The Shimane at-large district (Japanese: 島根県選挙区, Hepburn: Shimane-ken Senkyoku) was a constituency that represents Shimane 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. With its 576,297 registered voters (as of September 2015)[1] it is the second-smallest electoral district for the house. Accordingly, a 2015 revision of the Public Officers Election Law will see the district merged with the Tottori At-large district to create the Tottori-Shimane At-large district;[2] this change will begin to take effect at the 2016 election, at which one Councillor will be elected.
The Councillor currently representing Shimane is:
- Saburo Shimada (LDP; term ends in 2019)
Elected Councillors
| class of 1947 | election year | class of 1950 |
|---|---|---|
| (1947: 6-year term) | (1947: 3-year term) | |
| Genichiro Date (Ind.) |
1947 | Noboru Utsunomiya (Ind.) |
| 1950 | Yoshio Sakurauchi (People's Democratic) | |
| Shigeo Odachi (Liberal)[notes 1] |
1953 | |
| Hiroshi Sano (Ind.) |
1955 by-election | |
| 1956 | Akira Kodaki (LDP)[notes 2] | |
| 1958 by-election | Toshinaga Yamamoto (LDP) | |
| Hiroshi Sano (LDP) |
1959 | |
| 1962 | Toshinaga Yamamoto (Ind.) | |
| Hideo Nakamura (Social Democratic) |
1965 | |
| 1968 | Toshinaga Yamamoto (LDP) | |
| 1971 | ||
| 1974 | Hisaoki Kamei (LDP) | |
| Zenju Nariai (LDP) |
1977 | |
| 1980 | ||
| 1983 | ||
| 1986 | Mikio Aoki (LDP) | |
| Hisato Iwamoto (Ind.) |
1989 | |
| 1992 | ||
| Shuntaro Kageyama (LDP) |
1995 | |
| 1998 | ||
| 2001 | ||
| 2004 | ||
| Akiko Kamei (People's New) |
2007 | |
| 2010[3] | Kazuhiko Aoki (LDP) | |
| Saburo Shimada (LDP) |
2013[4] | |
| 2016 | Seat abolished | |
| Seat abolished | 2019 |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Saburo Shimada (endorsed by Komeito) |
202,181 | 57.8 | ||
| Green Wind | Akiko Kamei | 115,043 | 32.9 | ||
| Communist | Shinichi Mukose | 26,255 | 7.5 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Setsuko Ikeda | 6,054 | 1.7 | ||
| Turnout | 60.89 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Kazuhiko Aoki | 222,448 | 52.9 | ||
| Democratic | Hirotaka Iwata | 151,351 | 36.0 | ||
| Your | Tomoo Sakurauchi | 28,183 | 6.7 | ||
| Communist | Ikuhisa Ishitobi | 18,512 | 4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 71.70 | ||||
References
- ↑ "平成２７年９月２日（定時登録日）現在における選挙人名簿 登録者数の概要" [2 September 2015 (Periodic Registration Day) Current enrolled voters - Overview of number of registered voters] (in Japanese). 2 September 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ↑ "Upper House districts set for shake-up after electoral reform laws pass Diet". Japan Times. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- 1 2 "選挙区 島根 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2010" [Shimane At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- 1 2 "選挙区 島根 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2013" [Shimane At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 22 February 2016.