The Yamanashi at-large district (Japanese: 山梨県全県区, Hepburn: Yamanashi-ken Zenken-ku) was a multi-member electoral district represented in the House of Representatives in the National Diet of Japan. From 1947 until 1993, it elected five representatives from Yamanashi Prefecture.

History

In the 1947 Japanese general election, the Liberal Party and Japan Socialist Party won two seats each with Hisashi Amano, from the conservative Democratic, being the only candidate from other parties to win a seat.[1] In the 1949 Japanese general election, all three conservative candidates retained their seats, and in the 1952 Japanese general election conservative candidates held three of the five seats.[1]

After winning only two seats in the 1953 Japanese general election, they regained their majority in the 1955 Japanese general election by winning three seats, and in 1958 Japanese general election, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which was formed from many of the conservative parties which had held seats in Yamanashi, won four out of five seats.[1] Subsequently, the LDP and their conservative allies would win a majority of seats in every election afterwards until the district's dissolution.[1] Due to the 1994 Japanese electoral reform, the at-large district was replaced with three single-member districts starting with the 1996 Japanese general election.[2]

At the time the Public Offices Election Law came into law in 1950, the district encompassed the entirely of Yamanashi Prefecture.[3]

Among the district's representatives were director-general of the Japan Defense Agency Shin Kanemaru, Minister of the Environment Sakihito Ozawa, and governor of Yamanashi Prefecture Shōmei Yokouchi.[1]

