Kyoto at-large district
The Kyoto at-large district (Japanese: 京都府選挙区, Hepburn: Kyōto-fu senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Kyoto Prefecture in the House of Councillors of the Diet of Japan. It has four Councillors in the 242-member house.
Outline
The constituency represents the entire population of Kyoto Prefecture. Since its inception in 1947, the district has elected four Councillors to six-year terms, two at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 2,088,383 registered voters as of September 2015.[1] The Councillors currently representing Kyoto are:
- Tetsuro Fukuyama (Democratic Party, third term; term ends in 2016.)[2]
- Satoshi Ninoyu (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), second term; term ends in 2016.)[3]
- Shoji Nishida (LDP, second term; term ends in 2019.)[4]
- Akiko Kurabayashi (Japanese Communist Party (JCP), first term; term ends in 2019)[5]
Elected Councillors
- ^ Later joined Ryokufūkai[6]
- ^ Died in office 4 March 1966.[7]
- ^ Elected in 1947 and 1950 as a member of the LDP's predecessor Liberal Party
- ^ Died in office 30 November 1955[7]
- ^ Elected in 1947 and 1953 as a member of the LDP's predecessor Liberal Party
- ^ Died in office 26 January 1959[6]
- ^ Held 15 January 1956[8]
- ^ Resigned 30 October 1963 to contest the December general election for the House of Representatives[6]
- ^ Held 10 December 1963[8]
- ^ Resigned 13 March 1974 to contest the Kyoto gubernatorial election[7][8]
- ^ Held 27 April 1966[8]
- ^ Resigned 15 March 1978 to contest the Kyoto gubernatorial election[6][8]
- ^ Held 21 April 1974[8]
- ^ Held 23 April 1978[8]
- ^ Contested the 1989 election as a member of the Rengō no Kai.
- ^ Contested the 1998 election as an independent but joined the DPJ soon after.
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Akira Yoshii (Endorsed by Komeito) |
293,071 | 28.2 | ||
| CDP | Tetsuro Fukuyama (Incumbent) | 275,140 | 26.5 | ||
| Ishin | Yuko Kusui | 257,852 | 24.8 | ||
| JCP | Ayako Takeyama | 130,260 | 12.5 | ||
| Sanseitō | Yuki Adachi | 40,500 | 3.9 | ||
| Ishin Seito Shimpu | Kumi Hashimoto | 21,614 | 2.1 | ||
| Anti-NHK | Tastuya Hoshino | 8,946 | 0.9 | ||
| Anti-NHK | Masahiko Omi | 7,181 | 0.7 | ||
| Ganbare Nippon | Motoyuki Hirai | 5,414 | 0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,039,978 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Shoji Nishida (Incumbent) (Endorsed by Komeito) |
421,731 | 44.2 | ||
| JCP | Akiko Kurabayashi | 246,436 | 25.8 | ||
| CDP | Hiroko Masuhara | 232,354 | 24.4 | ||
| Anti-NHK | Akihisa Yamada | 37,353 | 3.9 | ||
| Olive Party | Takashi Mikami | 16,057 | 1.9 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Shoji Nishida (Incumbent) (Endorsed by Komeito) |
390,577 | 37.0 | ||
| JCP | Akiko Kurabayashi | 219,273 | 20.7 | ||
| Democratic | Keiro Kitagami | 201,297 | 19.0 | ||
| Restoration | Seisuke Yamauchi | 56,409 | 16.8 | ||
| Your | Yoko Kinoshita | 71,983 | 6.8 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Shusaku Soga | 6,119 | 0.6 | ||
| Uchide Party | Nobuo Shindo | 2,906 | 0.3 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Tetsuro Fukuyama (Incumbent) (Endorsed by People's New Party) |
374,550 | 34.3 | ||
| LDP | Satoshi Ninoyu (Incumbent) | 308,296 | 28.2 | ||
| JCP | Mariko Narumiya | 181,691 | 16.6 | ||
| Your | Takuya Nakagawa | 120,262 | 11.0 | ||
| Democratic | Mitsue Kawakami | 94,761 | 8.7 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Satoko Kitagawa | 11,962 | 1.1 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Koji Matsui (Incumbent) | 501,979 | 43.6 | ||
| LDP | Shoji Nishida (Endorsed by Komeito) |
362,274 | 31.4 | ||
| JCP | Mariko Narumiya | 275,285 | 23.9 | ||
| Ishin Seito Shimpu | Toyokazu Okido | 12,799 | 1.1 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Tetsuro Fukuyama (Incumbent) | 484,297 | 43.8 | ||
| LDP | Satoshi Ninoyu (Endorsed by Komeito) |
358,512 | 32.4 | ||
| JCP | Tokiko Nishiyama (Incumbent) | 263,548 | 23.8 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
See also
References
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