Nagasaki at-large district

The Nagasaki at-large district (長崎県選挙区, Nagasaki-ken Senkyo-ku) is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Nagasaki Prefecture and elects two Councillors, one every three years by a first-past-the-post system for a six-year term. In the first election in 1947, Nagasaki like all districts used single non-transferable vote to elect both its Councillors in one election. Similar to other small, rural Kyushu prefectures, it is a "conservative kingdom" in favor of the LDP. Since the Democratic Party folded, LDP candidates have consistently won with over 50% of the vote.

Nagasaki at-large district
長崎県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Councillors
Prefecture	Nagasaki
Electorate	1,092,899 (as of September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1947
Seats	2
Councillors	Class of 2019:   Yuichiro Koga (LDP) Class of 2022:   Keisuke Yamamoto (LDP)

Single-member districts (ichinin-ku) for the House of Councillors often play a decisive role for the outcome of elections as little swing in votes is required to achieve a change of the Councillors elected there. Under the 1955 System Nagasaki voted consistently for conservative candidates until the landslide election of 1989 that led to a "twisted parliament" (nejire kokkai: opposition control of the House of Councillors). Following the party realignments of the 1990s when reformist conservative and liberal parties and ultimately the Democratic Party replaced the Socialists as the main opposition to the LDP, Nagasaki became a more closely contested potential swing district.

Elected Councillors

class of 1947	election year	class of 1950
#1 (1947: #1, 6-year term)		#1 (1947: #2, 3-year term)
Shigeo Fujino (Indep.)	1947[2]	Takeo Shimizu (JSP) †
	1948 by-el.[3]	Moriichi Kadoya (DP)
	1950[4]	Shun'ichirō Akiyama (LP)
Shigeo Fujino (Yoshida LP)	1953[5]
	1956[6]	Shun'ichirō Akiyama (LDP)
Shigeo Fujino (LDP)	1959[7]
	1962[8]	Kan'ichi Kubo (LDP) #
Naozō Taura (LDP) †	1965[9]
Tatsuhiko Tatsuta (JSP)	w/o vote[10]
	1968[11]
	1970 by-el.[12]	Takiichirō Hatsumura (LDP)
Teiji Nakamura (LDP)	1971[13]
	1974[14]
	1977[15]
	1980[16]
Hiroshi Miyajima (LDP)	1983[17]
	1986[18]
Toshiko Shinozaki (JSP)	1989[19]
	1992[20]	Sōichirō Matsutani (LDP)
Tadashi Taura (NFP)	1995[21]
	1998[22]
Tadashi Taura (LDP)	2001[23]
	2004[24]	Tadashi Inuzuka (DPJ)
Yukishige Ōkubo (DPJ)	2007[25]
	2010[26]	Genjirō Kaneko (LDP)
Yuichiro Koga (LDP)	2013[27]
	2016[28]
	2019[29]
	2022[30]	Keisuke Yamamoto (LDP)

#: resigned to contest the 1970 Nagasaki gubernatorial election; †: died in office

Election Results

2022^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Keisuke Yamamoto (Endorsed by the Komeito)	261,554	50.1
	Constitutional Democratic	Ayumi Shirakawa (Endorsed by the SDP)	152,473	29.2
	Ishin	Mami Yamada	53,715	10.3
	Communist	Ayako Yasue	26,281	5.0
	Sanseitō	Ayako Ogata	21,363	4.1
	Anti-NHK	Kazuto Okuma	6,969	1.3
Turnout			522,355
	Liberal Democratic hold

2019^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yuichiro Koga (Incumbent) (Endorsed by Komeito)	258,109	51.5
	Democratic Party for the People	Ayumi Shirakawa (Endorsed by the JCP and the SDP)	224,022	44.7
	Anti-NHK	Kotaro Kamiya	19,240	3.8
Turnout			501,371
	Liberal Democratic hold

