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Hiroshima at-large district
広島県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Councillors
Prefecture	Hiroshima
Electorate	2,297,308 (as of September 2022)
Current constituency
Created	1947
Seats	4
Councillors	Class of 2019:   Haruko Miyaguchi (CDP)   Shinji Morimoto (CDP) Class of 2022:   Yoichi Miyazawa (LDP)   Eri Mikami (CDP)

Hiroshima at-large district is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It consists of Hiroshima Prefecture and elects four Councillors, two per election. The current Councillors are

• Minoru Yanagida (since 1998). Member of the Democratic party for the People.
• Shinji Morimoto (since 2013). Member of the Constitutional Democratic Party.
• Haruko Miyaguchi (since 2021). Member of the Constitutional Democratic Party.
• Yoichi Miyazawa (since 2010). Member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

House of Councillors elected members

†: Died in office ‡: Election nullified #: Resigned to run for Governor

Notelist

1. Anri Kawai, who had been elected in 2019 behind Morimoto, was convicted of vote-buying in 2021. Miyaguchi was elected in the single seat by-election later that year.

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. "House of Councillors | Japanese government". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
3. "Mr.YANAGIDA Minoru：House of Councillors". www.sangiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
4. "Mr.MORIMOTO Shinji：House of Councillors". www.sangiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
5. "Ms.MIYAGUCHI Haruko：House of Councillors". www.sangiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
6. "Mr.MIYAZAWA Yoichi：House of Councillors". www.sangiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-06.

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