Aomori at-large district

The Aomori at-large district (Japanese: 青森県選挙区, Hepburn: Aomori-ken Senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Aomori 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. It has 1,122,948 registered voters as of September 2015.^[1]

Aomori at-large district
青森県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Councillors
Prefecture	Aomori
Electorate	1,069,653 (as of September 2022)[2]
Current constituency
Created	1947
Seats	2
Councillors	Class of 2022:   Masayo Tanabu (CDP) Class of 2025:   Masumi Fukushi (CDP)

Elected Councillors

class of 1947	election year	class of 1950
(1947: 6-year term)		(1947: 3-year term)
Naotake Satō (Ind.)	1947	Zenjirō Hirano (Democratic)
	1950	Tetsuo Kudō (Liberal)
Naotake Satō (Ryokufūkai)	1953
	1953 by-el.	Junzo Sasamori (Progressive)
	1956	Junzo Sasamori (LDP)
Naotake Satō (Ryokufūkai)	1959
	1962	Junzo Sasamori (LDP)
Bunji Tsushima (LDP)	1965
	1968	Tatsuo Yamazaki (Ind.)
Bunji Tsushima (LDP)	1971
Iwazo Terashita (LDP)	1973 by-el.
	1974	Tatsuo Yamazaki (LDP)
Iwazo Terashita (LDP)	1977
Kanpei Matsuo (LDP)	1980 by-el.
	1980	Tatsuo Yamazaki (LDP)
Kanpei Matsuo (LDP)	1983
	1986	Tatsuo Yamazaki (Ind.)
Takao Mikami (Ind.)	1989
	1991 by-el.	Kanpei Matsuo (Liberal National Congress [ja])
	1992	Kanpei Matsuo (LDP)
Tsutomu Yamazaki (New Frontier)	1995
	1998	Masami Tanabu (Ind.)
Tsutomu Yamazaki (LDP)	2001
	2004	Masami Tanabu (DPJ)
Kōji Hirayama (DPJ)	2007
	2010[3]	Tsutomu Yamazaki (LDP)
Motome Takisawa (LDP)	2013[4]
	2016[5]	Masayo Tanabu (DP)
Motome Takisawa (LDP)	2019[6]
	2022[7]	Masayo Tanabu (CDP)

Election results

2025: Aomori at-large 1 seat^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Masumi Fukushi	214,613	39.39	14.06
	LDP	Motome Takisawa	197,966	36.34	5.39
	Sanseitō	Tsutomu Katō	91,083	16.72	14.09
	JCP	Yūko Ogino	32,317	5.93	new
	Anti-NHK	Akira Sasaki	8,837	1.62	0.57
Turnout				54.22	4.73
Registered electors			1,028,060
Party total seats			Won	Total	Change
	Constitutional Democratic Party		1	2	1
	Liberal Democratic Party		0	0	1

2022^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Masayo Tanabu	277,009	53.45	New
	Liberal Democratic	Naohito Saito [ja]	216,265	41.73
	Sanseitō	Eitaro Nakajō	13,607	2.63	New
	Anti-NHK	Akira Sasaki	11,335	2.19
Registered electors			1,073,060
Turnout				49.49	6.55

2019^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Motome Takisawa	239,757	51.5	+0.2
	CDP	Satoru Odagiri	206,582	44.4	−
	Anti-NHK	Hinako Koyama	19,310	4.1	−
Turnout			1,109,104	42,94%	12.37

2016^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Masayo Tanabu	302,867	49.2	New
	Liberal Democratic	Tsutomu Yamazaki	294,815	47.9	−
	Happiness Realization Party	Yuuki Mikuni	18,071	2.9	−
Turnout			1,140,629	55,31%

2013^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Motome Takisawa (endorsed by Komeito)	261,575	51.3
	People's Life	Kōji Hirayama (endorsed by Social Democratic Party, Green Wind)	76,432	15.0
	Your	Rina Hatano	63,528	12.5
	Independent	Shin Kudo (endorsed by Democratic Party)	53,062	10.4
	JCP	Yo Yoshimata	48,290	9.5
	Happiness Realization	Akihiro Ishita	6,659	1.3
Turnout

2010^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tsutomu Yamazaki	287,385	46.8
	Democratic	Rina Hatano (Endorsed by People's New Party)	222,875	36.3
	Sunrise	Sekio Masuta	49,102	8.0
	JCP	Yo Yoshimata	31,040	5.1
	Social Democratic	Kiyohiko Yamada	23,803	3.9
Turnout

See also

• Aomori 1st district - one of 4 districts that represents Aomori Prefecture in the House of Representatives