Tottori at-large district
The Tottori at-large district (Japanese: 鳥取県選挙区, Hepburn: Tottori-ken Senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Tottori Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. Councillors are elected to the house by single non-transferable vote (SNTV) for six-year terms. Since the establishment of the current House of Councillors electoral system in 1947, the district has elected two Councillors, one each at elections held every three years. With its 474,963 registered voters (as of September 2015)[1] it is the smallest electoral district for the house. Accordingly, a 2015 revision of the Public Officers Election Law will see the district merged with the Shimane At-large district to create the Tottori-Shimane At-large district;[2] this change will begin to take effect at the 2016 election, at which one Councillor will be elected.
The Councillors currently representing Tottori are:
- Kazuyuki Hamada (Party for Japanese Kokoro; term ends in 2016)
- Shoji Maitachi (Liberal Democratic Party; term ends in 2019)
Elected Councillors
| class of 1947 | election year | class of 1950 |
|---|---|---|
| (1947: 6-year term) | (1947: 3-year term) | |
| Teizo Kadota (Tottori Farmers' Federation) |
1947 | Nobuyoshi Tanaka (Democratic) |
| 1950 | Yoshio Nakata (Social Democratic)[notes 1] | |
| Hideyuki Miyoshi (Ind.)[notes 2] |
1953 | |
| Yoshio Nakata (Social Democratic) |
1956 by-election | |
| 1956 | Zenichi Nakahara (LDP) | |
| 1959 | ||
| 1962 | ||
| Masao Miyazaki (LDP) |
1965 | |
| 1968 | Kaku Ashika (Social Democratic) | |
| 1971 | ||
| 1974 | Jiro Ishiba (LDP)[notes 3] | |
| Koichi Hirota (Social Democratic) |
1977 | |
| 1980 | ||
| 1981 by-election | Kuniji Kobayashi (LDP) | |
| Shoji Nishimua (LDP) |
1983 | |
| 1986 | Shigenobu Sakano (LDP)[notes 4] | |
| Tatsuo Yoshida (Ind.) |
1989 | |
| 1992 | ||
| Takayoshi Tsuneda (Ind.) |
1995 | |
| 1998 | ||
| 2001 | ||
| 2002 by-election | Kotaro Tamura (Ind.) | |
| 2004 | Kotaro Tamura (LDP) | |
| Yoshihiro Kawakami (DPJ) |
2007 | |
| 2010[3] | Kazuyuki Hamada (LDP)[notes 5] | |
| Shoji Maitachi (LDP) |
2013[4] | |
| 2016 | Seat abolished | |
| Seat abolished | 2019 |
- Resigned 4 March 1956 in order to contest by-election
- Died in office 14 February 1956
- Died in office 16 September 1981
- Died in office 17 April 2002
- Elected as LDP candidate but has switched parties several times since
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Shoji Maitachi (endorsed by Komeito) |
160,783 | 58.2 | ||
| Democratic | Noriyuki Kawakami | 82,717 | 30.0 | ||
| Communist | Naoyuki Iwanaga | 19,600 | 7.1 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Yuriko Yoshioka | 6,782 | 2.5 | ||
| Independent | Hiroshi Inoue | 6,158 | 2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 58.88 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Kazuyuki Hamada | 158,445 | 50.8 | ||
| Democratic | Mari Sakano (Endorsed by People's New Party) |
132,720 | 42.6 | ||
| Communist | Naoyuki Iwanaga | 20,613 | 6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 65.77 | ||||
References
- "平成２７年９月２日（定時登録日）現在における選挙人名簿 登録者数の概要" [2 September 2015 (Periodic Registration Day) Current enrolled voters - Overview of number of registered voters] (in Japanese). 2 September 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- "Upper House districts set for shake-up after electoral reform laws pass Diet". Japan Times. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- "選挙区 鳥取県 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2010" [Tottori At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- "選挙区 鳥取県 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2013" [Tottori At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 22 February 2016.