Yamanashi at-large district

The Yamanashi at-large district (Japanese: 山梨県選挙区, Hepburn: Yamanashi-ken senkyoku) 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
山梨県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Councillors
Prefecture	Yamanashi
Electorate	685,381 (as of September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1947
Seats	2
Councillors	Class of 2019:   Hiroshi Moriya（Liberal Democratic） Class of 2022:   Manabu Nagai（Liberal Democratic）

Outline

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:

• Azuma Koshiishi (Democratic Party, third term; term ends in 2016.)^[3]

Elected councillors

Class of 1947	election year	Class of 1950 (3-year term in 1947)
Tsunekichi Komiyama (Ind.)[note 1]	1947	Shigeko Hirano (Socialist)[note 2]
	1950	Taichi Hirabayashi (Ind.)[note 3]
Hisatada Hirose [ja] (Ind.)	1953
	1956	Katsuyasu Yoshie [ja] (LDP)
Toshio Yasuda (Socialist)	1959
	1962	Katsuyasu Yoshie [ja] (LDP)
Hisatada Hirose (LDP)	1965
	1968	Katsuyasu Yoshie [ja] (LDP)[note 4]
	1970 by-election[note 5]	Jūji Hoshino (LDP)
Kiyoshi Kanzawa [ja] (Socialist)	1971
	1974	Taro Nakamura [ja] (LDP)
Keiyu Furuya (LDP)	1977
	1980	Taro Nakamura [ja] (LDP)
Tetsuro Shimura [ja] (LDP)	1983
	1986	Taro Nakamura [ja] (LDP)
Osamu Isomura [ja] (Rengō no Kai)	1989
	1992	Tetsuro Shimura (LDP)
Mahito Nakajima [ja] (LDP)	1995
	1998	Azuma Koshiishi (Independent)
Mahito Nakajima [ja] (LDP)	2001
	2004[8]	Azuma Koshiishi (DPJ)
Harunobu Yonenaga (DPJ)	2007[9]
	2010[10]	Azuma Koshiishi (DPJ)
Hiroshi Moriya (LDP)	2013[11]
	2016	Yuka Miyazawa [ja] (DP)
Hiroshi Moriya (LDP)	2019
	2022	Manabu Nagai [ja] (LDP)

1. Later joined the Ryokufūkai^[4]
2. Later became an independent.^[5]
3. Later joined the Liberal Democratic Party^[5]
4. Died in office 17 September 1970^[6]
5. Held 1 November 1970^[7]

Election results

2013^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Hiroshi Moriya (endorsed by Komeito)	142,529	37.3
	Independent	Takehiro Sakaguchi [ja] (endorsed by Democratic and Social Democratic parties)	75,686	19.8
	Independent	Shigeki Aoki	61,834	16.2
	Your	Harunobu Yonenaga (incumbent)	58,750	15.4
	Communist	Akiko Endo	36,082	9.4
	Independent	Shozo Hayashi	3,969	1.0
	Happiness Realization	Jotaro Tanabe	3,220	0.8
Turnout

2010^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Azuma Koshiishi (Incumbent) (endorsed by People's New Party)	187,010	43.0
	Liberal Democratic	Noriko Miyagawa (Endorsed by Sunrise Party)	183,265	42.2
	Communist	Hitoshi Hanada	32,274	7.4
	Independent	Naoyuki Nemoto	19,390	4.5
	Independent	Takashi Kigawa	12,721	2.9
Turnout

2007^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Harunobu Yonenaga (endorsed by People's New Party)	242,586	55.3
	Liberal Democratic	Kaname Irikura (endorsed by Komeito)	162,746	37.1
	Communist	Hitoshi Hanada	32,994	7.5
Turnout

2004^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Azuma Koshiishi (Incumbent)	231,631	55.1
	Independent	Kenshi Oshiba (Endorsed by the Liberal Democratic Party)	155,949	37.1
	Communist	Hitoshi Hanada	32,845	7.8
Turnout

See also

• List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan

References

1. "総務省｜令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
2. "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] (in Japanese). 28 December 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
3. "輿石　東（こしいし　あずま）：参議院" [Koshiishi, Azuma: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 May 2016.
4. "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
5. "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
6. "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
7. Satō, Yoshi (令) (December 2005). "Post-War By-Elections" (PDF) (in Japanese). National Diet Library. p. 91. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
8. "選挙区開票結果　<山梨県>" [District results (Yamanashi)]. Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
9. "選挙区　山梨県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Yamanashi at-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
10. "選挙区　山梨県 開票結果 参院選2010 参院選 選挙" [Yamanashi at-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
11. "選挙区　山梨県 開票結果 参院選2013 参院選 選挙" [Yamanashi at-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 16 May 2016.