Ishikawa at-large district

The Ishikawa at-large district (Japanese: 石川県選挙区, Hepburn: Ishikawa-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Ishikawa Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has two Councillors in the 242-member house.

Ishikawa at-large district
石川県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Councillors
Prefecture	Ishikawa
Electorate	935,591 (as of September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1947
Seats	2
Councillors	Class of 2019:   Shuji Miyamoto (LDP) Class of 2022:   Naoki Okada (LDP)

Outline

The constituency represents the entire population of Ishikawa Prefecture. The district elects two Councillors to six-year terms, one at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 939,531 registered voters as of September 2015.^[2] The Councillors currently representing Ishikawa are:

• Naoki Okada (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), second term; term ends in 2016)^[3]
• Syuji Yamada (LDP, first term; term ends in 2019)^[4]

Elected Councillors

Class of 1947	election year	Class of 1950 (3-year term in 1947)
Kamejiro Hayashiya (Democratic)	1947	Kohei Nakagawa (Japan Liberal)
	1950	Kohei Nakagawa (Liberal)
Tokuji Imura[note 1] (Kaishintō)	1953
	1956	Kamejiro Hayashiya (LDP)
Wakio Shibano (Ind.)[note 2]	1958 by-election[note 3]
Tokujiro Toribatake (Ind.)[note 4]	1959
	1962
Shinji Toda[note 5] (LDP)	1965
	1968	Takaaki Yasuta[7] (LDP)[note 6]
Hitoshi Shimasaki (LDP)	1971 by-election[note 7]
	1971
	1974
	1977
	1980
	1983
	1986	Tetsuo Kutsukake (LDP)
Takashi Awamori (Rengō no Kai)	1989
	1992
Hiroshi Hase[note 8] (LDP)[note 9]	1995
	1998	Sota Iwamoto (Ind.)
Tetsuo Kutsukake (LDP)	2000 by-election[note 10]
	2001
	2004[9]	Naoki Okada (LDP)
Yasuo Ichikawa (DPJ)	2007[10]
	2010[11]
Syuji Yamada (LDP)	2013[12]

1. Died in office 27 October 1958^[5]
2. Later joined the LDP.^[5]
3. Held 7 December 1958^[5]
4. Later joined the LDP.^[6]
5. Died in office 16 December 1970^[6]
6. Was first elected as an independent in 1968
7. Held 7 February 1971^[5]
8. Resigned 12 May 2000^[6]
9. Contested the election as an independent candidate endorsed by the LDP. Officially joined the party two months after his election.
10. Held 25 June 2000^[8]

Election results

2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Naoki Okada (Incumbent)	274,253	64.53
	CDP	Tsuneko Oyamada	83,766	19.71
	JCP	Hiroshi Nishimura	23,119	5.44
	Sanseitō	Hitoshi Sakioki	21,567	5.07
	Anti-NHK	Shinichi Yamada	12,120	2.85
	Ishin Seito Shimpu	Takayuki Harihara	10,188	2.40
Turnout

April 2022 by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Shuji Miyamoto	189,503	68.41
	CDP	Tsuneko Oyamada	59,906	21.63
	JCP	Hiroshi Nishimura	18,158	6.56
	Anti-NHK	Kenichiro Saito	9,430	3.40
Turnout

2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Shuji Yamada (Incumbent)	288,040	67.25
	DPP	Toru Tanabe	140,279	32.75
Turnout

2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Naoki Okada (Incumbent)	328,013	61.73
	Independent	Miki Shibata	191,371	36.01
	Happiness Realization	Satoshi Miyamoto	11,992	2.26
Turnout

2013^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Shuji Yamada	321,286	64.85
	Democratic	Yasuo Ichikawa (Incumbent)	113,817	22.97
	JCP	Ryosuke Kameda	40,295	8.13
	Independent	Shigeru Hamasaki	10,114	2.04
	Happiness Realization	Satoshi Miyamoto	9,935	2.01
Turnout

2010^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Naoki Okada (Incumbent)	304,511	55.50
	Democratic	Akira Nishihara	211,373	38.53
	JCP	Mikiko Chikamatsu	32,780	5.97
Turnout

2007^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yasuo Ichikawa	272,366	46.91
	LDP	Tomiro Yata [ja]	268,185	46.19
	JCP	Mikiko Chikamatsu	28,604	4.93
	Independent	Shigeru Hamasaki	11,477	1.98
Turnout

2004^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Naoki Okada	289,697	56.11
	Democratic	Takashi Kato	188,804	36.57
	JCP	Masayuki Sato	37,800	7.32
Turnout

See also

• List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan