The is a constituency that represents Yamanashi Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has two Councillors in the 248-member house.
Outline The constituency represents the entire population of Yamanashi Prefecture. The district elects two Councillors to six-year terms, one at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 692,001 registered voters as of September 2015. The Councillors currently representing Yamanashi are: Azuma Koshiishi (Democratic Party, third term; term ends in 2016.)
Elected councillors Class of 1947 election year Class of 1950(3-year term in 1947) Tsunekichi Komiyama(Ind.) 1947 Shigeko Hirano(Socialist) 1950Taichi Hirabayashi(Ind.) (Ind.) 1953 1956 (LDP) Toshio Yasuda(Socialist) 1959 1962 (LDP) Hisatada Hirose(LDP) 1965 1968 (LDP) 1970 by-election Jūji Hoshino(LDP) (Socialist) 1971 1974 (LDP) Keiyu Furuya(LDP) 1977 1980 (LDP) (LDP) 1983 1986 (LDP) (Rengō no Kai) 1989 1992 Tetsuro Shimura(LDP) (LDP) 1995 1998 Azuma Koshiishi(Independent) (LDP) 2001 2004 Azuma Koshiishi(DPJ) Harunobu Yonenaga(DPJ) 2007 2010 Azuma Koshiishi(DPJ) Hiroshi Moriya(LDP) 2013 2016 (DP) Hiroshi Moriya(LDP) 2019 2022 (LDP)
Election results
See also List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan
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