Saga at-large district

Saga at-large district
佐賀県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Councillors
Prefecture	Saga
Electorate	672,859 (as of September 2022) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1947
Seats	2
Councillors	Class of 2019:   Yuhei Yamashita (LDP) Class of 2022:   Takamaro Fukuoka (LDP)

The Saga at-large district is an electoral district of the Japanese House of Councillors covering Saga prefecture in Kyushu. It has historically elected primarily members of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Current Councillors

The Councillors currently representing Saga are:

• Takamaro Fukuoka (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)), elected to his first term in 2010, which will end in 2016. Previously served one term in the House of Representatives representing the Saga 1st district.
• Yuhei Yamashita  [ ja ] (LDP); elected to his first term in 2013, which will end in 2019.

Elected Councillors

Class of 1947	Election year	Class of 1950
(1947: 6-year term)		(1947: 3-year term)
Eizaemon Fukagawa (Democratic)	1947	Masaki Imaizumi (JLP)
	1950	Arata Sugihara (Liberal)
Heiichi Matsuoka (Liberal)	1953
	1956	Arata Sugihara (Ind.)
Naotsugu Mabeshima (LDP) [note 1]	1959
	1962	Arata Sugihara (LDP)
	1965
	1968
	1971
	1974	Hidemaro Fukuoka (LDP)
	1977
	1980
Kenichiro Otsubo (LDP) [note 2]	1982 by-election [note 3]
	1983
	1986	Seijiro Otsuka (LDP) [note 4]
Makoto Miike (LDP) [note 5]	1986 by-election [note 6]
Takao Jinnouchi (LDP)	1988 by-election [note 7]
	1989
	1992
	1995
	1995 by-election [note 8]	Hiromi Iwanaga (LDP)
	1998
	2001
	2004 [7]
Minoru Kawasaki (DPJ)	2007 [8]
	2010 [9]	Takamaro Fukuoka (LDP)
Yuhei Yamashita (LDP)	2013 [10]
	2016
	2019
	2022

1. Died in office 16 November 1981 ^[2]
2. Resigned 19 June 1986 ^[3]
3. Held 10 January 1982 ^[3]
4. Died in office 3 October 1995 ^[3]
5. Died in office 20 February 1988 ^[4]
6. Held 10 August 1986 ^[4]
7. Held 10 April 1988 ^[5]
8. Held 19 November 1995 ^[6]

Election results

2013 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yuhei Yamashita (endorsed by Komeito)	223,810	64.6
	Democratic	Kazunori Aoki	83,447	24.1
	JCP	Yasutoshi Kamimura	30,920	8.9
	Happiness Realization	Toru Nakshima	8,067	2.3
Turnout

2010 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Takamaro Fukuoka	256,673	60.5
	Democratic	Michiko Kakki (Endorsed by People's New Party)	143,540	33.8
	JCP	Katsuhiro Yamaguchi	23,974	5.7
Turnout

2007 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Minoru Kawasaki (Endorsed by People's New Party)	210,452	49.6
	LDP	Yoshiyuki Kawakami (Endorsed by Komeito)	189,212	44.6
	JCP	Junko Nakao	25,028	5.9
Turnout

2004 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hiromi Iwanaga (Endorsed by Komeito)	197,100	47.7
	Democratic	Minoru Kawasaki	177,139	42.9
	JCP	Akemi Muto	39,101	9.5
Turnout

See also

• List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan

Saga Prefecture districts for the House of Representatives:

• Saga 1st district
• Saga 2nd district
• Saga 3rd district

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. "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
3. "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
4. "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
5. "歴代参議院議員一覧" [List of Former House of Councillors Members](PDF) (in Japanese). 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
6. "歴代参議院議員一覧" [List of Former House of Councillors Members](PDF) (in Japanese). 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
7. "選挙区開票結果　<佐賀県>" [District election results, (Saga Prefecture)] (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
8. "選挙区　佐賀県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Saga At-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
9. "選挙区 佐賀 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2010" [Saga At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
10. "選挙区 佐賀 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2013" [Saga At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 11 March 2016.