Former constituency for the Diet of Japan
The Tottori at-large district (Japanese: 鳥取県選挙区, Hepburn: Tottori-ken Senkyoku) was a constituency that represents Tottori Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. Councillors are elected to the house by single non-transferable vote (SNTV) for six-year terms. Since the establishment of the current House of Councillors electoral system in 1947, the district has elected two Councillors, one each at elections held every three years. With its 474,963 registered voters (as of September 2015)[1] it is the smallest electoral district for the house. Accordingly, a 2015 revision of the Public Officers Election Law will see the district merged with the Shimane At-large district to create the Tottori-Shimane At-large district;[2] this change took effect at the 2016 election, at which one Councillor was elected.
The Councillors currently representing Tottori are:
Elected Councillors
- ^ Resigned 4 March 1956 in order to contest by-election
- ^ Died in office 14 February 1956
- ^ Died in office 16 September 1981
- ^ Died in office 17 April 2002
- ^ Elected as LDP candidate but has switched parties several times since
Election results
References
- ^ "平成２７年９月２日（定時登録日）現在における選挙人名簿 登録者数の概要" [2 September 2015 (Periodic Registration Day) Current enrolled voters - Overview of number of registered voters] (in Japanese). 2 September 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "Upper House districts set for shake-up after electoral reform laws pass Diet". Japan Times. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ a b "選挙区 鳥取県 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2010" [Tottori At-large district election results, 2010 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ a b "選挙区 鳥取県 選挙結果 参議院選挙（参院選）2013" [Tottori At-large district election results, 2013 House of Councillors election]. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
