| class of 1947 | election year | class of 1950 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 (1947: #1, 6-year term) (1950: #5, 3-year term) |
#2 (1947: #2, 6-year term) |
#3 (1947: #3, 6-year term) |
#4 (1947: #4, 6-year term) |
#1 (1947: #5, 3-year term) |
#2 (1947: #6, 3-year term) |
#3 (1947: #7, 3-year term) |
#4 (1947: #8, 3-year term) | |
| Junsuke Itaya † (JLP) |
Sueji Hori (Indep.) |
Makoto Chiba (JSP) |
Misao Kaga (Indep.)[party 1] |
1947[1] | Katsuzō Wakaki (Indep.)[party 2] |
Gengo Kinoshita (JSP) |
Keiki Machimura (Indep.)[party 3] |
Yonesaburō Kobayashi (Indep.) [party 4] |
| Eiji Arima (DP) |
1950 incl. by-election[2] |
Gengo Kinoshita (JSP) |
Takashi Azuma (Farmers Cooperative Party) |
Katsuzō Wakaki (JSP) |
Sadayoshi Matsuura (Farmers Cooperative Party) | |||
| Makoto Chiba (JSP, left) |
Katsutarō Kita (Indep.)[party 5] |
Sueji Hori (Yoshida LP) |
Eiji Arima (Progressive) |
1953[3] | ||||
| 1956[4] | Hidetoshi Tomabechi (LDP) |
Tadashi Ōya (JSP) |
Takashi Azuma (JSP) |
Shinichi Nishida (LDP) | ||||
| Isao Yoneta (JSP) |
Sueji Hori (LDP) |
Ihei Ikawa (LDP) |
Makoto Chiba (JSP) |
1959[5] | ||||
| 1962[6] | Tadashi Ōya (JSP) |
Tokuichi Kobayashi (Indep.)[party 6] |
Chūzaburō Yoshida (JSP) | |||||
| Seiichi Kawamura (JSP) |
Ihei Ikawa (LDP) |
Yūnosuke Takahashi (LDP) |
Genshō Takeda (JSP) |
1965[7] | ||||
| 1968[8] | Yōichi Kawaguchi (LDP) |
Shinichi Nishida (LDP) |
Chūzaburō Yoshida (JSP) | |||||
| Yūnosuke Takahashi (LDP) |
Seiichi Kawamura (JSP) |
Genshō Takeda (JSP) |
Masaichi Iwamoto (LDP) |
1971[9] | ||||
| 1974[10] | Sadako Ogasawara (JCP) |
Chūzaburō Yoshida (JSP) |
Takakatsu Tsushima (JSP) |
Takehiko Aizawa (Kōmeitō) | ||||
| Shūji Kita (LDP) |
Keiichi Nakamura (LDP) |
Kaneyasu Marutani (JSP) |
Seiichi Kawamura (JSP) |
1977[11] | ||||
| 1980[12] | Masaaki Takagi (LDP) |
Masamitsu Iwamoto (LDP) |
Sadako Ogasawara (JCP) | |||||
| Hisamitsu Sugano (JSP) |
Masami Kudō (LDP) |
1983[13] | ||||||
| 1986[14] | Takakatsu Tsushima (JSP) |
Masaaki Takagi (LDP) | ||||||
| Yasuko Takemura (Indep.)[party 7] |
Shūji Kita (LDP) |
Yūko Takasaki (JCP) |
1989[15] | |||||
| 1992[16] | Hisashi Kazama (Kōmeitō) |
Noriyuki Nakao (Indep.)[party 8] |
Naoki Minezaki (JSP) |
Masaaki Takagi (LDP) | ||||
| Hisamitsu Sugano (JSP) |
Katsuya Ogawa (NFP) |
– | 1995[17] | |||||
| 1998[18] | Naoki Minezaki (DPJ) |
Yoshio Nakagawa (LDP) |
– | |||||
| Chūichi Date (LDP) |
Katsuya Ogawa (DPJ) |
2001[19] | ||||||
| 2004[20] | Yoshio Nakagawa (LDP) |
Naoki Minezaki (DPJ) | ||||||
| Katsuya Ogawa (DPJ) |
Chūichi Date (LDP) |
2007[21] | ||||||
| 2010[22] | Gaku Hasegawa (LDP) |
Eri Tokunaga (DPJ) | ||||||
| Chūichi Date (LDP) |
Katsuya Ogawa (DPJ) |
2013[23] | ||||||
- ↑ joined Ryokufūkai
- ↑ joined JSP
- ↑ joined Ryokufūkai
- ↑ joined JLP
- ↑ joined Ryokufūkai
- ↑ joined LDP
- ↑ JSP support
- ↑ JSP support
Recent election results
| 2013[23] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| LDP (NK) | Chūichi Date | 903,693 | 37.7 | ||
| DPJ | Katsuya Ogawa | 583,995 | 24.4 | ||
| NPD | Takahiro Asano | 352,434 | 14.7 | ||
| JCP | Tsuneto Mori | 272,102 | 11.4 | ||
| YP | Takanobu Azumi | 261,802 | 10.9 | ||
| HRP | Yoshinori Moriyama | 23,194 | 1.0 | ||
| 2010[22] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| LDP | Gaku Hasegawa | 948,267 | 34.3 | ||
| DPJ | Eri Tokunaga | 708,523 | 25.6 | ||
| DPJ | Masashi Fujikawa | 567,167 | 20.5 | ||
| YP | Ken'ichi Nakagawa | 320,992 | 11.6 | ||
| JCP | Kazuya Hatayama | 200,231 | 7.2 | ||
| HRP | Makoto Ōbayashi | 22,166 | 0.8 | ||