Results

1947[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Hisashi Amano 43,723 15.0 New
Socialist Hajime Matsuzawa 43,647 15.0 New
Liberal Masafumi Suzuki 39,197 13.5 New
Socialist Rikizō Hirano 38,916 13.4 New
Liberal Senzō Higai 38,245 13.1 New
Other Jirō Usui 29,082 10.0 New
Democratic Jūji Kasai 27,498 9.5 New
Democratic Kenzō Akiyama 16,304 5.6 New
Communist Yuki Yukie 11,133 3.8 New
National Cooperative Tsutomu Furuya 2,663 0.9 New
Independent Noriji Iketani 562 0.2 New
1949[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Liberal Senzō Higai 41,745 12.7 New
Democratic Liberal Masafumi Suzuki 38,661 11.8 New
Democratic Hisashi Amano 35,823 10.9 -4.1
Communist Yoshimori Fukazawa 31,695 9.7 5.9
Independent Shin'ichi Kobayashi 27,403 8.3 New
Socialist Nagao Ono 26,284 8.0 -7.0
Democratic Liberal Eitarō Yamada 22,475 6.8 New
Japan Social Reform Party Hajime Matsuzawa 21,848 6.7 New
Democratic Kenzō Akiyama 21,528 6.6 -2.9
Independent Jūji Kasai 18,698 5.7 New
Independent Ryūhei Suzuki 16,671 5.1 New
Socialist Sadao Furuya 14,794 4.5 -8.9
Independent Kazuyoshi Onozaki 8,154 2.5 New
Pro-American Labor Party Tadashi Fujimoto 1,353 0.4 New
National Cooperative Tsutomu Furuya 1,138 0.3 -0.6
1952[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Katsuyasu Yoshie 48,909 13.8 New
Japan Cooperative Party (1952) Rikizō Hirano 47,183 13.3 New
Liberal Tsuneo Uchida 44,297 12.5 New
Independent Toyohei Ogino 43,117 12.1 New
Left Socialist Sadao Furuya 40,103 11.3 New
Kaishintō Shin'ichi Kobayashi 39,836 11.2 New
Liberal Masafumi Suzuki 38,262 10.8 New
Kaishintō Shigeji Hoshino 31,329 8.8 New
Communist Yoshimori Fukazawa 11,060 3.1 -6.6
Independent Gen'ichi Iketani 10,992 3.1 New
Other Takayoshi Kamei 506 0.1 New
1953[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Left Socialist Sadao Furuya 53,710 15.1 3.8
Kaishintō Kikuo Furuya 53,561 15.0 New
Independent Shin'ichi Kobayashi 47,986 13.5 New
Right Socialist Rikizō Hirano 40,727 11.4 New
Liberal Masafumi Suzuki 38,939 10.9 -2.9
Liberal Tsuneo Uchida 38,314 10.7 -1.8
Independent Toyohei Ogino 37,922 10.6 -1.5
Liberal Katsuyasu Yoshie 33,863 9.5 -1.3
Independent Jūji Kasai 10,751 3.0 New
Independent Fumiyoshi Horiuchi 648 0.2 New
1955[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Japan Democratic Party Kazuo Horiuchi 58,036.4 16.1 New
Japan Democratic Party Toyohei Ogino 56,735 15.8 New
Independent Shin'ichi Kobayashi 45,568 12.7 -0.8
Left Socialist Sadao Furuya 43,983 12.2 -2.9
Liberal Tsuneo Uchida 41,741 11.6 0.7
Liberal Masafumi Suzuki 32,759 9.1 -1.6
Left Socialist Toshio Yasuda 31,367 8.7 New
National Farmers Union Rikizō Hirano 20,794 5.8 New
Independent Hisako Tsushima 19,858 5.5 New
Independent Shin'ichirō Hirabayashi 4,312 1.2 New
Right Socialist Usaburō Shimura 3,184 0.9 -10.5
Independent Fumiyoshi Horiuchi 1,816.6 0.5 0.3
1958[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Shin Kanemaru 69,354.92 17.8 5.6
Socialist Tokushige Kanamaru 55,480.03 14.3 New
Liberal Democratic Kazuo Horiuchi 53,812.52 13.8 5.1
Liberal Democratic Kunio Tanabe 46,377 11.9 New
Liberal Democratic Tsuneo Uchida 45,431 11.7 New
Independent Shin'ichi Kobayashi 33,810 8.7 -4.0
Socialist Sadao Furuya 30,612 7.9 New
Independent Masafumi Suzuki 18,030 4.6 New
Liberal Democratic Toyohei Ogino 17,957 4.6 New
Independent Rikizō Hirano 10,840 2.8 New
Communist Yuki Yukie 5,742 1.5 New
Japan National Agricultural Party Fumiyoshi Horiuchi 1,670.44 0.4 New
1960[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Shin Kanemaru 71,435.51 18.5 0.7
Liberal Democratic Kazuo Horiuchi 61,430.55 15.9 2.1
Liberal Democratic Tsuneo Uchida 59,522 15.4 3.5
Socialist Shin'ichi Kobayashi 51,007 13.2 -1.1
Liberal Democratic Kunio Tanabe 50,711 13.1 1.4
Socialist Tokushige Kanamaru 45,366.43 11.7 3.8
Socialist Sadao Furuya 39,834 10.3 New
Communist Yuki Yukie 5,525 1.4 -0.1
Japan National Agricultural Party Fumiyoshi Horiuchi 1,495.4 0.4 0.0
1963[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Socialist Tokushige Kanamaru 76,008.31 19.4 6.2
Liberal Democratic Tsuneo Uchida 70,824 18.1 -0.4
Liberal Democratic Kazuo Horiuchi 64,821.75 16.5 0.6
Liberal Democratic Shin Kanemaru 62,206.63 15.9 2.8
Liberal Democratic Kunio Tanabe 62,112 15.9 0.5
Socialist Shin'ichi Kobayashi 50,492 12.9 1.2
Communist Yoshiyuki Hiraide 4,054 1.0 -0.4
Japan National Agricultural Party Fumiyoshi Horiuchi 1,194.2 0.3 -0.1
