The is a constituency that represents Yamanashi Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has two Councillors in the 242-member house.
Yamanashi at-large district | |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Parl Name: | House of Councillors |
District Label: | Prefecture |
District: | Yamanashi |
Electorate: | 685,381 (as of September 2022)[1] |
Year: | 1947 |
Seats: | 2 |
Member Label: | Councillors |
Member: | Class of 2019: Hiroshi Moriya(Liberal Democratic) Class of 2022: Manabu Nagai(Liberal Democratic) |
The constituency represents the entire population of Yamanashi Prefecture. The district elects two Councillors to six-year terms, one at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 692,001 registered voters as of September 2015.[2] The Councillors currently representing Yamanashi are:
Class of 1947 | election year | Class of 1950 (3-year term in 1947) | |
---|---|---|---|
Tsunekichi Komiyama (Ind.) | 1947 | Shigeko Hirano (Socialist) | |
1950 | Taichi Hirabayashi (Ind.) | ||
(Ind.) | 1953 | ||
1956 | (LDP) | ||
Toshio Yasuda (Socialist) | 1959 | ||
1962 | (LDP) | ||
Hisatada Hirose (LDP) | 1965 | ||
1968 | (LDP) | ||
1970 by-election | Jūji Hoshino (LDP) | ||
(Socialist) | 1971 | ||
1974 | (LDP) | ||
Keiyu Furuya (LDP) | 1977 | ||
1980 | (LDP) | ||
(LDP) | 1983 | ||
1986 | (LDP) | ||
(Rengō no Kai) | 1989 | ||
1992 | Tetsuro Shimura (LDP) | ||
(LDP) | 1995 | ||
1998 | Azuma Koshiishi (Independent) | ||
(LDP) | 2001 | ||
2004[4] | Azuma Koshiishi (DPJ) | ||
Harunobu Yonenaga (DPJ) | 2007[5] | ||
2010[6] | Azuma Koshiishi (DPJ) | ||
Hiroshi Moriya (LDP) | 2013[7] | ||
2016 | (DP) | ||
Hiroshi Moriya (LDP) | 2019 | ||
2022 | (LDP) |