Mie at-large district explained

Mie at-large district is a constituency in the House of Councillors of Japan, the upper house of the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It currently elects 2 members to the House of Councillors, 1 per election.

Mie at-large district
Type:Parliamentary
Parl Name:House of Councillors
District Label:Prefecture
District:Mie
Electorate:1,460,720 (as of September 2022)[1]
Year:1947
Seats:2
Member Label:Councillors
Member:Class of 2019: Yūmi Yoshikawa (LDP)
Class of 2022: (LDP)

Mie, similar to other rural, 2-seat districts, is now an LDP stronghold. However, during the 90s and 00s, it showed a tendency to break towards the opposition; it elected independents, along with some members of the Democratic Party of Japan. However, with the Democratic Party's collapse throughout the mid-2010s, it began to trend away from the opposition. The last opposition member to serve the district was Hirokazu Shiba, who was narrowly re-elected in 2016 and did not run for re-election in 2022.

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.