2016^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Genjiro Kaneko (Incumbent)	336,612	52.9
	Democratic	Hideko Nishioka	285,743	44.9
	Happiness Realization	Masatoshi Enatsu	13,936	2.2
Turnout			636,291
	Liberal Democratic hold

2013^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yuichiro Koga	359,805	59.2
	Democratic	Yukishige Okubo	186,402	30.7
	Communist	Toshihiko Haraguchi	45,683	7.5
	Happiness Realization	Kiyoto Yamada	15,586	2.6
Turnout			607,476
	Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic

2010^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Genjiro Kaneko	344,182	48.8
	Democratic	Tadashi Inuzuka (Incumbent)	272,043	38.6
	Your	Norihiko Nakashima	60,829	8.6
	Communist	Eiko Fuchise	28,614	4.0
Turnout			705,668
	Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic

2007^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yukishige Okubo	352,953	49.0
	Liberal Democratic	Tadashi Komine	331,147	46.0
	Communist	Eiko Fuchise	35,837	5.0
Turnout			719,937
	Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic

2004^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Tadashi Inuzuka	344,606	49.5
	Liberal Democratic	Soichiro Matsutani (Incumbent)	303,723	43.7
	Communist	Toshihiko Haraguchi	47,457	6.8
Turnout			695,786
	Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic

2001^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Tadashi Taura	356,934	53.4
	Independent	Yuji Mitsuno	195,670	29.3
	Independent	Kotaro Tanaka	46,199	6.9
	Communist	Kimiko Ogawa	44,262	6.6
	Women's Party	Sachiko Matsumoto	25,265	3.8
Turnout			668,330
	Liberal Democratic gain from New Frontier

1998^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Soichiro Matsutani (Incumbent)	271,607	42.1
	Independent	Yuji Mitsuno	244,733	37.9
	Communist	Kieko Nishimura	84,646	13.1
	Liberal League	Kazuko Teraoka	44,807	6.9
Turnout			645,793
	Liberal Democratic hold

1995^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Frontier	Tadashi Taura	174,017	30.6
	Liberal Democratic	Daisuke Miyajima	165,387	29.1
	Independent	Kuro Matsuda	98,447	17.3
	Socialist	Ryuichi Sato	96,081	16.9
	Communist	Kieko Nishimura	34,032	6.0
Turnout			567,964
	New Frontier gain from Socialist

1992^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Soichiro Matsutani	320,060	55.0
	Democratic Reform Party	Yuji Hagi	206,611	35.5
	Communist	Satoru Ishikawa	55,621	9.6
Turnout			582,292
	Liberal Democratic hold

1989^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	Toshiko Shinozaki	344,416	44.9
	Liberal Democratic	Akira Miyajima	238,511	31.1
	Independent	Soichiro Matsutani	151,053	19.7
	Communist	Satoru Ishikawa	30,134	3.9
	Nihon Seinensha	Koichi Hachiya	3,835	0.5
Turnout			767,949
	Socialist gain from Liberal Democratic

1986^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Takichiro Hatsumara	409,065	49.2
	Socialist	Kai Hayami	200,385	24.1
	Independent	Goro Asada	174,896	21.0
	Communist	Yasushi Tanaka	47,113	5.7
Turnout			831,459
	Liberal Democratic hold

1983^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Akira Miyajima	325,733	55.9
	Socialist	Kenji Taguchi	210,483	36.1
	Communist	Yasushi Tanaka	46,136	7.9
Turnout			582,352
	Liberal Democratic hold

1980^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Takiichiro Hatsumura	452,561	58.3
	Socialist	Tatsuhiko Tatsuta	267,786	34.5
	Communist	Yasuo Furuki	55,376	7.1
Turnout			775,723

1977^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Teiji Nakamura (Incumbent)	380,332	53.1
	Socialist	Tatsuhiko Tatsuta	295,478	41.2
	Communist	Yasuo Furuki	40,943	5.7
Turnout			716,303	72.6	−0.4
	Liberal Democratic hold

