The Toyama at-large district (Japanese: 富山県選挙区, Hepburn: Toyama-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Toyama Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has two Councillors in the 242-member house.
The constituency represents the entire population of Toyama Prefecture. The district elects two Councillors to six-year terms, one at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 888,832 registered voters as of September 2015.[1] The Councillors currently representing Toyama are:
Class of 1947 | election year | Class of 1950 (3-year term in 1947) |
---|---|---|
Toyokazu Ishizaka (Japan Liberal) |
1947 | Hisayoshi Ogawa (National Cooperative) |
1950 | Saburo Oyama[note 1] (Ind.)[note 2] | |
1951 by-election[note 3] | Tetsuji Tachi (LDP)[note 4] | |
1953 | ||
1956 | ||
Shiro Sakurai (LDP) |
1959 | |
1962 | ||
1965 | ||
1968 | Kazuo Sugihara (Social Democratic) | |
Naoji Tachibana (LDP) |
1971 | |
1974 | Minoru Yoshida[note 5] (LDP) | |
Kimitomo Takahira (LDP) |
1977 | |
1980 | ||
1982 by-election[note 6] | Soto Oki[note 7] (LDP) | |
1983 | ||
1986 | Yoshio Nagata[note 8] (LDP) | |
Yasumasa Kakuma (LDP) |
1989 | |
1992 | ||
1995 | ||
1998[note 8] | ||
Masaaki Tanibayashi[note 8] (DPJ) | ||
Kotaro Nogami (LDP) |
2001 | |
2004[8] | Tsunenori Kawai (LDP) | |
Takashi Morita (Ind.)[note 9] |
2007[9] | |
2010[10] | Kotaro Nogami (LDP) | |
Shigeru Douko (LDP) |
2013[11] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic | Shigeru Douko (endorsed by Komeito) |
328,638 | 77.1 | ||
Communist | Wataru Takahashi | 51,569 | 12.1 | ||
Independent | Yoshiteru Nishie | 27,509 | 6.4 | ||
Happiness Realization | Kaoru Yoshida | 18,797 | 4.4 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic | Kotaro Nogami (former member) | 322,739 | 56.2 | ||
Democratic | Yoshihiko Aimoto | 223,691 | 39.0 | ||
Communist | Wataru Takahashi | 27,500 | 4.8 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Takashi Morita (endorsed by Democratic, Social Democratic and People's New parties) |
291,714 | 50.1 | ||
Liberal Democratic | Kotaro Nogami (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) |
265,882 | 45.7 | ||
Communist | Kazuyuki Izumino | 24,240 | 4.2 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic | Tsunenori Kawai (endorsed by Komeito) |
236,318 | 46.3 | ||
Democratic | Masaaki Tanibayashi | (Incumbent)190,013 | 37.2 | ||
Social Democratic | Akira Ogawa | 57,486 | 11.3 | ||
Communist | Toshihito Ueda | 26,458 | 5.2 | ||
Turnout |