Gunma at-large district explained

Gunma at-large district
Type:Parliamentary
Parl Name:House of Councillors
District Label:Prefecture
District:Gunma
Electorate:1,610,202 (as of September 2022)[1]
Year:1947
Seats:2
Member Label:Councillors
Member:Class of 2019:Class of 2022:

is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It consists of Gunma Prefecture and elects two Councillors, one per election.

Between 1947 and 2007 Gunma was represented by four Councillors, electing two at a time by single non-transferable vote. Like most two-member districts Gunma often split seats between the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) despite being a conservative stronghold and home to the families of Prime Ministers Fukuda, Nakasone and Obuchi. Councillors from Gunma include Fukuda's brother Hiroichi and Nakasone's son Hirofumi.

Current Councillors

As of 24 January 2023, the district is currently represented by 2 Councillors, both of the Liberal Democratic Party. They are, in order of election year:

Elected Councillors

Class of (1947/1953/...)Election
Year
Class of (1950/1956/...)
  1. 1
    (1947: #1, 6-year term)
  1. 2
    (1947: #2, 6-year term)
  1. 1
    (1947: #3, 3-year term)
  1. 2
    (1947: #4, 3-year term)
Tokuzō Takekoshi (DP)Kinichi Umezu (JSP)1947[2] Sanshirō Kogure (DP)Junichi Suzuki (DP)
Kiyoo Sakino (DP)1947 by-el.[3]
1950[4] Renjirō Iijima (Indep.)Kyōhei Suzuki (DP)
Yoshio Iyoku (Yoshida LP)Hideko Mogami (Progressive)1953[5]
1956[6] Budayū Kogure (DLP)Kendō Itō (JSP)
Yoichi Yamato (JSP)Hideko Mogami (LDP)1959[7]
1962[8]
Eiichirō Kondō (LDP)1965[9]
1967 by-el.[10] Ichirō Sata (LDP)
1968[11] Shigesada Marumo (LDP)
Shigemitsu Akanegakubo (JSP)Kunio Takahashi (LDP)1971[12]
1974[13] Toshio Kurihara (JSP)Susumu Mogami (LDP)
Tomio Yamamoto (LDP)Shigemitsu Akanegakubo (JSP)1977[14]
1980[15] Hiroichi Fukuda (LDP)Yuzuru Yamada (JSP)
Susumu Mogami (LDP)1983[16]
1986[17] Hirofumi Nakasone (LDP)Hiroichi Fukuda (LDP)
Giichi Tsunoda (JSP)Tomio Yamamoto (LDP)1989[18]
1992[19] Kōsei Ueno (LDP)
Ichita Yamamoto (LDP)Giichi Tsunoda (JSP)1995[20]
1998[21]
Giichi Tsunoda (DPJ)2001[22]
2004[23] Yukio Tomioka (DPJ)Hirofumi Nakasone (LDP)
2007[24]
2010[25] Hirofumi Nakasone (LDP)
2013[26]
2016[27]
Masato Shimizu (LDP)2019[28]
2022[29]

