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Kanagawa at-large district

Kanagawa at-large district

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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.

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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.[2]

Councillors from Kanagawa

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  1. Yutaka Kobayashi was elected in July 2007 but resigned in September after it was found he had violated the electoral law. Fourth-placed Akira Matsu was awarded the seat as it had fallen vacant within three months of the election.

Election results

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  1. Because Shigefumi Matsuzawa was also running to be Mayor of Yokohama, it was decided that the candidate in 5th place would take his seat should he win that election. He was defeated however and so retained his seat
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Notes

  1. Dai Shimamura, who had received the most votes in 2019, passed away in 2023.
  2. Mizuno was elected to replace Shigefumi Matsuzawa, who won election in 2022 as well. Since Mizuno came fifth in 2022, she was awarded the vacant 2019 seat.

References

  1. "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 - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  2. "第16回参議院, 第17回参議院, 第18回参議院議員選挙 神奈川選挙区" [16th, 17th and 18th House of Councillors elections - Kanagawa District] (in Japanese). JANJAN. 31 May 2010. Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  3. "選挙区候補者別得票数 - 神奈川" [Number of Votes by Candidate by Constituency - Kanagawa] (PDF). MIC. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  4. "第19回参議院議員補欠選挙 神奈川選挙区" [19th House of Councillors by-election - Kanagawa District]. JanJan (in Japanese). 2010-01-07. Archived from the original on 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  5. "候補者別得票数 (選挙区)" [Votes by Candidate (Constituency)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 December 2022.|
  6. "参議院神奈川県選挙区選出議員 補 欠 選 挙 結 果 調" [House of Councilors Kanagawa District by-election results survey] (PDF). Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  7. "開票結果・速報(選挙区・神奈川県)【参議院選挙2013】:読売新聞" [Election results/preliminary report (Kanagawa District) [House of Councilors election 2013]: Yomiuri Shimbun]. 2013-11-03. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  8. "開票結果・速報(選挙区・神奈川県)【参議院選挙2016】:読売新聞" [Election results/preliminary report (Kanagawa District) [House of Councilors election 2016]: Yomiuri Shimbun]. 2016-08-14. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  9. "神奈川選挙区 参院選2019 候補者・選挙最新ニュース". 読売新聞オンライン (in Japanese). 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  10. "神奈川選挙区 参院選2022 候補者・選挙最新ニュース". 読売新聞オンライン (in Japanese). 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2022-12-22.


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