# Yamagata at-large district

The Yamagata at-large district (Japanese: 山形県選挙区, Hepburn: Yamagata-ken Senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Yamagata 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. It has 937,920 registered voters as of September 2015.

## Elected Councillors

| class of 1947 | election year | class of 1950 |
| (1947: 6-year term) | election year | (1947: 3-year term) |
| Shigeyasu Kosugi (Ind.) | 1947 | Rokurōbē Ogata (Ind.) |
| Shigeyasu Kosugi (Ind.) | 1950 | Mataji Kobayashi (Socialist) |
| Saburo Unno (Left Socialist) | 1953 | Mataji Kobayashi (Socialist) |
| Saburo Unno (Left Socialist) | 1956 | Yasusuke Matsuzawa (Socialist) |
| Michio Murayama (LDP) | 1959 | Yasusuke Matsuzawa (Socialist) |
| Michio Murayama (LDP) | 1959 by-el. | Isami Shirai (LDP) |
| Michio Murayama (LDP) | 1962 | Isami Shirai (LDP) |
| Gorō Itō (LDP) | 1965 | Isami Shirai (LDP) |
| Gorō Itō (LDP) | 1968 | Isami Shirai (LDP) |
| Gorō Itō (LDP) | 1971 | Isami Shirai (LDP) |
| Gorō Itō (LDP) | 1974 | Tōkichi Abiko (LDP) |
| Keigi Furuya (LDP) | 1977 | Tōkichi Abiko (LDP) |
| Keigi Furuya (LDP) | 1980 | Tōkichi Abiko (LDP) |
| Keigi Furuya (LDP) | 1983 | Tōkichi Abiko (LDP) |
| Keigi Furuya (LDP) | 1986 | Teibin Suzuki (LDP) |
| Yasumatsu Hoshikawa (Rengō no Kai) | 1989 | Teibin Suzuki (LDP) |
| Yasumatsu Hoshikawa (Rengō no Kai) | 1992 | Teibin Suzuki (LDP) |
| Masatoshi Abe (Ind.) | 1995 | Teibin Suzuki (LDP) |
| Masatoshi Abe (Ind.) | 1998 | Koichi Kishi (LDP) |
| Masatoshi Abe (LDP) | 2001 | Koichi Kishi (LDP) |
| Masatoshi Abe (LDP) | 2004 | Koichi Kishi (LDP) |
| Yasue Funayama (DPJ) | 2007 | Koichi Kishi (LDP) |
| Yasue Funayama (DPJ) | 2010 | Koichi Kishi (LDP) |
| Mizuho Onuma (LDP) | 2013 | Koichi Kishi (LDP) |
| Mizuho Onuma (LDP) | 2016 | Yasue Funayama (Ind.) |
| Michiya Haga (Ind.) | 2019 | Yasue Funayama (Ind.) |
| Michiya Haga (Ind.) | 2022 | Yasue Funayama (DPP) |
* ↑ Died in office 18 June 1959.
* ↑ Held 24 July 1959.

## Election results

2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Mizuho Onuma (endorsed by Komeito) | 272,779 | 48.2 |
| | Green Wind | Yasue Funayama (Endorsed by SDP) | 252,040 | 44.6 |
| | Communist | Toshio Ota | 33,718 | 6.0 |
| | Happiness Realization | Ryota Shirotori | 7,193 | 1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Koichi Kishi | 263,987 | 43.6 |
| | Democratic | Yosei Umetsu (Endorsed by People's New Party) | 222,942 | 36.8 |
| | Your | Hiroaki Kawano | 88,238 | 14.6 |
| | Communist | Toshio Ota | 30,348 | 5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Yasue Funayama (Endorsed by People's New Party) | 371,071 | 57.3 |
| | Liberal Democratic | Mieko Shinohara (Endorsed by Komeito) | 238,515 | 36.8 |
| | Communist | Masayuki Sato | 38,008 | 5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |