The 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]
Aomori at-large district | |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Parl Name: | House of Councillors |
District Label: | Prefecture |
District: | Aomori |
Electorate: | 1,069,653 (as of September 2022)[2] |
Year: | 1947 |
Seats: | 2 |
Member Label: | Councillors |
Member: | Class of 2019: Motome Takisawa (Liberal Democratic) Class of 2022: Masayo Tanabu (CDP) |
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) | ||
Naotake Satō (Ryokufūkai) | 1953 | ||
1953 by-el. | Junzo Sasamori (Progressive) | ||
1956 | Junzo Sasamori (LDP) | ||
Naotake Satō (Ryokufūkai) | 1959 | ||
1962 | Junzo Sasamori (LDP) | ||
Bunji Tsushima (LDP) | 1965 | ||
1968 | Tatsuo Yamazaki (Ind.) | ||
Bunji Tsushima (LDP) | 1971 | ||
Iwazo Terashita (LDP) | 1973 by-el. | ||
1974 | Tatsuo Yamazaki (LDP) | ||
Iwazo Terashita (LDP) | 1977 | ||
Kanpei Matsuo (LDP) | 1980 by-el. | ||
1980 | Tatsuo Yamazaki (LDP) | ||
Kanpei Matsuo (LDP) | 1983 | ||
1986 | Tatsuo Yamazaki (Ind.) | ||
Takao Mikami (Ind.) | 1989 | ||
1991 by-el. | Kanpei Matsuo | ||
1992 | Kanpei Matsuo (LDP) | ||
Tsutomu Yamazaki (New Frontier) | 1995 | ||
1998 | Masami Tanabu (Ind.) | ||
Tsutomu Yamazaki (LDP) | 2001 | ||
2004 | Masami Tanabu (DPJ) | ||
Kōji Hirayama (DPJ) | 2007 | ||
2010[3] | Tsutomu Yamazaki (LDP) | ||
Motome Takisawa (LDP) | 2013[4] | ||
2016[5] | Masayo Tanabu (DP) | ||
Motome Takisawa (LDP) | 2019[6] | ||
2022[7] | Masayo Tanabu (CDP) |