Hiroshima at-large district
広島県選挙区Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Councillors 
Prefecture Hiroshima Electorate 2,297,308 (as of September 2022)[1] Current constituency Created 1947 Seats 4 Councillors Class of 2019: Haruko Miyaguchi[a] (CDP) Shinji Morimoto (CDP)
Hokkaido - Tohoku Kanto Chūbu Kinki Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu - Okinawa National Proportional representation Abolished in 2015 reform Abolished in 1983 election
for the House of Councillors
Class of 2022:
- Yoichi Miyazawa (LDP)
- Eri Mikami (CDP)
Hiroshima at-large district is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It consists of Hiroshima Prefecture and elects four Councillors, two per election.[2] The current Councillors are
- Minoru Yanagida (since 1998).[3] Member of the Democratic party for the People.
- Shinji Morimoto (since 2013).[4] Member of the Constitutional Democratic Party.
- Haruko Miyaguchi (since 2021).[5] Member of the Constitutional Democratic Party.
- Yoichi Miyazawa (since 2010).[6] Member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
House of Councillors elected members
| Class of (1947/1953/...) | Election | Class of (1950/1956/...) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 1947: #1, 6 Year Term | #2 1947: #2 6 Year Term | #1 1947: #3, 3 Year Term | #2 1947: #4, 3 Yeart Term | |
| Shikazo Sasaki (Indep.) | Gishin Yamashita (Indep.) | 1947 | Setsuo Yamada (JSP) | Gesshū Iwamoto (Indep.) |
| 1950 | Takeichi Nita (Yoshida LP) | |||
| Tsunei Kusunose (Yoshida LP) | 1950 by-el. | |||
| Gishin Yamashita (Right JSP) | Kiichi Miyazawa (Yoshida LP) | 1953 | ||
| 1956 | Mamoru Nagano (LDP) | Setsuo Yamada (JSP) | ||
| Kiichi Miyazawa (LDP) | Susumu Fujita (JSP) | 1959 | ||
| 1962 | Tadayasu Iwasawa † 1966 (LDP) | Kenichi Matsumoto (JSP) | ||
| Masāki Fujita (LDP) | 1965 | |||
| 1966 by-el. | Makoto Nakatsui (LDP) | |||
| 1968 | ||||
| 1971 | ||||
| 1974 | Izuo Nagano † 1981 (LDP) | Manso Hamamoto (JSP) | ||
| 1977 | ||||
| 1980 | Hiroyuki KonishI (DSP) | |||
| 1981 by-el. | Hiroshi Miyazawa (LDP) | |||
| Manso Hamamoto (JSP) | 1983 | |||
| 1986 | ||||
| Manso Hamamoto (JSP) | Yūzan Fujita # 1993 (LDP) | 1989 | ||
| 1992 | Kimiko Kurihara (JSP) | |||
| Kensei Mizote (LDP) | 1993 by-el. | |||
| Kensei Mizote (LDP) | Kenji Sugekawa (NFP) | 1995 | ||
| 1998 | Ikuo Kamei (LDP) | Minoru Yanagida (Indep.) | ||
| Takeaki Kashimura (Indep.) | Kensei Mizote (LDP) | 2001 | ||
| 2004 | Minoru Yanagida (DPJ) | Ikuo Kamei (LDP) | ||
| Koji Sato (DPJ) | 2007 | |||
| 2010 | Yoichi Miyazawa (LDP) | Minoru Yanagida (DPJ) | ||
| Kensei Mizote (LDP) | Shinji Morimoto (DPJ) | 2013 | ||
| 2016 | ||||
| Shinji Morimoto (Indep.) | Anri Kawai ‡ 2021 (LDP) | 2019 | ||
| Haruko Miyaguchi (Concentration Hiroshima) | 2021 by-el | |||
| 2022 | Eri Mikami (Indep.) | |||
†: Died in office ‡: Election nullified #: Resigned to run for Governor
Notelist
- ^ Anri Kawai, who had been elected in 2019 behind Morimoto, was convicted of vote-buying in 2021. Miyaguchi was elected in the single seat by-election later that year.
References
- ^ "総務省｜令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
- ^ "House of Councillors | Japanese government". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "Mr.YANAGIDA Minoru：House of Councillors". www.sangiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "Mr.MORIMOTO Shinji：House of Councillors". www.sangiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "Ms.MIYAGUCHI Haruko：House of Councillors". www.sangiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "Mr.MIYAZAWA Yoichi：House of Councillors". www.sangiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
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