1967[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Socialist Shin'ichi Kobayashi 77,495 18.9 -0.5
Liberal Democratic Shin Kanemaru 71,339.11 17.4 -0.7
Socialist Tokushige Kanamaru 66,849.82 16.3 3.4
Liberal Democratic Tsuneo Uchida 65,635 16.0 -0.5
Independent Eiichi Nakao 52,530 12.8 New
Liberal Democratic Tetsuo Tanaka 51,029 12.4 -3.5
Independent Rikizō Hirano 17,317 4.2 New
Communist Yoshiyuki Hiraide 5,754 1.4 0.4
Japan National Agricultural Party Fumiyoshi Horiuchi 1,676 0.4 0.1
Independent Hiroyoshi Sugimoto 647 0.2 New
1969[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tsuneo Uchida 83,607 20.8 3.4
Liberal Democratic Shin Kanemaru 68,660.62 17.1 1.1
Socialist Shin'ichi Kobayashi 65,622 16.4 -2.5
Liberal Democratic Eiichi Nakao 62,357 15.5 3.1
Socialist Tokushige Kanamaru 59,953.33 14.9 -1.4
Kōmeitō Junrō Oikawa 49,081 12.2 New
Communist Yoshiyuki Hiraide 9,743 2.4 1.0
Independent Fumiyoshi Horiuchi 1,575 0.4 New
Independent Hiroyoshi Sugimoto 647 0.2 0.0
1972[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Shin Kanemaru 102,954.79 27.4 6.6
Liberal Democratic Tsuneo Uchida 66,213 17.6 0.5
Liberal Democratic Eiichi Nakao 61,696 16.4 0.9
Socialist Shin'ichi Kobayashi 52,703 14.0 -2.4
Socialist Tokushige Kanamaru 49,909.15 13.3 -1.6
Communist Yoshiyuki Hinata 42,862 11.4 9.0
1976[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Socialist Tsuyoshi Suzuki 74,968 15.7 1.7
Liberal Democratic Eiichi Nakao 68,077 14.3 -13.1
Liberal Democratic Shin Kanemaru 67,609 14.2 -3.4
Liberal Democratic Mitsuo Horiuchi 66,258 13.9 -2.5
Liberal Democratic Tsuneo Uchida 61,489 12.9 New
Socialist Shin'ichi Kobayashi 53,565 11.2 -2.1
Kōmeitō Junrō Oikawa 43,486 9.1 New
Communist Yoshiyuki Hinata 33,125 7.0 -4.4
Democratic Socialist Kin'nosuke Endō 7,905 1.7 New
1979[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Shin Kanemaru 92,007 19.7 5.4
Liberal Democratic Kunio Tanabe 90,098 19.3 5.1
Liberal Democratic Eiichi Nakao 59,474 12.8 -1.1
Liberal Democratic Mitsuo Horiuchi 57,957 12.4 -0.5
Socialist Kiyoshi Kanzawa 55,514 11.9 -3.8
Socialist Tsuyoshi Suzuki 54,798 11.8 0.6
Kōmeitō Junrō Oikawa 44,434 9.5 0.4
Communist Takeshi Fukuda 11,961 2.6 -4.4
1980[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Shin Kanemaru 86,919 18.4 -1.3
Liberal Democratic Kunio Tanabe 75,013 15.9 -3.4
Socialist Tsuyoshi Suzuki 72,952 15.5 3.6
Liberal Democratic Mitsuo Horiuchi 65,959 14.0 1.2
Liberal Democratic Eiichi Nakao 55,089 11.7 -0.7
Socialist Kiyoshi Kanzawa 48,935 10.4 -1.4
Kōmeitō Junrō Oikawa 37,857 8.0 -1.5
Communist Akiji Ishimaru 28,962 6.1 3.5
1983[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Shin Kanemaru 96,449 21.2 2.8
Socialist Tsuyoshi Suzuki 74,562 16.4 0.9
Socialist Katsuhiko Tanaka 73,193 16.1 5.7
Liberal Democratic Kunio Tanabe 71,301 15.7 -0.2
Liberal Democratic Mitsuo Horiuchi 61,499 13.5 -0.5
Liberal Democratic Eiichi Nakao 59,109 13.0 1.3
Communist Akiji Ishimaru 19,118 4.2 -1.9
1986[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Shin Kanemaru 112,530 22.8 1.6
Liberal Democratic Mitsuo Horiuchi 82,388 16.7 1.0
Liberal Democratic Eiichi Nakao 79,517 16.1 2.6
Liberal Democratic Kunio Tanabe 72,384 14.7 1.7
Socialist Toshimasa Ueda 66,013 13.4 -3.0
Socialist Katsuhiko Tanaka 61,128 12.4 -3.7
Communist Akiji Ishimaru 19,218 3.9 -0.3
1990[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Shin Kanemaru 101,756 19.7 -3.1
Socialist Toshimasa Ueda 94,390 18.3 4.9
Socialist Azuma Koshiishi 80,311 15.5 3.1
Liberal Democratic Eiichi Nakao 77,282 15.0 -1.7
Liberal Democratic Kunio Tanabe 75,412 14.6 -1.5
Liberal Democratic Mitsuo Horiuchi 70,606 13.7 -1.0
Communist Shinsaku Sakurai 17,130 3.3 -0.6
1993[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Mitsuo Horiuchi 99,708 20.1 0.4
Socialist Azuma Koshiishi 72,561 14.7 -3.6
New Party Sakihito Ozawa 71,038 14.3 New
Independent Shōmei Yokouchi 69,704 14.1 New
Liberal Democratic Eiichi Nakao 67,388 13.6 -1.4
Liberal Democratic Kunio Tanabe 63,356 12.8 -1.8
Independent Masaaki Akaike 31,741 6.4 New
Communist Shinsaku Sakurai 19,696 4.0 0.7
Turnout 658,294 76.19

References

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  2. ↑ "別表第一". Act No. 104 of 25 November 1994 (in Japanese). House of Representatives. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "別表第一". Act No. 100 of 15 April 1950 (in Japanese). House of Representatives. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
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