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The Fukui at-large district (Japanese: 福井県選挙区, Hepburn: Fukui-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Fukui Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has two Councillors in the 248-member house.
| Fukui at-large district | |
|---|---|
| 福井県選挙区 | |
| Parliamentary constituency for the House of Councillors | |
| Prefecture | Fukui |
| Electorate | 634,562 (as of September 2022)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1947 |
| Seats | 2 |
| Councillors | Class of 2019:
Class of 2022: |
The constituency represents the entire population of Fukui Prefecture. The district elects two Councillors to six-year terms, one at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 644,447 registered voters as of September 2015.[2] Following the merger of the Tottori and Shimane districts into the Tottori-Shimane at-large district and the Tokushima and Kochi districts into the Tokushima-Kochi at-large district in 2015, Fukui became the electorate with the smallest population, thus making it the standard for measuring malapportionment in other districts.
| Class of 1947 | election year | Class of 1950 (3-year term in 1947) |
|---|---|---|
| Shichirohei Ikeda (Ind.) |
1947 | Shojiro Matsushita[3] (Socialist) |
| 1950 | Yoshio Domori[note 1] (Socialist) | |
| Toshio Sakai (Liberal) |
1953 | |
| 1955 by-election[note 2] | Harukazu Obata (LDP)[note 3] | |
| 1956 | Harukazu Obata (LDP) | |
| Mamoru Takahashi (LDP) |
1959 | |
| 1962 | Tasaburo Kumagai
| |
| Mamoru Takahashi (LDP) |
1965 | |
| 1968 | Tasaburo Kumagai
| |
| Kazuhito Tsuji (Socialist) |
1971 | |
| 1974 | Tasaburo Kumagai
| |
| Ichiro Yamanouchi (LDP) |
1977 | |
| 1980 | Tasaburo Kumagai
| |
| Ichiro Yamanouchi (LDP) |
1983 | |
| 1986 | Tasaburo Kumagai[note 4]
| |
| Tasaburo Furukawa (Rengō no Kai) |
1989 | |
| 1992 | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) | |
| Ryuuji Matsumura (LDP) |
1995 | |
| 1998 | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) | |
| Ryuuji Matsumura (LDP) |
2001 | |
| 2004[7] | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) | |
| Ryuuji Matsumura (LDP) |
2007[8] | |
| 2010[9] | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) | |
| Hirofumi Takinami (LDP) |
2013[10] | |
| 2016[11] | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) | |
| Hirofumi Takinami (LDP) |
2019[12] | |
| 2022[13] | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Masaaki Yamazaki (Incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) |
135,762 | 39.74 | ||
| Independent | Takeshi Saiki | 122,389 | 35.82 | New | |
| Independent | Kazuhiko Sasaoka (endorsed by Innovation) |
31,228 | 9.14 | New | |
| Sanseitō | Mamie Sunahata | 26,042 | 7.62 | New | |
| Communist | Kazuo Yamada | 17,044 | 4.99 | ||
| Anti-NHK | Yoshimoto Daniel | 9,203 | 2.69 | ||
| Registered electors | 635,127 | ||||
| Turnout | 55.32 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Hirofumi Takinami (Incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) |
195,515 | 66.14 | ||
| Communist | Kazuo Yamada | 77,377 | 26.18 | ||
| Anti-NHK | Masami Shimatani | 22,719 | 7.69 | New | |
| Registered electors | 646,976 | ||||
| Turnout | 47.64 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Masaaki Yamazaki (Incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) |
217,304 | 60.12 | ||
| Independent | Tatsuhiro Yokoyama | 131,278 | 36.32 | New | |
| Happiness Realization | Yasuyuki Shirakawa | 12,856 | 3.56 | ||
| Registered electors | 657,443 | ||||
| Turnout | 56.50 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Hirofumi Takinami (Incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) |
237,732 | 70.59 | ||
| Democratic | Toshikazu Fujino | 56,409 | 16.75 | ||
| Communist | Kazuo Yamada | 35,600 | 10.57 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Yasuyuki Shirakawa | 7,020 | 2.08 | ||
| Registered electors | 648,742 | ||||
| Turnout | 53.78 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Masaaki Yamazaki (Incumbent) |
212,605 | 51.23 | ||
| Democratic | Kota Inobe (endorsed by People's New) |
175,382 | 42.26 | ||
| Communist | Kazuo Yamada | 27,017 | 6.51 | ||
| Registered electors | 653,503 | ||||
| Turnout | 65.26 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Ryuji Matsumura (Incumbent) |
193,617 | 47.53 | ||
| Democratic | Seizo Wakaizumi (endorsed by People's New) |
190,644 | 46.80 | ||
| Communist | Kazuo Yamada | 23,110 | 5.67 | ||
| Registered electors | 656,396 | ||||
| Turnout | 63.25 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Masaaki Yamazaki (Incumbent) |
218,885 | 56.04 | ||
| Democratic | Makiko Isokawa | 147,419 | 37.75 | ||
| JCP | Kunihiro Uno | 24,250 | 6.21 | ||
| Registered electors | 655,864 | ||||
| Turnout | 61.02 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Harukazu Obata | 191,186 | 69.4 | ||
| Japan Democratic | Akira Hokyo | 84,385 | 30.6 | ||
| Turnout | 64.32% | ||||