Saitama at-large district is a three-member constituency of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the national Diet of Japan. It consists of Saitama and elects three Councillors for six-year terms every three years by single non-transferable vote.
Until a reapportionment in the 1990s, effective in the 1995 and 1998 Councillors elections, Saitama was a two-member district electing a total of four Councillors.
| Saitama at-large district | |
|---|---|
| 埼玉県選挙区 | |
| Parliamentary constituency for the House of Councillors | |
 | |
| Prefecture | Saitama |
| Electorate | 6,170,471 (as of September 2022)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1947 |
| Seats | 8 |
| Councillors | Class of 2019: Class of 2022: |
Recent election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Masakazu Sekiguchi | 655,028 | 20.6 | ||
| Kōmeitō | Makoto Nishida | 594,678 | 18.7 | ||
| DPJ | Motohiro Ōno | 557,398 | 17.5 | ||
| DPJ | Chiyako Shimada | 544,381 | 17.1 | ||
| YP | Tsukasa Kobayashi | 416,663 | 13.1 | ||
| JCP | Gaku Itō | 207,957 | 6.5 | ||
| NRP | Kōji Nakagawa | 84,897 | 2.7 | ||
| SDP | Fumihiro Himori | 72,185 | 2.3 | ||
| Independent | Kōsei Hasegawa | 37,731 | 1.2 | ||
| HRP | Hirotoshi Inda | 9,536 | 0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 3,246,247 | 55.83 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPJ | Kuniko Kōda | 745,517 | 23.5 | ||
| LDP | Toshiharu Furukawa | 684,270 | 21.6 | ||
| DPJ | Ryūji Yamane | 665,063 | 21.0 | ||
| Kōmeitō | Hiroshi Takano | 623,723 | 19.7 | ||
| JCP | Sumiko Ayabe | 277,440 | 8.7 | ||
| SDP | Etsuko Matsuzawa | 104,403 | 3.3 | ||
| PNP | Tetsuo Sawada | 72,756 | 2.3 | ||
| Turnout | 3,227,638 | 56.35 | |||
Historical Councillors elected from Saitama
editParty affiliations as of election day; #: resigned to run in Saitama gubernatorial election; †: died in office.
References
editHouse of Councillors: Alphabetical list of former Councillors
- ^ "総務省｜令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.
- ^ 参議院>第22回参議院議員選挙>埼玉選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ 参議院>第21回参議院議員選挙>埼玉選挙区. go2senkyo.com ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2012-02-02.