Toyama at-large district explained

The is a constituency that represents Toyama Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has two Councillors in the 242-member house.

Outline

The constituency represents the entire population of Toyama Prefecture. The district elects two Councillors to six-year terms, one at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 888,832 registered voters as of September 2015.[1] The Councillors currently representing Toyama are:

Elected Councillors

Class of 1947election yearClass of 1950
(3-year term in 1947)

(Japan Liberal)
1947Hisayoshi Ogawa
(National Cooperative)
1950Saburo Oyama
(Ind.)
1951 by-electionTetsuji Tachi
(LDP)
1953
1956
Shiro Sakurai
(LDP)
1959
1962
1965
1968Kazuo Sugihara
(Social Democratic)

(LDP)
1971
1974
(LDP)
Kimitomo Takahira
(LDP)
1977
1980
1982 by-electionSoto Oki
(LDP)
1983
1986
(LDP)

(LDP)
1989
1992
1995
1998

(DPJ)
Kotaro Nogami
(LDP)
2001
2004[4] Tsunenori Kawai
(LDP)
Takashi Morita
(Ind.)
2007[5]
2010[6] Kotaro Nogami
(LDP)

(LDP)
2013[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 平成27年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数 . Number of resident and non-resident enrolled voters as of 2 September 2015 . Japanese . 28 December 2015 . 13 May 2016.
  2. Web site: 野上 浩太郎(のがみ こうたろう):参議院 . Nogami, Kotaro: House of Councillors . Japanese . 13 May 2016.
  3. Web site: 堂故 茂(どうこ しげる):参議院 . Douko, Shigeru: House of Councillors . Japanese . 13 May 2016.
  4. Web site: 選挙区開票結果 <富山県> . District results (Toyama) . Asahi Shimbun . 16 May 2016.
  5. Web site: 選挙区 富山県 開票結果 参院選2007 . Toyama at-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election . Yomiuri Shimbun . 16 May 2016.
  6. Web site: 選挙区 富山県 開票結果 参院選2010 参院選 選挙 . Toyama at-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election . Yomiuri Shimbun . 16 May 2016.
  7. Web site: 選挙区 富山県 開票結果 参院選2013 参院選 選挙 . Toyama at-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election . Yomiuri Shimbun . 16 May 2016.