| 2007[21] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| DPJ | Katsuya Ogawa | 1,018,597 | 36.0 | ||
| LDP (NK) | Chūichi Date | 757,463 | 26.8 | ||
| Independent (NPD, DPJ, PNP) | Kaori Sahara | 621,497 | 22.0 | ||
| JCP | Kazuya Hatayama | 206,463 | 7.3 | ||
| Independent | Hideyoshi Hashiba | 103,282 | 3.7 | ||
| SDP | Takao Asano | 79,474 | 2.8 | ||
| Independent | Masayuki Arakawa | 22,154 | 0.8 | ||
| Ishin | Nobuhito Sendai | 18,234 | 0.6 | ||
| 2004[20] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| LDP | Yoshio Nakagawa | 741,831 | 26.7 | ||
| DPJ | Naoki Minezaki | 618,277 | 22.3 | ||
| DPJ | Masahito Nishikawa | 552,993 | 19.9 | ||
| Independent | Muneo Suzuki | 485,382 | 17.5 | ||
| JCP | Chiharu Oka | 254,338 | 9.2 | ||
| SDP | Keiko Yamauchi | 106,631 | 3.8 | ||
| Ishin | Nobuhito Sendai | 19,020 | 0.7 | ||
| 2001[19] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| LDP | Chūichi Date | 985,274 | 39.3 | ||
| DPJ | Katsuya Ogawa | 683,704 | 27.2 | ||
| JCP | Satoshi Miyauchi | 284,575 | 11.3 | ||
| LP | Masahito Nishikawa | 196,348 | 7.8 | ||
| SDP | Yoshiko Sugiyama | 165,670 | 6.6 | ||
| WP | Tamiko Matsumura | 87,597 | 3.5 | ||
| Independent | Mitsuhiro Yokoyama | 36,119 | 1.4 | ||
| LL | Akifumi Kumagai | 33,500 | 1.3 | ||
| NSP | Nobuyuki Saitō | 25,261 | 1.0 | ||
| Ishin | Nobuhito Sendai | 11,469 | 0.5 | ||
| 1998[18] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| DPJ | Naoki Minezaki | 804,611 | 31.2 | ||
| LDP | Yoshio Nakagawa | 723,786 | 28.1 | ||
| JCP | Tomoko Uchiyama | 605,119 | 23.5 | ||
| LP | Kentarō Ono | 161,505 | 6.3 | ||
| SDP | Shirō Kayano | 146,159 | 5.7 | ||
| NSP | Masami Mizuyoshi | 34,374 | 1.3 | ||
| YLP | Ken'ichi Sawada | 33,390 | 1.3 | ||
| LL | Ryōko Matsukawa | 32,557 | 1.3 | ||
| Independent | Hideo Murata | 28,480 | 1.1 | ||
| Ishin | Nobuhito Sendai | 7,249 | 0.3 | ||
| 1995[17] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| JSP | Hisamitsu Sugano | 563,029 | 27.5 | ||
| NFP | Katsuya Ogawa | 511,139 | 25.3 | ||
| LDP | Yoshitaka Kimoto | 488,807 | 24.2 | ||
| JCP | Yūko Takasaki | 392,714 | 19.5 | ||
| New Era | Etsuko Yoshino | 40,106 | 2.0 | ||
| Independent | Hiroshi Maeya | 21,716 | 1.1 | ||
References
- House of Councillors: Alphabetical list of former Councillors
- ↑ 参議院>第1回参議院議員選挙>北海道選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
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- ↑ 参議院>第3回参議院議員選挙>北海道選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ↑ 参議院>第4回参議院議員選挙>北海道選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ↑ 参議院>第5回参議院議員選挙>北海道選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ↑ 参議院>第6回参議院議員選挙>北海道選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ↑ 参議院>第7回参議院議員選挙>北海道選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ↑ 参議院>第8回参議院議員選挙>北海道選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ↑ 参議院>第9回参議院議員選挙>北海道選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ↑ 参議院>第10回参議院議員選挙>北海道選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
- ↑ 参議院>第11回参議院議員選挙>北海道選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ↑ 参議院>第12回参議院議員選挙>北海道選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ↑ 参議院>第13回参議院議員選挙>北海道選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ↑ 参議院>第14回参議院議員選挙>北海道選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ↑ 参議院>第15回参議院議員選挙>北海道選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ↑ 参議院>第16回参議院議員選挙>北海道選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
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