# Gifu at-large district

The Gifu at-large district (Japanese: 岐阜県選挙区, Hepburn: Gifu-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Gifu Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It currently has three Councillors in the 242-member house.

## Outline

From the first House of Councillors election in 1947 until the 1992 election, Gifu elected two Councillors to six-year terms at alternating elections held every three years. Electoral reform in 1994 increased Gifu's representation to four Councillors, which began to take effect at the 1992 election, at which two Councillors were elected.
In September 2012 Gifu had 1,684,766 registered voters, the second-lowest of the 12 prefectures that were represented by 4 Councillors at that time. By comparison, the three most populous districts of Hokkaido, Hyogo at-large district and Fukuoka districts each had more than 4 million voters but were also represented by four Councillors each. To address this malapportionment, a November 2012 amendment to the Public Offices Election Law reduced Gifu's representation (along with Fukushima's) representation to two Councillors. This change began to take effect at the 2013 election, when only one Councillor was elected in Gifu, and will be completed at the 2016 election. The district has 1,666,610 registered voters as of September 2015.
The Councillors currently representing Fukushima are:
* Takeyuki Watanabe (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), first term; term ends in 2016)
* Yoshiharu Komiyama (Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), first term; term ends in 2016)
* Yasutada Ohno (LDP, first term; term ends in 2019)

## Elected Councillors

    Note: Party listed is at the time of election
| class of 1947 | class of 1947 | election year | class of 1950 | class of 1950 |
| #2 | #1 (1947: 6-year term) | election year | #1 (1947: 3-year term) | #2 |
| - | Osamu Ito (Social Democratic) | 1947 | Jinkichi Watanabe (Ind.) | - |
| - | Osamu Ito (Social Democratic) | 1950 | Shinzo Koike (Liberal) | - |
| - | Keiichi Tanaka (Liberal) | 1953 | Shinzo Koike (Liberal) | - |
| - | Keiichi Tanaka (Liberal) | 1956 | Shinzo Koike (LDP) | - |
| - | Keiichi Tanaka (LDP) | 1959 | Shinzo Koike (LDP) | - |
| - | Keiichi Tanaka (LDP) | 1962 | Shinzo Koike (LDP) | - |
| - | Namio Nakamura (Social Democratic) | 1965 | Shinzo Koike (LDP) | - |
| - | Namio Nakamura (Social Democratic) | 1968 | Shinzo Koike (LDP) | - |
| - | Namio Nakamura (Social Democratic) | 1971 | Shinzo Koike (LDP) | - |
| - | Namio Nakamura (Social Democratic) | 1974 | Heigo Fujii (LDP) | - |
| - | Hiromu Asano (LDP) | 1977 | Heigo Fujii (LDP) | - |
| - | Hiromu Asano (LDP) | 1980 | Heigo Fujii (LDP) | - |
| - | Hiromu Asano (LDP) | Feb. 1981 by-election | Takao Fujii (LDP) | - |
| - | Reijo Sugiyama (LDP) | June 1981 by-election | Takao Fujii (LDP) | - |
| - | Reijo Sugiyama (LDP) | 1983 | Takao Fujii (LDP) | - |
| - | Reijo Sugiyama (LDP) | 1986 | Takao Fujii (LDP) | - |
| - | Kazunobu Takai (Rengō no Kai) | 1989 | Takao Fujii (LDP) | - |
| - | Kazunobu Takai (Rengō no Kai) | 1992 | Takao Fujii (LDP) | - |
| - | Shoya Iwasaki (Social Democratic) | 1993 by-election | Junichi Kasahara (LDP) | - |
| Kenji Hirata (New Frontier) | Akira Ohno (LDP) | 1995 | Junichi Kasahara (LDP) | - |
| Kenji Hirata (New Frontier) | Tsuyako Ōno (Ind.) | 1996 by-election | Junichi Kasahara (LDP) | - |
| Kenji Hirata (New Frontier) | Tsuyako Ōno (Ind.) | 1998 | Iwada Matsuo (Ind.) | Yasuo Yamashita (DPJ) |
| Kenji Hirata (DPJ) | Tsuyako Ōno (LDP) | 2001 | Iwada Matsuo (Ind.) | Yasuo Yamashita (DPJ) |
| Kenji Hirata (DPJ) | Tsuyako Ōno (LDP) | 2004 | Iwao Matsuda (LDP) | Yasuo Yamashita (DPJ) |
| Kenji Hirata (DPJ) | Takao Fujii (Ind.) | 2007 | Iwao Matsuda (LDP) | Yasuo Yamashita (DPJ) |
| Kenji Hirata (DPJ) | Takao Fujii (Ind.) | 2010 | Takeyuki Watanabe (LDP) | Yoshiharu Komiyama (DPJ) |
| Seat abolished | Yasutada Ōno (LDP) | 2013 | Takeyuki Watanabe (LDP) | Yoshiharu Komiyama (DPJ) |
* ↑ Resigned 12 January 1977
* ↑ Died in office 14 December 1980
* ↑ Died in office 15 May 1981
* ↑ Held 1 February 1981
* ↑ Resigned 18 June 1993
* ↑ Held 28 June 1981
* ↑ Resigned 21 June 1993
* ↑ Held 18 July 1993
* ↑ Died in office 5 February 1996
* ↑ Held 24 March 1996

## Election results

2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Yasutada Ohno (Endorsed by Komeito) | 500,580 | 58.8 |
| | Democratic | Rie Yoshida | 218,074 | 25.6 |
| | JCP | Masanori Suzuki | 115,503 | 13.6 |
| | Happiness Realization | Yukihiko Kano | 17,893 | 2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Takeyuki Watanabe (Endorsed by Sunrise Party) | 425,594 | 44.0 |
| | Democratic | Yoshiharu Komiyama (Endorsed by People's New Party) | 229,225 | 23.7 |
| | Democratic | Yasuo Yamashita (Endorsed by People's New Party) | 221,343 | 22.9 |
| | JCP | Masanori Suzuki | 73,031 | 7.5 |
| | Happiness Realization | Yukihiko Kano | 18,138 | 1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | | Takao Fujii (Endorsed by LDP, Komeito) | 466,008 | 46.1 |
| | Democratic | Kenji Hirata | 445,489 | 44.1 |
| | JCP | Takao Kato | 99,301 | 9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Iwao Matsuda (endorsed by Komeito) | 428,988 | 44.5 |
| | Democratic | Yasuo Yamashita | 422,235 | 43.8 |
| | JCP | Takao Kato | 112,882 | 11.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |