Akita at-large district

The Akita at-large district (Japanese: 秋田県選挙区, Hepburn: Akita-ken Senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Akita Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. Councillors are elected to the house by single non-transferable vote (SNTV) for six-year terms. Since the establishment of the current House of Councillors electoral system in 1947, the district has elected two Councillors, one each at elections held every three years. It has 888,496 registered voters as of September 2015.[1]

The Councillors currently representing Akita are:

• Hiroo Ishii (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)); a former professional baseball in the Nippon Professional Baseball leagues, was elected to his first term in 2010, re-elected in 2016 and his current term will end in 2022.
• Shizuka Terata (Independent); elected to her first term in 2019, which will end in 2025.

Elected Councillors

class of 1947	election year	class of 1950
(1947: 6-year term)		(1947: 3-year term)
Yasutaka Suzuki (Liberal)	1947	Junkichi Ishikawa (Ind.)
	1950	Kōki Haseyama (Liberal)
Hajime Suzuki (Ind.)[note 1]	1953
	1956	Hitoshi Suzuki (Social Democratic)
Koichi Matsuno (LDP)[note 2]	1958 by-el.[note 3]
	1959
	1962
	1965
Masaji Sawada (Social Democratic)	1967 by-el.[note 4]
	1968	Goro Yamazaki (LDP)[note 5]
	1971
	1974
	1976 by-el.[note 6]	Man Sasaki (LDP)
Hosei Norota (LDP)	1977
	1980
Hiromitsu Deguchi (LDP)	1983
	1986
Akio Hosoya (Social Democratic)	1989
	1992
Katsutoshi Kaneda (LDP)	1995
	1998	Shigenobu Saito (LDP)
	2001
	2004	Yoetsu Suzuki (Ind.) Endorsed by DPJ, SDP
Daigo Matsuura (Ind.) Endorsed by DPJ, SDP, PNP	2007[4]
	2010[5]	Hiroo Ishii (LDP)
Matsuji Nakaizumi (LDP)	2013[6]
	2016[7]
Shizuka Terata (Ind.)	2019[8]

1. Resigned 1 May 1958.[2]
2. Died in office 29 July 1967.[3]
3. Held 22 June 1958.[3]
4. Held 15 September 1967.[2]
5. Died in office 6 April 1976.[3]
6. Held 23 May 1976.[2]

Election results

2019[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Shizuka Terata	242,286	50.5%	-
	Liberal Democratic	Matsuji Nakaizumi	221,219	46.1%	-6.2
	Protect the People from NHK	Ryuuji Ishioka	16,683	3.5%	-
Turnout			864,560	56.29%	-4.58

2016[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democratic	Hiroo Ishii	290,052	53.9%	-1.7
	Democratic	Daigo Matsuura	236,521	44.0%	+5.0
	Happiness Realization	Akira Nishino	11,131	2.1%	+0.7
Turnout			897,614	60.87%

2013[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democratic	Matsuji Nakaizumi (endorsed by Komeito)	260,846	52.3
	Democratic	Daigo Matsuura	194,497	39.0
	Communist	Yoshio Satake	36,371	7.3
	Happiness Realization	Akira Nishino	6,736	1.4
Turnout

2010[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democratic	Hiroo Ishii (Endorsed by Sunrise Party)	328,771	55.6
	Democratic	Yoetsu Suzuki (Endorsed by People's New Party)	226,217	38.3
	Communist	Kazuhisa Fujita	36,320	6.1
Turnout

2007[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Daigo Matsuura (Endorsed by DPJ, SDP)	319,631	50.4
	Liberal Democratic	Katsutoshi Kaneda (Endorsed by Komeito)	276,694	43.6
	Communist	Satoshi Suzuki	38,394	6.0
Turnout

References

1. "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). 2 September 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
2. "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
3. "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
4. "選挙区　秋田県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Akita At-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
5. "選挙区 秋田 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2010" [Akita At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
6. "選挙区 秋田 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2013" [Akita At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
7. "2016参院選". NHK. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
8. "2019参院選". NHK. Retrieved 26 September 2019.