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

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Elections in the 1940s

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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. 2023-01-04. ja. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022.
  2. Web site: ja:参議院>第1回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1947/99/000733/00000733_2931.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070309085050/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1947/99/000733/00000733_2931.html . 2007-03-09 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  3. Web site: ja:衆議院>第1回参議院議員補欠選挙 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1947/99/00001806.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100315131803/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1947/99/00001806.html . 2010-03-15 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  4. Web site: ja:参議院>第2回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1950/99/001841/00001841_8520.html . dead . https://archive.today/20070729044317/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1950/99/001841/00001841_8520.html# . 2007-07-29 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  5. Web site: ja:参議院>第3回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1953/99/001862/00001862_8587.html . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  6. Web site: ja:参議院>第4回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1956/99/001873/00001873_8644.html . dead . https://archive.today/20070729044317/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1956/99/001873/00001873_8644.html# . 2007-07-29 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  7. Web site: ja:参議院>第5回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1959/99/001900/00001900_8717.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091028190457/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1959/99/001900/00001900_8717.html# . 2009-10-28 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  8. Web site: ja:参議院>第6回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1962/99/001907/00001907_8771.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070325064042/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1962/99/001907/00001907_8771.html# . 2007-03-25 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  9. Web site: ja:参議院>第7回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1965/99/001918/00001918_8828.html . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  10. Web site: ja:衆議院>第7回参議院議員補欠選挙 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1967/99/00001921.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100316111510/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1967/99/00001921.html . 2010-03-16 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  11. Web site: ja:参議院>第8回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1968/99/001930/00001930_8887.html . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  12. Web site: ja:参議院>第9回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1971/99/001935/00001935_8938.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090828085227/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1971/99/001935/00001935_8938.html# . 2009-08-28 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  13. Web site: ja:参議院>第10回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1974/99/001945/00001945_8996.html . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  14. Web site: ja:参議院>第11回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1977/99/001953/00001953_9054.html . dead . https://archive.today/20070729044317/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1977/99/001953/00001953_9054.html# . 2007-07-29 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  15. Web site: ja:参議院>第12回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1980/99/001960/00001960_9108.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090830201756/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1980/99/001960/00001960_9108.html# . 2009-08-30 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  16. Web site: ja:参議院>第13回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1983/99/001970/00001970_9165.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090828094138/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1983/99/001970/00001970_9165.html# . 2009-08-28 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  17. Web site: ja:参議院>第14回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1986/99/001975/00001975_9217.html . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  18. Web site: ja:参議院>第15回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1989/99/001986/00001986_9275.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090828063158/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1989/99/001986/00001986_9275.html# . 2009-08-28 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  19. Web site: ja:参議院>第16回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1992/99/001996/00001996_9332.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080531023113/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1992/99/001996/00001996_9332.html# . 2008-05-31 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  20. Web site: ja:参議院>第17回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1995/99/001998/00001998_9384.html . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  21. Web site: ja:参議院>第18回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1998/99/002001/00002001_9434.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070503184554/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/1998/99/002001/00002001_9434.html . 2007-05-03 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  22. Web site: ja:参議院>第19回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2004/99/002006/00002006_9534.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090702235821/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2004/99/002006/00002006_9534.html# . 2009-07-02 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  23. Web site: ja:参議院>第20回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2004/99/002006/00002006_9534.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090702235821/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2004/99/002006/00002006_9534.html# . 2009-07-02 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙 . . ja.
  24. Web site: ja:参議院>第21回参議院議員選挙>群馬選挙区 . http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2007/99/006850/00006850_17766.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100329201121/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2007/99/006850/00006850_17766.html# . 2010-03-29 . 2009-12-30 . ザ・選挙] . . ja.
  25. Web site: 2012-05-13 . 開票結果選挙区 群馬県 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120513214927/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2010/kaihyou/ye10.htm . 13 May 2012 . 2022-12-19 . Yomiuri Shimbun.
  26. Web site: ja:選挙結果【選挙区】群馬 . Election Results (Election District) Gunma . https://web.archive.org/web/20131016125103/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2013/kaihyou/ye10.htm . 16 Oct 2013 . 19 Dec 2022 . . ja.
  27. Web site: 開票結果・速報(選挙区・群馬県)【参議院選挙2016】:読売新聞 . Election Results - Preliminary Report (Gunma at-large district) [House of Councillors Election 2016]: Yomiuri Shimbun . https://web.archive.org/web/20161022194725/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/sangiin/2016/kaihyou/ye10.html . 22 Oct 2016 . 19 Dec 2022 . ja.
  28. Web site: 参院選2019 選挙区 群馬 . House of Councillors election 2019 - Gunma at-large district . 19 Dec 2022 . ja.
  29. Web site: 群馬 参議院選挙2022 . Gunma House of Councillors election 2022 . 19 Dec 2022 . Yomiuri Shimbun.