The Okayama at-large district is a constituency in the House of Councillors of Japan, the upper house of the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It currently elects 2members to the House of Councillors, one per election. The current representatives are:
Kimi Onoda, first elected in 2016. Term ends in 2028. Member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Kōichirō Kobayashi, first elected in 2025. Term ends in 2031. Member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
The district has an electorate of 1,578,647 as of May 2021.
Members elected to House of Councillors +Class of (1947/1953/...)ElectionClass of (1950/1956/...)#1 1947: #1, 6 Year Term#2 1947: #2, 6 Year Term#1 1947: #3, 3 Year Term#2 1947: #4 3 Year TermGunji Shimamura(Indep.)Hideo Kuroda(LP)1947Toshie Ota(JSP)Katsuji Itano(JCP)1950Saburō Eda(JSP)Takenori Kato(Yoshida LP)Chozo Akiyama(Left JSP)Gunji Shimamura(Ryokufūkai)19531956Tsuyuro Kondo(LDP)Chozo Akiyama(JSP)Takenori Kato(LDP)19591962Yusaku Yayama(JSP)Mutsuo Kimura(Indep.)1964 by-el.Mutsuo Kimura(LDP)19651968Kazuo Koeda(LDP)Yusaku Yayama(JSP)19711974Takenori Kato(LDP)Kumao Terada(JSP)Mutsuo Kimura(LDP)Chozo Akiyama(JSP)1977198019831986Junji Ichī(Indep.)Toranosuke Katayama(LDP)Nobuko Mori(JSP)19891992Norifumi Kato(LDP)Junji Ichī(JSP)Mie Ishida(NFP)19951998Satsuki Eda(DPJ)Norifumi Kato(LDP)20012004Yumiko Himei(DPJ)20072010Masahiro Ishii(LDP)20132016Kimi Onoda(LDP)20192022Kōichirō Kobayashi(LDP)2025
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