The is a constituency that represents Fukushima Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It currently has two Councillors in the 248-member house.
Outline From the first House of Councillors election in 1947 until the 2010 election, Fukushima elected four Councillors to six-year terms, two each at alternating elections held every three years. In September 2012 Fukushima had 1,627,518 registered voters, the lowest of the 12 prefectures that were represented by 4 Councillors at that time. By comparison, the three most populous districts of Hokkaido, Hyogo at-large district and Fukuoka districts each had more than 4 million voters but were also represented by four Councillors each. To address this malapportionment, a November 2012 amendment to the Public Offices Election Law reduced Fukushima's (and Gifu's) representation to two Councillors. This change began to take effect at the 2013 election, when only one Councillor was elected in Fukushima, and was completed at the 2016 election. The district has 1,607,908 registered voters as of September 2015.
The Councillors currently representing Fukushima are: Hokuto Hoshi (LDP, first term; term ends in 2028) Masako Mori (LDP, fourth term; term ends in 2031)
Elected Councillors Class of 1947 Election year Class of 1950 #2(1947: 6-year term) #1(1947: 6-year term) #1(1947: 3-year term) #2(1947: 3-year term) Kentaro Yui(Fukushima Democratic Club) Tsuneo Matsudaira (Ind.) 1947 Manuemon Hashimoto(Democratic) Toshikatsu Tanaka(Social Democratic) Kanichiro Ishihara(Democratic Liberal)1949 by-election 1950 Manuemon Hashimoto(Liberal) Morie Kimura(Liberal)1951 by-election Isao Matsudaira(Liberal) Kanemitsu Tabata(Right Socialist) Kanichiro Ishihara(Liberal) 1953 1956 Ichiji Okawara(Social Democratic) Kanemitsu Tabata(Social Democratic) Kanichiro Ishihara(LDP) 1959 1962 Hidezo Murata(Social Democratic) 1965 1968 Seigo Suzuki(LDP) Shiro Tanabe(LDP) 1971 1974 Tadao Noguchi(Social Democratic) Shoichi Suzuki(LDP) 1977 1980 Tadashi Yaoita(Social Democratic) Eisaku Sato(LDP) 1983 Masutaro Soeta(LDP)1985 by-election 1986 Kentaro Ishihara(LDP)1988 by-election Choei Aita(Social Democratic) 1989 1992 Shizuo Satō(LDP) Toyoaki Ota(LDP)1993 by-election Hiroko Wada(New Frontier) 1995 1998 Mitsuhide Iwaki(LDP) Yuhei Sato(Ind.) Hiroko Wada (DPJ) 2001 2004 Yuhei Sato (DPJ)2007 by-election Teruhiko Mashiko (DPJ) Emi Kaneko (DPJ) Masako Mori(LDP) 2007 2010 Seat abolished 2013 2016 Seat abolished 2019 2022 Hokuto Hoshi(LDP) 2025
Election results
See also List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan Fukushima 3rd district, one of Fukushima Prefecture's five districts in the House of Representatives
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