Toyama at-large district

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.

Outline

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:

• Kotaro Nogami (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), second term; term ends in 2016. Previously represented the district from 2001-2007.)[2]
• Shigeru Douko (LDP, first term; term ends in 2019)[3]

Elected Councillors

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]

1. Died in office 3 October 1951[4]
2. Later joined the Liberal Party[4]
3. Held 16 November 1951[5]
4. First elected in 1951 as an independent.
5. Died in office 16 November 1982[6]
6. Held 26 December 1982[7]
7. Died in office 28 June 1987[4]
8. Yoshio Nagata was elected to a third term in the election held on 12 July 1998 with 47.7% of the vote but died on 22 August. As his death was within three months of the election, Masaaki Tanibayashi, who placed second in the election with 21.1%, was promoted to the seat as of 1 September 1998. The difference of 137,168 votes is said to be the biggest loss be a candidate who was subsequently promoted.
9. Later joined the People's New Party

Election results

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

2010[10]

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

2007[9]

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

2004[8]

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

See also

• List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan

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). 28 December 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
2. "野上　浩太郎（のがみ　こうたろう）：参議院" [Nogami, Kotaro: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 May 2016.
3. "堂故　茂（どうこ　しげる）：参議院" [Douko, Shigeru: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 May 2016.
4. "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
5. "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
6. "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
7. Satō, Yoshi (令) (December 2005). "Post-War By-Elections" (PDF) (in Japanese). National Diet Library. p. 96. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
8. "選挙区開票結果　<富山県>" [District results (Toyama)]. Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
9. "選挙区　富山県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Toyama at-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
10. "選挙区　富山県 開票結果 参院選2010 参院選 選挙" [Toyama at-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
11. "選挙区　富山県 開票結果 参院選2013 参院選 選挙" [Toyama at-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 16 May 2016.