The is a constituency that represents Shizuoka Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has four Councillors in the 242-member house.
The constituency represents the entire population of Shizuoka Prefecture. Since its inception in 1947, the district has elected four Councillors to six-year terms, two at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 3,052,579 registered voters as of September 2015.[1] The Councillors currently representing Shizuoka are:
| Class of 1947 | election year | Class of 1950 (3-year term in 1947) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [6] (Liberal) | (Centrist) | 1947 | (Ryokufūkai) | (Liberal) |
| 1950 | ||||
| 1952 by-election | Tadaatsu Ishiguro (Ryokufūkai) | |||
(LDP) | 1953 | |||
| 1956 | (LDP) | (Social Democratic) | ||
(LDP) | 1959 | |||
| 1962 | (LDP) | |||
| Chuji Matsunaga (Social Democratic) | 1965 | |||
| 1968 | (LDP) | |||
(LDP) | 1971 | |||
| 1972 by-election | (LDP) | |||
| 1974 | (LDP) | (Social Democratic) | ||
(Social Democratic) | (LDP) | 1977 | ||
| 1980 | ||||
(LDP) | (LDP) | 1983 | ||
| 1983 by-election | (LDP) | |||
| 1986 | (LDP) | |||
(Social Democratic) | 1989 | |||
| 1992 | ||||
(New Frontier) | 1995 | |||
| 1998 | (LDP) | (Ind.) | ||
| Kazuya Shimba (DPJ) | 2001 | |||
| 2004[7] | Yukiko Sakamoto (LDP) | Yuji Fujimoto (DPJ) | ||
| Takao Makino (LDP) | 2007[8] | |||
| 2009 by-election | (DPJ) | |||
| 2010[9] | (LDP) | |||
| 2013[10] | ||||