Iwate at-large district

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Iwate at-large district
岩手県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Councillors
PrefectureIwate
Electorate1,017,716 (as of September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1947
Seats2
CouncillorsClass of 2019:
  •   Takanori Yokozawa (CDP)

Class of 2022:

The Iwate at-large district (岩手県選挙区, Iwate-ken senkyo-ku) is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Iwate Prefecture and elects two Councillors, one every three years, making it one of the decisive single-member districts. Ichirō Ozawa came from the prefecture, and as a result, it is much more markedly competitive than many other rural, 2 seat districts. In fact, it was represented by two opposition members until 2022, when Hirose defeated CDP Councilor Eiji Kidoguchi to return it to split control. It is also one of the districts where the opposition have been most consolidated; the last time multiple major party Opposition members ran was 2013. The last LDP member to represent the district before Hirose was Motoo Shiina, who left the party in 1998.

Elected Councillors[edit]

Class of 1947
(1947: 6-year term) 		Election year Class of 1950
(1947: 3-year term)
Katsuji Debuchi † 1947
(Ind.)[party 1] 		1947[2] Tadashi Chida (Ind.)
Matsusuke Kawamura
(JLP) 		1947 by-el.[3]
1950[4]
Matsusuke Kawamura
(Yoshida faction LP) 		1953[5]
1956[6]
Teiji Yamura † 1968
(LDP) 		1959[7]
1962[8] Kankichi Watanabe
(JSP)
1965[9]
Michiyuki Isurugi † 1987
(LDP) 		1968 by-el.[10]
1968[11] Sakari Masuda
(LDP)
1971[12]
1974[13]
1977[14]
1980[15]
1983[16]
1986[17] Kiyotaka Takahashi
(LDP)
Jin'ichi Ogawa
(JSP) 		1987 by-el.[18]
1989[19]
1992[20] Motoo Shiina
(LDP)[party 2]
Yoshinori Takahashi
(NFP) 		1995[21]
1998[22] Motoo Shiina
(Ind.)[party 3]
Tatsuo Hirano
(LP) 		2001[23]
2004[24] Ryō Shuhama
(DPJ)[party 4]
Tatsuo Hirano
(DPJ)[party 5] 		2007[25]
2010[26]
Tatsuo Hirano
(Ind.) 		2013[27]
2016[28] Eiji Kidoguchi (Ind.)
Takanori Yokosawa
(Ind.) 		2019[29]
2022[30] Megumi Hirose (LDP)

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

  1. ^ joined Ryokufūkai
  2. ^ left LDP in 1993, later temporarily "Liberal Assembly"
  3. ^ joined "Independent Assembly"
  4. ^ joined LF→TPJ→PLP in 2012
  5. ^ expelled in 2013

Recent election results[edit]

2022[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Megumi Hirose 264,422 47.2 +0.9
Independent Takanori Yokosawa 242,174 43.2 -5.7
Sanseitō Akishi Shiratori 26,960 4.8 N/A
Independent Hiroko Ogoshi 13,637 2.4
Anti-NHK Takashi Matsuda 13,352 2.4 -2.3
Turnout 1,066,492 56,55% -1.23
2019[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Takanori Yokosawa 288,239 48.97 -
Liberal Democratic Tatsuo Hirano 272,733 46.33 +6.63
The Party to Protect the People from NHK Shuuiti Kajitani 27,658 4.7
Turnout 1,066,492 56,55% -1.23
2016[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Eiji Kidoguchi
(Endorsed by Democratic, Communist, Social Democratic and People's Life parties) 		328,555 53.3
Liberal Democratic Shinichi Tanaka
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		252,767 41.0
Happiness Realization Mikiko Ishikawa 34,593 5.6
2013[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tatsuo Hirano (Incumbent) 243,368 39.7
Liberal Democratic Shinichi Tanaka
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		161,499 26.4
People's Life Toshinobu Sekine
Endorsed by Green Wind 		91,048 14.9
Democratic Harumi Yoshida 62,047 10.1
Communist Yukio Kikuchi 46,529 7.6
Happiness Realization Keiko Takahashi 8,322 1.4
2010[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ryō Shuhama (Incumbent) 351,545 54.2
Liberal Democratic Yukifumi Takahashi 197,137 30.4
Social Democratic Masahiro Iwasa 54,989 8.5
Communist Sadakiyo Segawa 44,771 6.9
Turnout 669,498 60.36
2007[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tatsuo Hirano (Incumbent)
(Supported by People's New Party) 		437,814 62.6
Liberal Democratic Shōichirō Chida
(Supported by Kōmeitō) 		176,096 25.2
Social Democratic Masahiro Iwasa 47,425 6.8
Communist Akio Wakayama 38,089 5.4
Turnout 714,559 63.49

References[edit]

House of Councillors: Alphabetical list of former Councillors

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 参議院>第1回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  3. ^ 参議院>第1回参議院議員補欠選挙. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  4. ^ 参議院>第2回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  5. ^ 参議院>第3回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  6. ^ 参議院>第4回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  7. ^ 参議院>第5回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  8. ^ 参議院>第6回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  9. ^ 参議院>第7回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  10. ^ 参議院>第7回参議院議員補欠選挙. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  11. ^ 参議院>第8回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  12. ^ 参議院>第9回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  13. ^ 参議院>第10回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  14. ^ 参議院>第11回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  15. ^ 参議院>第12回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  16. ^ 参議院>第13回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  17. ^ 参議院>第14回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  18. ^ 参議院>第14回参議院議員補欠選挙. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  19. ^ 参議院>第15回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  20. ^ 参議院>第16回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  21. ^ 参議院>第17回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  22. ^ 参議院>第18回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  23. ^ 参議院>第19回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  24. ^ 参議院>第20回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  25. ^ a b 参議院>第21回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  26. ^ a b 参議院>第22回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  27. ^ a b 参院選2013>選挙結果>選挙区>岩手. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  28. ^ a b "開票結果・速報(選挙区・岩手県)【参議院選挙2016】" [Results (Iwate at-large district) [House of Councillors election 2016]]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  29. ^ a b "2016". NHK. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  30. ^ a b "参院選 岩手 選挙速報・開票結果【随時更新】". 読売新聞オンライン (in Japanese). 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-12-18.

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