Ehime at-large district (愛媛県選挙区, Ehime-ken senkyoku) is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It represents Ehime Prefecture and elects two Councillors, one every three years by a first-past-the-post system for a six-year term. In the first election in 1947, Ehime like all districts used single non-transferable vote to elect both its Councillors in one election. It has 1,169,427 registered voters as of September 2015.[2] As a predominantly rural district, it has favoured the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate in most elections.
| Ehime At-Large District | |
|---|---|
| 愛媛県選挙区 | |
| Parliamentary constituency for the House of Councillors | |
 | |
| Prefecture | Ehime |
| Electorate | 1,134,208 (as of 1 September 2022)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1947 |
| Seats | 2 |
| Councillors | Class of 2019:
Class of 2022: |
The current Councillors for Ehime are:
- Junzo Yamamoto (LDP, third term, expires 2022)[3]
- Takako Nagae (Independent, first term, expires 2025)
Current Councillors
editAs of 31 January 2023, the current Councillors for Ehime are:
- Junzo Yamamoto (LDP, third term, expires 2022)[3]
- Takako Nagae (Independent, first term, expires 2025)
Elected Councillors
edit| class of 1947 (1947: #1, 6-year term) |
election year | class of 1950 (1947: #2, 3-year term) |
|---|---|---|
| Sadatake Hisamatsu (Ehime Democratic Party)[note 1] |
1947 | Tsunetaro Nakahira (Social Democratic) |
| 1950 | Hachijiro Mitsuhashi (Social Democratic)[5] | |
| Minoru Tamayanagi (Ind.) | 1951 by-el.[note 2] | |
| Isamu Yuyama (Japan Teachers' Political Federation) |
1953 | |
| 1956 | Senjitsu Horimoto (LDP) | |
| Keikichi Masuhara (LDP) | 1959 | |
| 1962 | ||
| 1965 | ||
| 1968 | ||
| 1971 | ||
| 1974 | Masami Aoi (LDP) | |
| Tokutaro Higaki (LDP) | 1977 | |
| 1980 | Yukio Nakagawa (LDP) | |
| 1983 | ||
| 1986 | ||
| Oasmu Ikeda (Rengō no Kai) | 1989 | |
| 1992 | A | |
| Yasuhisa Shiozaki (LDP)[note 3] | 1995 | |
| 1998 | ||
| Katsutsugu Sekiya (LDP) | 2000 by-el.[note 4] | |
| 2001 | ||
| 2004 | Junzo Yamamoto (LDP) | |
| Toshirō Tomochika (Ind.) | 2007 | |
| 2010[8] | ||
| Takumi Ihara (LDP) | 2013[9] | |
| 2016[10] | ||
| Takako Nagae (Ind.) | 2019 | |
| 2022 |
Election Results
editElections in the 2020s
editElections in the 2010s
editElections in the 2000s
editElections in the 1990s
editElections in the 1980s
editElections in the 1970s
editElections in the 1960s
editElections in the 1950s
editElections in the 1940s
editReferences
edit- ^ "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 - As of September 1, 2020 Number of registered voters] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ^ "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 3 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Mr.YAMAMOTO Junzo". House of Councillors. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ^ a b "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "国会関係日誌 (12.6.3～7.6)" [National Diet Diary (3 June - 6 July 2000] (PDF). Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "選挙区 愛媛 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2013" [Ehime At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "選挙区 愛媛 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2013" [Ehime At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "開票結果・速報(選挙区・愛媛県)【参議院選挙2016】" [Election result, breaking news (constituent area, Ehime prefecture) [the House of Councilors election 2016]]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-09-30.