Kanagawa at-large district
Introduction The '''Kanagawa at-large district''' is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature) represented by six Councillors. It comprises the entire prefecture of Kanagawa and elects three Councillors every three years by single non-transferable vote.Between 1947 and 1995 Kanagawa was represented by four Councillors. The 1994 electoral reform reapportioned the number of seats, increasing the number of Councillors in Miyagi, Saitama, Kanagawa and Gifu by two each (one per election) and reducing the number in Hokkaido, Hyogo and Fukuoka. Kanagawa, like most two-member districts, had often split seats between the two major parties, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Japan Socialist Party (JSP). Following another reapportionment in the 2007 election when Tokyo gained an additional Councillor Kanagawa has the lowest electoral weight for the House of Councillors countrywide. As of September 2009, 7,301,452 voters were registered in Kanagawa.
Councillors from Kanagawa +Class of (1947/1953/...)ElectionClass of (1950/1956/...)#11947: #1, 6 Year Term1987: 2 Year Term#21947: #2, 6 Year Term#32005: #1, 2 Year Term#4#11947: #3, 3 Year Term1967: #1, 1 Year Term#21947: #4, 3 Year Term2009: #1, 1 Year Term#3#4Jiro Miki(JSP)Seiichi Ogushi(LP)1947Kenichi Suzuki(NCP)Kenji Ōsumi(LP)1950Eki Sone(JSP)Kosaku Ishimura(Yoshida LP)Jiro Miki(JSP, Right)Kenzō Kōno(Indep. )19531956Shigeaki Aizawa(JSP)Kenzō Kōno(LDP)Matsue Tagami(JSP)19591962Saburo Oka(JSP)Kenzō Kōno(LDP)19651967 by-el.Ichirō Satō(LDP)1968Shirō Takeda(JSP)Kenzō Kōno(LDP)Katsuji Kataoka(JSP)19711974Shirō Takeda(JSP)Akira Hatano(LDP)Kenzō Kōno(Indep. )19771980Akira Hatano(LDP)Shirō Takeda(JSP)Shingo Hattori(New Komeito)Tsuneo Sugimoto(LDP)19831986Fumio Saitō(LDP)Keiko Chiba(JSP)Kenichiro Sato(LDP)1987 by-el.Tadashi Kobayashi(JSP)Kiyoharu Ishiwata(LDP)19891992Akira Matsu (NFP)Tsuyoshi Saito(JSP)19951998Keīchirō Asao(LDP)Kimie Hatano(JCP)Keiko Chiba(DPJ)Yutaka Kobayashi(LDP)Akira Matsu(New Komeito)Tsuyoshi Saito(DPJ)20012004Akio Koizumi(LDP)Keīchirō Asao(LDP)Yoriko Kawaguchi(LDP)2005 by-el.Hiroe Makiyama(DPJ)Yutaka Kobayashi(LDP)Masashi Mito(DPJ)2007Akira Matsu(New Komeito)20072009 by-el.Yōichi Kaneko(DPJ)2010Kenji Nakanishi(Your Party)Yōichi Kaneko(DPJ)Dai Shimamura(LDP)Shigefumi Matsuzawa(Your Party)Sayaka Sasaki(New Komeito)Hiroe Makiyama(DPJ)20132016Junko Mihara(LDP)Nobuhiro Miura(New Komeito)Yuichi Mayama(DPJ)Kenji Nakanishi(Indep. )Hiroe Makiyama(CDP)Shigefumi Matsuzawa(Nippon Ishin)20192022 (with by-el. )Shigefumi Matsuzawa(Nippon Ishin)Nobuhiro Miura(New Komeito)Keīchirō Asao(LDP)
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References * House of Councillors:  Historical members until January 2014