Aomori at-large district
The Aomori at-large district (Japanese: 青森県選挙区 Hepburn: Aomori-ken Senkyoku?) is a constituency that represents Aomori Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. Councillors are elected to the house by single non-transferable vote (SNTV) for six-year terms. Since the establishment of the current House of Councillors electoral system in 1947, the district has elected two Councillors, one each at elections held every three years. It has 1,122,948 registered voters as of September 2015.[1]
The Councillors currently representing Aomori are:
- Tsutomu Yamazaki (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)); he previously served two terms from 1995 until 2007, was elected to a third term in 2010, which will end in 2016.
- Motome Takisawa (LDP); elected to his first term in 2013, which will end in 2019.
Elected Councillors
| class of 1947 | election year | class of 1950 |
|---|---|---|
| (1947: 6-year term) | (1947: 3-year term) | |
| Naotake Satō (Ind.) |
1947 | Zenjirō Hirano (Democratic) |
| 1950 | Tetsuo Kudō (Liberal) |
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| Naotake Satō (Ryokufūkai) |
1953 | |
| 1953 by-el. | Junzo Sasamori (Progressive) |
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| 1956 | Junzo Sasamori (LDP) |
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| 1959 | ||
| 1962 | ||
| Bunji Tsushima (LDP) |
1965 | |
| 1968 | Tatsuo Yamazaki (Ind.) |
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| 1971 | ||
| Iwazo Terashita (LDP) |
1973 by-el. | |
| 1974 | Tatsuo Yamazaki (LDP) |
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| 1977 | ||
| Kanpei Matsuo (LDP) |
1980 by-el. | |
| 1980 | ||
| 1983 | ||
| 1986 | Tatsuo Yamazaki (Ind.) |
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| Takao Mikami (Ind.) |
1989 | |
| 1991 by-el. | Kanpei Matsuo (ja) |
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| 1992 | Kanpei Matsuo (LDP) |
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| Tsutomu Yamazaki (New Frontier) |
1995 | |
| 1998 | Masami Tanabu (Ind.) |
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| Tsutomu Yamazaki (LDP) |
2001 | |
| 2004 | Masami Tanabu (DPJ) |
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| Kōji Hirayama (DPJ) |
2007 | |
| 2010[2] | Tsutomu Yamazaki (LDP) |
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| Motome Takisawa (LDP) |
2013[3] |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Motome Takisawa (endorsed by Komeito) |
261,575 | 51.3 | ||
| People's Life | Kōji Hirayama (endorsed by Social Democratic Party, Green Wind) |
76,432 | 15.0 | ||
| Your | Rina Hatano | 63,528 | 12.5 | ||
| Independent | Shin Kudo (endorsed by Democratic Party) |
53,062 | 10.4 | ||
| Communist | Yo Yoshimata | 48,290 | 9.5 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Akihiro Ishita | 6,659 | 1.3 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Tsutomu Yamazaki | 287,385 | 46.8 | ||
| Democratic | Rina Hatano (Endorsed by People's New Party) |
222,875 | 36.3 | ||
| Sunrise | Sekio Masuta | 49,102 | 8.0 | ||
| Communist | Yo Yoshimata | 31,040 | 5.1 | ||
| Social Democratic | Kiyohiko Yamada | 23,803 | 3.9 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
See also
- Aomori 1st district - one of 4 districts that represents Aomori Prefecture in the House of Representatives
References
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Footnotes
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