Iwate at-large district

The Iwate at-large district (岩手県選挙区, Iwate-ken senkyo-ku) is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Iwate Prefecture and elects two Councillors, one every three years, making it one of the decisive single-member districts.

The Councillors currently representing Iwate are:

Elected Councillors

Class of 1947
(1947: 6-year term)
Election year Class of 1950
(1947: 3-year term)
Katsuji Debuchi † 1947
(Ind.)[party 1]
1947[1] Tadashi Chida (Ind.)
Matsusuke Kawamura
(JLP)
1947 by-el.[2]
1950[3]
Matsusuke Kawamura
(Yoshida faction LP)
1953[4]
1956[5]
Teiji Yamura † 1968
(LDP)
1959[6]
1962[7] Kankichi Watanabe
(JSP)
1965[8]
Michiyuki Isurugi † 1987
(LDP)
1968 by-el.[9]
1968[10] Sakari Masuda
(LDP)
1971[11]
1974[12]
1977[13]
1980[14]
1983[15]
1986[16] Kiyotaka Takahashi
(LDP)
Jin'ichi Ogawa
(JSP)
1987 by-el.[17]
1989[18]
1992[19] Motoo Shiina
(LDP)[party 2]
Yoshinori Takahashi
(NFP)
1995[20]
1998[21] Motoo Shiina
(Ind.)[party 3]
Tatsuo Hirano
(LP)
2001[22]
2004[23] Ryō Shuhama
(DPJ)[party 4]
Tatsuo Hirano
(DPJ)[party 5]
2007[24]
2010[25]
Tatsuo Hirano
(Ind.)
2013[26]
2016[27] Eiji Kidoguchi (Ind.)

Party affiliations as of election day; #: resigned; †: died in office.

  1. joined Ryokufūkai
  2. left LDP in 1993, later temporarily "Liberal Assembly"
  3. joined "Independent Assembly"
  4. joined LF→TPJ→PLP in 2012
  5. expelled in 2013

Recent election results

2016[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Eiji Kidoguchi
(Endorsed by Democratic, Communist, Social Democratic and People's Life parties)
328,555 53.3
Liberal Democratic Shinichi Tanaka
(Endorsed by Komeito)
252,767 41.0
Happiness Realization Mikiko Ishikawa 34,593 5.6
2013[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Tatsuo Hirano (Incumbent) 243,368 39.7
Liberal Democratic Shinichi Tanaka
(Endorsed by Komeito)
161,499 26.4
People's Life Toshinobu Sekine
Endorsed by Green Wind
91,048 14.9
Democratic Harumi Yoshida 62,047 10.1
Communist Yukio Kikuchi 46,529 7.6
Happiness Realization Keiko Takahashi 8,322 1.4
2010[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Ryō Shuhama (Incumbent) 351,545 54.2
Liberal Democratic Yukifumi Takahashi 197,137 30.4
Social Democratic Masahiro Iwasa 54,989 8.5
Communist Sadakiyo Segawa 44,771 6.9
Turnout 669,498 60.36
2007[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Tatsuo Hirano (Incumbent)
(Supported by People's New Party)
437,814 62.6
Liberal Democratic Shōichirō Chida
(Supported by Kōmeitō)
176,096 25.2
Social Democratic Masahiro Iwasa 47,425 6.8
Communist Akio Wakayama 38,089 5.4
Turnout 714,559 63.49

References

House of Councillors: Alphabetical list of former Councillors

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  4. 参議院>第3回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  5. 参議院>第4回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  6. 参議院>第5回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  7. 参議院>第6回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  8. 参議院>第7回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  9. 参議院>第7回参議院議員補欠選挙. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  10. 参議院>第8回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  11. 参議院>第9回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  12. 参議院>第10回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  13. 参議院>第11回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  14. 参議院>第12回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  15. 参議院>第13回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  16. 参議院>第14回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  17. 参議院>第14回参議院議員補欠選挙. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  18. 参議院>第15回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  19. 参議院>第16回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  20. 参議院>第17回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  21. 参議院>第18回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  22. 参議院>第19回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  23. 参議院>第20回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  24. 1 2 参議院>第21回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  25. 1 2 参議院>第22回参議院議員選挙>岩手選挙区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-05-07. External link in |work= (help)
  26. 1 2 参院選2013>選挙結果>選挙区>岩手. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  27. 1 2 "開票結果・速報(選挙区・岩手県)【参議院選挙2016】" [Results (Iwate at-large district) [House of Councillors election 2016]]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 September 2016.

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