Gunma at-large district

Gunma at-large district
群馬県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Councillors
PrefectureGunma
Electorate1,610,202 (as of September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1947
Seats2
CouncillorsClass of 2019:
  •   Masato Shimizu (LDP)

Class of 2022:

Gunma At-Large District (群馬県選挙区, Gunma-ken Senkyoku) is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It consists of Gunma Prefecture and elects two Councillors, one per election.

Between 1947 and 2007 Gunma was represented by four Councillors, electing two at a time by single non-transferable vote. Like most two-member districts Gunma often split seats between the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) despite being a conservative stronghold and home to the families of Prime Ministers Fukuda, Nakasone and Obuchi. Councillors from Gunma include Fukuda's brother Hiroichi and Nakasone's son Hirofumi.

Current Councillors

As of 24 January 2023, the district is currently represented by 2 Councillors, both of the Liberal Democratic Party. They are, in order of election year:

Elected Councillors

Class of (1947/1953/...) Election
Year 		Class of (1950/1956/...)
#1
(1947: #1, 6-year term) 		#2
(1947: #2, 6-year term) 		#1
(1947: #3, 3-year term) 		#2
(1947: #4, 3-year term)
Tokuzō Takekoshi (DP) Kinichi Umezu (JSP) 1947[2] Sanshirō Kogure (DP) Junichi Suzuki (DP)
Kiyoo Sakino (DP) 1947 by-el.[3]
1950[4] Renjirō Iijima (Indep.) Kyōhei Suzuki (DP)
Yoshio Iyoku (Yoshida LP) Hideko Mogami (Progressive) 1953[5]
1956[6] Budayū Kogure (DLP) Kendō Itō (JSP)
Yoichi Yamato (JSP) Hideko Mogami (LDP) 1959[7]
1962[8]
Eiichirō Kondō (LDP) 1965[9]
1967 by-el.[10] Ichirō Sata (LDP)
1968[11] Shigesada Marumo (LDP)
Shigemitsu Akanegakubo (JSP) Kunio Takahashi (LDP) 1971[12]
1974[13] Toshio Kurihara (JSP) Susumu Mogami (LDP)
Tomio Yamamoto (LDP) Shigemitsu Akanegakubo (JSP) 1977[14]
1980[15] Hiroichi Fukuda (LDP) Yuzuru Yamada (JSP)
Susumu Mogami (LDP) 1983[16]
1986[17] Hirofumi Nakasone (LDP) Hiroichi Fukuda (LDP)
Giichi Tsunoda (JSP) Tomio Yamamoto (LDP) 1989[18]
1992[19] Kōsei Ueno (LDP)
Ichita Yamamoto (LDP) Giichi Tsunoda (JSP) 1995[20]
1998[21]
Giichi Tsunoda (DPJ) 2001[22]
2004[23] Yukio Tomioka (DPJ) Hirofumi Nakasone (LDP)
– 2007[24]
2010[25] Hirofumi Nakasone (LDP) –
2013[26]
2016[27]
Masato Shimizu (LDP) 2019[28]
2022[29]

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hirofumi Nakasone (Incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito) 		476,017 63.8
Independent Keiko Shirai
(Endorsed by the CDP and the DPP) 		138,429 18.6
JCP Tamotsu Takahashi 69,490 9.3
Sanseitō Tetsuro Niikura 39,523 5.3
Anti-NHK Tadashi Kojima 22,276 3.0
Registered electors 1,608,605
Majority 337,588 45.2
Turnout 780,013 48.5
LDP hold Swing

Elections in the 2010s

2019[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Masato Shimizu
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		400,369 53.9 N/A
CDP Atsuko Saito
(Endorsed by the DPP, SDP and the JCP) 		286,651 38.6
Anti-NHK Mikako Maeda 55,209 7.4
Registered electors 1,630,505
Majority 113,718 15.3
Turnout 785,577 51.8
LDP hold Swing
2016[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hirofumi Nakasone (Incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito) 		527,371 66.0
Democratic Hirohito Horikoshi
(Endorsed by the JCP and the SDP) 		248,615 31.1
Happiness Realization Akira Yasunaga 23,550 2.9
Registered electors 1,650,035
Majority 278,756 34.9
Turnout 833,268 50.5
LDP hold Swing
2013[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Ichita Yamamoto (Incumbent) 580,144 71.9
Democratic Fujiko Kagaya 123,725 15.3
JCP Setsuko Tenahashi 91,905 11.4
Happiness Realization Akira Yasunaga 11,200 1.4
Registered electors 1,621,683
Majority 456,419 56.6
Turnout 839,221 51.8
LDP hold Swing
2010[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hirofumi Nakasone 558,659 60.6 Increase30.3
Democratic Yukio Tomioka (Incumbent) 287,934 31.2 Decrease3.3
JCP Setsuko Tanahashi 75,792 8.2 +2.4
Registered electors 1,627,796
Majority
Turnout 953,075 58.6 Increase
LDP gain from Democratic Swing
LDP loss (seat eliminated)

