The is a constituency that represents Shizuoka Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has four Councillors in the 242-member house.
Outline The constituency represents the entire population of Shizuoka Prefecture. Since its inception in 1947, the district has elected four Councillors to six-year terms, two at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 3,052,579 registered voters as of September 2015. The Councillors currently representing Shizuoka are: Yuji Fujimoto (Democratic Party (DP), second term; term ends in 2016) Shigeki Iwai (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), first term; term ends in 2016) Takao Makino (LDP, second term; term ends in 2019) Kazuya Shimba (DP, third term; term ends in 2019)
Elected Councillors Class of 1947 election year Class of 1950(3-year term in 1947) (Liberal) (Centrist) 1947 (Ryokufūkai) (Liberal) 1950 1952 by-election Tadaatsu Ishiguro(Ryokufūkai)(LDP) 1953 1956(LDP) (Social Democratic)(LDP) 1959 1962(LDP) Chuji Matsunaga(Social Democratic) 1965 1968(LDP)(LDP) 1971 1972 by-election (LDP) 1974(LDP) (Social Democratic) (Social Democratic) (LDP) 1977 1980 (LDP) (LDP) 1983 1983 by-election (LDP) 1986 (LDP) (Social Democratic) 1989 1992 (New Frontier) 1995 1998 (LDP) (Ind.) Kazuya Shimba(DPJ) 2001 2004 Yukiko Sakamoto(LDP) Yuji Fujimoto(DPJ) Takao Makino(LDP) 2007 2009 by-election (DPJ) 2010 (LDP) 2013
Election results
See also List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan
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