The is a constituency that represents Fukui 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 Fukui Prefecture. The district elects two Councillors to six-year terms, one at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 644,447 registered voters as of September 2015. Following the merger of the Tottori and Shimane districts into the Tottori-Shimane at-large district and the Tokushima and Kochi districts into the Tokushima-Kochi at-large district in 2015, Fukui became the electorate with the smallest population, thus making it the standard for measuring malapportionment in other districts.
Elected Councillors Class of 1947 election year Class of 1950(3-year term in 1947) (Ind.) 1947 (Socialist) 1950 (Socialist) (Liberal) 1953 1955 by-election(LDP) 1956(LDP)(LDP) 1959 1962(LDP)(LDP) 1965 1968(LDP) (Socialist) 1971 1974(LDP) (LDP) 1977 1980(LDP) (LDP) 1983 1986(LDP) (Rengō no Kai) 1989 1992 Masaaki Yamazaki(LDP) Ryuji Matsumura(LDP) 1995 1998 Masaaki Yamazaki(LDP) Ryuji Matsumura(LDP) 2001 2004 Masaaki Yamazaki(LDP) Ryuji Matsumura(LDP) 2007 2010 Masaaki Yamazaki(LDP) Hirofumi Takinami(LDP) 2013 2016 Masaaki Yamazaki(LDP) Hirofumi Takinami(LDP) 2019 2022 Masaaki Yamazaki(LDP)
Election results
See also List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan
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