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Ishikawa at-large district
石川県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Councillors
Prefecture	Ishikawa
Electorate	935,591 (as of September 2022)
Current constituency
Created	1947
Seats	2
Councillors	Class of 2019:   Shuji Miyamoto (LDP) Class of 2022:   Naoki Okada (LDP)

The Ishikawa at-large district (Japanese: 石川県選挙区, Hepburn: Ishikawa-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Ishikawa Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has two Councillors in the 242-member house.

Outline

The constituency represents the entire population of Ishikawa Prefecture. The district elects two Councillors to six-year terms, one at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 939,531 registered voters as of September 2015. The Councillors currently representing Ishikawa are:

• Naoki Okada (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), second term; term ends in 2016)
• Syuji Yamada (LDP, first term; term ends in 2019)

Elected Councillors

1. Died in office 27 October 1958
2. Later joined the LDP.
3. Held 7 December 1958
4. Later joined the LDP.
5. Died in office 16 December 1970
6. Was first elected as an independent in 1968
7. Held 7 February 1971
8. Resigned 12 May 2000
9. Contested the election as an independent candidate endorsed by the LDP. Officially joined the party two months after his election.
10. Held 25 June 2000

Election results

See also

• List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan

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. "平成２７年９月２日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Number of resident and non-resident enrolled voters as of 2 September 2015] (in Japanese). 28 December 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
3. "岡田　直樹（おかだ　なおき）：参議院" [Okada, Naoki: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 April 2016.
4. "山田　修路（やまだ　しゅうじ）：参議院" [Yamada, Syuji: House of Councillors] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
5. ^ "List of Former Councillors (A to Sa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
6. ^ "List of Former Councillors (Ta to Ha)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
7. "List of Former Councillors (Ma to Wa)" (in Japanese). House of Councillors. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
8. Satō, Yoshi (令) (December 2005). "Post-War By-Elections" (PDF) (in Japanese). National Diet Library. p. 92. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
9. ^ "選挙区開票結果　<石川県>" [District results (Ishikawa)]. Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
10. ^ "選挙区　石川県 開票結果 参院選2007" [Ishikawa at-large district election results, 2007 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
11. ^ "選挙区　石川県 開票結果 参院選2010 参院選 選挙" [Ishikawa at-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
12. ^ "選挙区　石川県 開票結果 参院選2013 参院選 選挙" [Ishikawa at-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

• Districts of the House of Councillors (Japan)
• Politics of Ishikawa Prefecture