Kanagawa At-large district (House of Councillors)

Kanagawa At-large district is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature) represented by six Councillors. It comprises the entire prefecture of Kanagawa and elects three Councillors every three years by single non-transferable vote.

Between 1947 and 1995 Kanagawa was represented by four Councillors. The 1994 electoral reform reapportioned the number of seats, increasing the number of Councillors in Miyagi, Saitama, Kanagawa and Gifu by two each (one per election) and reducing the number in Hokkaido, Hyogo and Fukuoka. Kanagawa, like most two-member districts, had often split seats between the two major parties, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Japan Socialist Party (JSP). Following another reapportionment in the 2007 election when Tokyo gained an additional Councillor Kanagawa has the lowest electoral weight for the House of Concillors countrywide. As of September 2009, 7,301,452 voters were registered in Kanagawa.[1]

Elected Councillors

election
year		 class of 1947 class of 1950
#1
(1947: #1, 6-year term)		 #2
(1947: #2, 6-year term)		 #3 #1
(1947: #3, 3-year term)		 #2
(1947: #4, 3-year term)		 #3
1947[2] Jiro Miki (JSP) Seiichi Ogushi (JLP) – Kenichi Suzuki (UPP) Kenji Osumi (JLP) –
1950[3] Eki Sone (JSP) Kosaku Ishimura (LP)
1953[4] Jiro Miki (JSP, left) Kenzo Kono (Indep.)
1956[5] Shigeaki Aizawa (JSP)
1959[6] Kenzo Kono (LDP) Matsue Tagami (JSP)
1962[7] Eki Sone (DSP)
1965[8] Saburo Oka (JSP) Kenzo Kono (LDP)
1967 by-el.[9] Ichiro Sato (LDP)
1968[10] Shiro Takeda (JSP)
1971[11] Kenzo Kono (LDP) Katsuji Kataoka (JSP)
1974[12] Shiro Takeda (JSP) Akira Hatano (LDP)
1977[13] Kenzo Kono (Indep.)
1980[14] Akira Hatano (LDP) Shiro Takeda (JSP)
1983[15] Shingo Hattori (Komeito) Tsuneo Sugimoto (LDP)
1986[16] Fumio Saito (LDP) Keiko Chiba (JSP)
1987 by-el.[17] Kenichiro Sato (LDP)
1989[18] Tadashi Kobayashi (JSP) Kiyoharu Ishiwata (LDP)
1992[19]
1995[20] Akira Matsu (NFP) Tsuyoshi Saito (JSP)
1998[21] Keiichiro Asao (DPJ) Kimie Hatano (JCP) Keiko Chiba (DPJ)
2001[22] Yutaka Kobayashi (LDP) Akira Matsu (New Komeito) Tsuyoshi Saito (DPJ)
2004[23] Akio Koizumi (LDP) Keiichiro Asao (DPJ)
2005 by-el.[24] Yoriko Kawaguchi (LDP)
2007[25] Hiroe Makiyama (DPJ) Yutaka Kobayashi (LDP) Masashi Mito (DPJ)
2007[25] Masashi Mito (DPJ) Akira Matsu (New Komeito)
2009 by-el.[26] Yoichi Kaneko (DPJ)
2010[27] Kenji Nakanishi (YP) Yoichi Kaneko (DPJ)

References

  1. ↑ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: 平成２１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 (Japanese) (includes foreign residents registered as voters in Kanagawa)
  2. ↑ 参議院>第1回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  3. ↑ 参議院>第2回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  4. ↑ 参議院>第3回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  5. ↑ 参議院>第4回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  6. ↑ 参議院>第5回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  7. ↑ 参議院>第6回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  8. ↑ 参議院>第7回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  9. ↑ 衆議院>第7回参議院議員補欠選挙. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  10. ↑ 参議院>第8回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  11. ↑ 参議院>第9回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  12. ↑ 参議院>第10回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  13. ↑ 参議院>第11回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  14. ↑ 参議院>第12回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  15. ↑ 参議院>第13回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  16. ↑ 参議院>第14回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  17. ↑ 衆議院>第14回参議院議員補欠選挙. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  18. ↑ 参議院>第15回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  19. ↑ 参議院>第16回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  20. ↑ 参議院>第17回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  21. ↑ 参議院>第18回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  22. ↑ 参議院>第19回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  23. ↑ 参議院>第20回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  24. ↑ 衆議院>第19回参議院議員補欠選挙. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  25. 1 2 参議院>第21回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-04.: In Sept. 2009 Yutaka Kobayashi resigned after violating the law on elections for public office (kōshoku-senkyo-hō). Fourth ranking Akira Matsu was elected without vote (kuriage-tōsen) because the seat fell vacant within three months of an ordinary election for the House of Councillors.
  26. ↑ 衆議院>第20回参議院議員補欠選挙. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  27. ↑ 参議院>第22回参議院議員選挙>神奈川選挙区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-07-12.

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