Nagasaki at-large district

Nagasaki at-large district
長崎県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Councillors
PrefectureNagasaki
Electorate1,092,899 (as of September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1947
Seats2
CouncillorsClass of 2019:
  •   Yuichiro Koga (LDP)

Class of 2022:

  •   Keisuke Yamamoto (LDP)

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.

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 % ±%
LDP Keisuke Yamamoto
(Endorsed by the Komeito) 		261,554 50.1
CDP Ayumi Shirakawa
(Endorsed by the SDP) 		152,473 29.2
Ishin Mami Yamada 53,715 10.3
JCP Ayako Yasue 26,281 5.0
Sanseitō Ayako Ogata 21,363 4.1
Anti-NHK Kazuto Okuma 6,969 1.3
Turnout 522,355
LDP hold
2019[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP 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
LDP hold
2016[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP 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
LDP hold
2013[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Yuichiro Koga 359,805 59.2
Democratic Yukishige Okubo 186,402 30.7
JCP Toshihiko Haraguchi 45,683 7.5
Happiness Realization Kiyoto Yamada 15,586 2.6
Turnout 607,476
LDP gain from Democratic
2010[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Genjiro Kaneko 344,182 48.8
Democratic Tadashi Inuzuka (Incumbent) 272,043 38.6
Your Norihiko Nakashima 60,829 8.6
JCP Eiko Fuchise 28,614 4.0
Turnout 705,668
LDP gain from Democratic
2007[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yukishige Okubo 352,953 49.0
LDP Tadashi Komine 331,147 46.0
JCP Eiko Fuchise 35,837 5.0
Turnout 719,937
Democratic gain from LDP
2004[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tadashi Inuzuka 344,606 49.5
LDP Soichiro Matsutani (Incumbent) 303,723 43.7
JCP Toshihiko Haraguchi 47,457 6.8
Turnout 695,786
Democratic gain from LDP
2001[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Tadashi Taura 356,934 53.4
Independent Yuji Mitsuno 195,670 29.3
Independent Kotaro Tanaka 46,199 6.9
JCP Kimiko Ogawa 44,262 6.6
Women's Party Sachiko Matsumoto 25,265 3.8
Turnout 668,330
LDP gain from New Frontier
1998[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Soichiro Matsutani (Incumbent) 271,607 42.1
Independent Yuji Mitsuno 244,733 37.9
JCP Kieko Nishimura 84,646 13.1
Liberal League Kazuko Teraoka 44,807 6.9
Turnout 645,793
LDP hold
1995[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Frontier Tadashi Taura 174,017 30.6
LDP Daisuke Miyajima 165,387 29.1
Independent Kuro Matsuda 98,447 17.3
Socialist Ryuichi Sato 96,081 16.9
JCP Kieko Nishimura 34,032 6.0
Turnout 567,964
New Frontier gain from Socialist
1992[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Soichiro Matsutani 320,060 55.0
Democratic Reform Party Yuji Hagi 206,611 35.5
JCP Satoru Ishikawa 55,621 9.6
Turnout 582,292
LDP hold
1989[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Socialist Toshiko Shinozaki 344,416 44.9
LDP Akira Miyajima 238,511 31.1
Independent Soichiro Matsutani 151,053 19.7
JCP Satoru Ishikawa 30,134 3.9
Nihon Seinensha Koichi Hachiya 3,835 0.5
Turnout 767,949
Socialist gain from LDP
1986[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Takichiro Hatsumara 409,065 49.2
Socialist Kai Hayami 200,385 24.1
Independent Goro Asada 174,896 21.0
JCP Yasushi Tanaka 47,113 5.7
Turnout 831,459
LDP hold
1983[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Akira Miyajima 325,733 55.9
Socialist Kenji Taguchi 210,483 36.1
JCP Yasushi Tanaka 46,136 7.9
Turnout 582,352
LDP hold
1980[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Takiichiro Hatsumura 452,561 58.3
Socialist Tatsuhiko Tatsuta 267,786 34.5
JCP Yasuo Furuki 55,376 7.1
Turnout 775,723
1977[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Teiji Nakamura (Incumbent) 380,332 53.1
Socialist Tatsuhiko Tatsuta 295,478 41.2
JCP Yasuo Furuki 40,943 5.7
Turnout 716,303 72.6 −0.4
LDP hold
1974[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP 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
JCP Shinsuke Nakata 55,254 7.9 +5.8
LDP hold
1971[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Teiji Nakamura 298,099 52.4
Socialist Tatsuhiko Tatsuta (Incumbent) 242,715 42.6
JCP Kazuo Masumoto 28,433 5.0
Turnout 569,247 61.0 −9.7
LDP gain from Socialist
1970 By-Election[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Takiichiro Hatsumura 215,717 54.6
Socialist Masato Yoshinaga 164,816 41.7
JCP Kazu Masumoto 14,450 3.7
Independent Umeshige Yamagishi 14,686 2.1
Turnout 409,669
LDP hold
1968[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Kanichi Kubo 362,875 58.7
Socialist Kunito Abe 211,821 34.3
JCP Yasunobu Uchida 43,238 7.0
Turnout 617,934
LDP hold
1965[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP 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
JCP 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
LDP hold
  1. ^ a b 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 % ±%
LDP Kanichi Kubo 320,911 55.7
Socialist Tatsuhiko Tatsuta 241,968 42.0
JCP Junjiro Fukuoka 13,755 2.4
Turnout 576,634
LDP hold
1959[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shigeo Fujino (Incumbent) 259,224 48.4
Socialist Shigemitsu Nakamura 248,259 46.4
JCP Yutaka Miyajima 28,138 5.3
Turnout 535,621
LDP hold
1956[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Shunichiro Akiyama (Incumbent) 267,640 50.5
Socialist Shigemitsu Nakamura 242,355 45.7
JCP Masao Mori 20,069 3.8
Turnout 530,064
LDP 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)

References

House of Councillors: Alphabetical list of former Councillors

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