Niigata at-large district
The Niigata at-large district (Japanese: 新潟県選挙区 Hepburn: Niigata-ken senkyoku?) is a constituency that represents Niigata Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It currently has four Councillors in the 242-member house, but this representation will decrease to two by July 2019.
Outline
The constituency represents the entire population of Niigata Prefecture and has 1,925,565 registered voters as of September 2015.[1] Since the first House of Councillors election in 1947 Niigata has elected four Councillors to six-year terms, two at alternating elections held every three years. The district's number of voters is the third-lowest of the 10 prefectures that are represented by four Councillors; by comparison, the Hokkaido, Hyogo at-large district and Fukuoka districts each have more than 4 million voters but are represented by the same number of Councillors as Niigata.[1] To address this malapportionment in representation, a 2015 revision of the Public Officers Election Law will decrease the representation of Niigata, Miyagi and Nagano districts to two Councillors while increasing Hyogo, Hokkaido and Fukuoka districts to six Councillors.[2] This change will begin to take effect at the 2016 election, at which time Niigata will elect only one Councillor.
The Councillors currently representing Niigata are:
- Yaichi Nakahara (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), first term; term ends in 2016)[3]
- Naoki Tanaka (Democratic Party, third term; term ends in 2016)[4] Served as the Minister of Defence under Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in 2012.
- Naoki Kazama (Democratic Party, second term; term ends in 2019)[5]
- Ichiro Tsukada (LDP, second term; term ends in 2019)[6]
Elected Councillors
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Ichiro Tsukada (Incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) |
456,542 | 43.0 | ||
| Democratic | Naoki Kazama | 204,834 | 19.3 | ||
| People's Life | Yuko Mori (Incumbent) | 165,308 | 15.6 | ||
| Restoration | Ryichi Yonemura | 107,591 | 10.1 | ||
| Communist | Hiroshi Nishizawa | 60,317 | 5.7 | ||
| Social Democratic | Hideaki Watanabe | 46,101 | 4.3 | ||
| Independent | Miyoko Ankyu | 15,612 | 1.5 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Hiroaki Ogose | 5,188 | 0.5 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Naoki Tanaka (Incumbent) | 439,289 | 37.9 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Yaichi Nakahara | 412,217 | 35.5 | ||
| Independent | Masamichi Kondo (Incumbent) (Endorsed by People's New Party and Social Democratic Party) |
200,182 | 17.2 | ||
| Communist | Katsutoshi Takeda | 73,579 | 6.3 | ||
| Independent | Satoshi Annaka | 24,300 | 2.1 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Kenya Kasamaki | 10,987 | 0.9 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Ichiro Tsukada (endorsed by Komeito) |
403,497 | 32.1 | ||
| Democratic | Yuko Mori (Incumbent) (endorsed by People's New Party) |
355,901 | 28.3 | ||
| Democratic | Takahiro Kuroiwa (Incumbent) | 344,424 | 27.4 | ||
| Social Democratic | Akiko Yamamoto | 91,016 | 7.2 | ||
| Communist | Katsutoshi Takeda | 54,537 | 4.3 | ||
| Independent | Mitsumasa Kusuhara | 7,806 | 0.6 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Masamichi Kondo (endorsed by Democratic Party and Social Democratic Party) |
428,117 | 34.9 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Naoki Tanaka (Incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) |
367,059 | 29.9 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Ichiro Tsukada (endorsed by Komeito) |
319,968 | 26.1 | ||
| Communist | Kayoko Kuwahara | 111,201 | 9.1 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Takahiro Kuroiwa | 541,881 | 53.3 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Ichiro Tsukada | 342,207 | 33.7 | ||
| Communist | Kayoko Kuwahara | 132,672 | 13.0 | ||
| Turnout | 52.44% | ||||
See also
References
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