1974^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Takiichiro Hatsumara (Incumbent)	365,198	51.9	−2.7
	Socialist	Kenji Yamaguchi	198,713	28.2	−13.5
	Kōmeitō	Koreo Taniguchi	84,463	12.0	NEW
	Communist	Shinsuke Nakata	55,254	7.9	+5.8
	Liberal Democratic hold

1971^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Teiji Nakamura	298,099	52.4
	Socialist	Tatsuhiko Tatsuta (Incumbent)	242,715	42.6
	Communist	Kazuo Masumoto	28,433	5.0
Turnout			569,247	61.0	−9.7
	Liberal Democratic gain from Socialist

1970 By-Election^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Takiichiro Hatsumura	215,717	54.6
	Socialist	Masato Yoshinaga	164,816	41.7
	Communist	Kazu Masumoto	14,450	3.7
	Independent	Umeshige Yamagishi	14,686	2.1
Turnout			409,669
	Liberal Democratic hold

1968^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Kanichi Kubo	362,875	58.7
	Socialist	Kunito Abe	211,821	34.3
	Communist	Yasunobu Uchida	43,238	7.0
Turnout			617,934
	Liberal Democratic hold

1965^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Naozo Taura [note 1]	247,026	44.8
	Socialist	Tatsuhiko Tatsuta [note 1]	218,423	39.6
	Democratic Socialist	Yutaka Sano	50,290	9.1
	Communist	Hajime Miyamoto	22,930	4.2
	Japan New National Party	Hajime Hidaka	7,662	1.4
	Independent	Jiro Fujita	5,091	0.9
Turnout			551,422	65.6	−0.1
	Liberal Democratic hold

1. Naozo Taura was elected in July 1965, however Taura died within 3 months of the election, so the second placed Tatsuhiko Tatsuta took the seat without a by-election

1962^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Kanichi Kubo	320,911	55.7
	Socialist	Tatsuhiko Tatsuta	241,968	42.0
	Communist	Junjiro Fukuoka	13,755	2.4
Turnout			576,634
	Liberal Democratic hold

1959^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Shigeo Fujino (Incumbent)	259,224	48.4
	Socialist	Shigemitsu Nakamura	248,259	46.4
	Communist	Yutaka Miyajima	28,138	5.3
Turnout			535,621
	Liberal Democratic hold

1956^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Shunichiro Akiyama (Incumbent)	267,640	50.5
	Socialist	Shigemitsu Nakamura	242,355	45.7
	Communist	Masao Mori	20,069	3.8
Turnout			530,064
	Liberal Democratic hold

1953^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Shigeo Fujino (Incumbent)	229,203	43.8
	Right Socialist	Tadao Shimokawa	212,689	40.7
	Kaishintō	Isamu Aoki	81,254	15.5
Turnout			523,146
	Liberal gain from Independent

1950^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Shunichiro Akiyama	225,963	43.0
	Independent	Tsuyoshi Kihara	163,831	31.2
	Independent	Hideo Marugame	135,588	25.8
Turnout			525,382
	Liberal gain from Democratic

1948 By-Election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Seiichi Kadoya	133,314	43.9
	Liberal	Mansaku Fukuda	104,593	34.4
	Socialist	Fumio Tsuji	51,891	17.1
	Liberal	Shuzo Tsukamoto	13,944	4.6
Turnout			303,742
	Democratic gain from Socialist

1947^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Shigeo Fujino	126,859	35.2
	Socialist	Takeo Shimizu	118,921	33.0
	Democratic	Soshichiro Tsukikawa	58,180	16.2
	Liberal	Kiyoshi Yokose	55,986	15.6
Turnout			359,946
	Independent win (new seat)
	Socialist win (new seat)

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House of Councillors: Alphabetical list of former Councillors

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