Elections in the 2000s

2007[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Ichita Yamamoto (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by Komeito) 		530,114 62.0
People's New Koji Fukuda (Endorsed by the DPJ) 230,663 27.0
JCP Hiroaki Sakai 94,713 11.1
Registered electors 1,627,803
Majority 299,451 34.0
Turnout 888,780 54.6 Decrease4.1
LDP hold Swing
Democratic loss (seat eliminated)
2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yukio Tomioka 314,996 34.5
LDP Hirofumi Nakasone (Incumbent) 276,229 30.3
LDP Kosei Ueno 268,043 29.4
JCP Masaki Ogasawara 53,215 5.8
Registered electors 1,620,993
Turnout 940,176 58.0 Decrease2.7
Democratic gain from LDP Swing
LDP hold Swing
2001[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Ichita Yamamoto (Incumbent) 362,947 40.4
Democratic Giichi Tsunoda (Incumbent) 250,203 27.8
LDP Mayumi Yoshikawa 222,191 24.7
JCP Shinmei Ogasawara 45,647 5.1
Liberal League Haruyo Tsuchiya 18,467 1.9
Registered electors 1,604,073
Turnout 942,233 58.7 Increase5.6
LDP hold Swing
Democratic gain from Socialist Swing

Elections in the 1990s

1998[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hirofumi Nakasone (Incumbent) 303,032 33.7
LDP Kosei Ueno (Incumbent) 228,288 25.4
Independent Shio Yamazaki 173,672 19.3
JCP Yoshikazu Arima 136,957 15.2
Liberal League Yurikawa KiYA 56,595 6.3
Registered electors 1,571,793
Turnout 954,078 60.7
LDP hold Swing
LDP hold Swing
1995[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Ichita Yamamoto 348,439 44.2
Socialist Giichi Tsunoda 214,713 27.3
New Progressive Party (Japan) Ichiro Abe 183,323 27.3
JCP Ryoichi Arima 41,236 5.2
Registered electors 1,535,604
Turnout 815,713 53.1 Decrease18.1
LDP gain from Socialist Swing
Socialist gain from LDP Swing
1992[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hirofumi Nakasone 281,834 34.7
LDP Kosei Ueno 275,793 34.0
Democratic Reform Party Sukuro Akane 208,089 25.6
JCP Keigo Onodera 46,266 5.7
Registered electors
Majority
LDP hold Swing
LDP hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

1989[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Socialist Giichi Tsunoda 442,897 44.9
LDP Ichita Yamamoto 240,152 24.4
LDP Susumu Mogami 130,281 13.2
Independent Minoru Komai 124,582 12.6
JCP Keigo Onodera 40,747 4.1
Independent Katsuo Uemura 3,797 0.4
Kyoikutō Michiki Umezawa 3,047 0.3
Registered electors 1,418,891
Turnout 1,010,676 71.2 Increase3.5
Socialist gain from LDP Swing
LDP hold Swing

s

1986[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hirofumi Nakasone 364,103 34.4
LDP Koichi Fukuda (Incumbent) 354,964 33.5
Socialist Giichi Tsunoda 302,159 28.6
JCP Kinnosuke Yoshimura 37,065 3.5
Registered electors 1,367,045
Turnout 1,098,284 80.3 Decrease0.6
LDP hold Swing
LDP gain from Socialist Swing
1983[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Ichita Yamamoto (Incumbent) 301,765 34.6 Decrease11.3
LDP Susumu Mogami 269,477 30.9 Increase6.7
Socialist Giichi Tsunoda 259,896 29.8 Increase4.7
JCP Kinnosuke Yoshimura 40,707 4.7
Registered electors 1,325,243
Turnout 896,659 67.7 Decrease6.1
LDP hold Swing
LDP gain from Socialist Swing
1980[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Koichi Fukuda 456,665 45.9 N/A
Socialist Yuzuru Yamada 249,943 25.1
LDP Susumu Mogami 241,171 24.2 N/A
JCP Kinnosuke Yoshimura 47,829 4.8 Decrease3.6
Registered electors 1,280,446
Turnout 1,035,497 80.9 Decrease0.7
LDP gain from Socialist Swing
Socialist gain from LDP Swing

