is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It represents Ehime Prefecture and elects two Councillors, one every three years by a first-past-the-post system for a six-year term. In the first election in 1947, Ehime like all districts used single non-transferable vote to elect both its Councillors in one election. It has 1,169,427 registered voters as of September 2015. As a predominantly rural district, it has favoured the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate in most elections.
The current Councillors for Ehime are: Junzo Yamamoto (LDP, third term, expires 2022) Takako Nagae (Independent, first term, expires 2025)
Current Councillors As of 31 January 2023, the current Councillors for Ehime are: Junzo Yamamoto (LDP, third term, expires 2022) Takako Nagae (Independent, first term, expires 2025)
Elected Councillors Class of 1947 (1947: #1, 6-year term) election year Class of 1950 (1947: #2, 3-year term) Sadatake Hisamatsu(Ehime Democratic Party) 1947 Tsunetaro Nakahira(Social Democratic) 1950 Hachijiro Mitsuhashi(Social Democratic) Minoru Tamayanagi (Ind.) 1951 by-el. Isamu Yuyama() 1953 1956 Senjitsu Horimoto (LDP) Keikichi Masuhara (LDP) 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974 Masami Aoi (LDP) Tokutaro Higaki (LDP) 1977 1980 Yukio Nakagawa (LDP) 1983 1986 Oasmu Ikeda (Rengō no Kai) 1989 1992 Takeshi Noma (LDP) Yasuhisa Shiozaki (LDP) 1995 1998 Katsutsugu Sekiya (LDP) 2000 by-el. 2001 2004 Junzo Yamamoto (LDP) Toshirō Tomochika (Ind.) 2007 2010 Takumi Ihara (LDP) 20132016 Takako Nagae (Ind.) 20192022
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
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