Elections in the 1970s

1977[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Ichita Yamamoto 482,753 54.9 Increase20.8
Socialist Shigamitsu Akanegakubo 288,019 32.8 Decrease1.3
JCP Shoji Sato 108,398 12.3 Increase4.2
Registered electors 1,237,278
Turnout 913,482 73.8 Increase4.1
LDP gain from Socialist Swing
Socialist gain from LDP Swing
1974[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Socialist Toshio Kurihara 299,386 31.7 New
LDP Susumu Mogami 252,333 26.7 New
LDP Ichiro Sada (Incumbent) 240,354 25.5 Decrease11.3
JCP Shoji Sato 79,105 8.4 Increase4.8
Kōmeitō Akira Niiyama 72,967 7.7 New
Registered electors 1,183,622
Turnout 965,954 81.6 Decrease0.7
Socialist gain from LDP Swing
LDP hold Swing
1971[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Socialist Shigemitsu Akanegakubo 261,083 34.1
LDP Kunio Takahashi 203,113 26.5
LDP Eichiro Kondo 194,304 25.4
JCP Shoji Sato 61,753 8.1
Independent Takayuki Fukushima 45,359 5.9
Turnout 1,130,126 69.7 −12.6

Elections in the 1960s

1968[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Ichiro Sata 306,309 36.8
LDP Shigesada Marumo 253,450 30.5
Socialist Shigemitsu Akanegakubo 242,230 29.1
JCP Tadao Miyazawa 30,037 3.6
Turnout 1,044,537 82.3 +31.1
1967 by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Ichiro Sata 291,042 56.3
Socialist Shigemitsu Akanegakubo 193,756 37.5
JCP Tadao Miyazawa 26,481 5.1
Independent Gen Takada 5,908 1.1
Turnout 51.2 −21.5
1965[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Socialist Yoichi Yamato 195,901 28.4
LDP Eichiro Kondo 189,517 27.5
Independent Kaneko Takeda 143,366 20.8
Hideko Mogami 17.6
JCP Tadao Miyasawa 23,107 3.4
Independent Rinkichi Hirayama 16,738 2.4
Turnout 719,678 72.7 −0.1
1962[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Budayu Kogure 319,019 48.3
Socialist Akimichi Ito 188,920 28.6
LDP Kyohei Suzuki 95,464 14.5
Democratic Socialist Rinkichi Hirayama 31,601 4.8
JCP Akira Honjo 25,096 3.8
Turnout 946,430 72.8 +2.1

Elections in the 1950s

1959[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Socialist Yoichi Yamato 152,182 23.8
LDP Hideko Mogami 143,871 22.5
LDP Yoshio Ino 137,973 21.6
Independent June Saito 129,431 20.2
Socialist Unjuro Muto 62,447 9.8
JCP Akira Honjo 13,643 2.1
Turnout 931,203 70.7 −3.7
1956[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Budayu Kogure 316,867 49.3
Socialist Kendo Ito 190,794 29.7
Ryokufūkai Renjiro Iijima 111,983 17.4
JCP Akira Honjo 22,648 3.5
Turnout 898,828 74.4 −4.2
1953[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Yoshio Iyoku 165,371 25.5
Kaishintō Hideko Mogami 135,649 20.9
Left Socialist Kinichi Umezu 98,284 15.1
Independent Ichiro Usuda 95,597 14.8
Independent Kojima Gunzo 60,059 9.3
Independent Kiyoo Sakaino 42,045 6.5
Ryokufūkai Masahiko Urano 40,375 6.2
JCP Akira Honjo 10,766 1.7
Turnout 856,811 78.6 +16.9
1950[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Renjiro Iijima 143,180 22.0
Democratic Kyohei Suzuki 102,525 15.8
Socialist Shigemitsu Akanegakubo 97,487 15.0
National Democratic Hideko Mogami 96,874 14.9
Liberal Shintaro Matsuura 57,684 8.9
National Democratic Kogure Sanshiro 54,942 8.4
National Democratic Junichi Suzuki 48,220 7.4
JCP Kamitsu Endo 39,965 6.1
Labourers and Farmers Etsutaro Kurihara 9,725 1.5
Turnout 1,127,914 61.7 +24.7

Elections in the 1940s

1947 By-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kiyoo Sakaino 177,792 59.3
Socialist Kiyomi Noma 104,244 34.8
JCP Kichitaro Yokemura 17,662 5.9
Turnout 37.0 −31.9
1947[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Takehoshi Tokuzo 109,032 20.9
Socialist Kinichi Umezu 93,033 17.8
Democratic Kihi Sanshiro 71,688 13.7
Democratic Junichi Suzuki 69,337 13.3
Democratic Kiyoo Sakaino 66,573 12.8
Democratic Shiro Kurita 32,783 6.3
Independent Seigo Motegi 22,067 4.2
Independent Matsudaira Shunosuke 16,722 3.2
JCP Kichitaro Yokemura 16,293 3.1
Liberal Hayashi Yoshige 15,198 2.9
Independent Taketaro Ikebu 6,459 1.2
Independent Araki Tokisugu 2,884 0.6
Turnout 823,481 68.9 N/A

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