# Ibaraki at-large district

The Ibaraki at-large district (Japanese: 茨城県選挙区, Hepburn: Ibaraki-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Ibaraki Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has four Councillors in the 242-member house.

## Outline

The constituency represents the entire population of Ibaraki Prefecture. The district elects four Councillors to six-year terms, two each at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 2,411,307 registered voters as of September 2015. The Councillors currently representing Ibaraki are:
* Akira Gunji (Democratic Party, third term; term ends in 2016)
* Hiroshi Okada (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), third term; term ends in 2016)
* Yukihisa Fujita (Democratic Party, second term; term ends in 2019)
* Ryosuke Kouzuki (LDP, first term; term ends in 2019)

## Elected Councillors

| Class of 1947 | Class of 1947 | election year | Class of 1950 (3-year term in 1947) | Class of 1950 (3-year term in 1947) |
| Yasuji Yūki (Ind.) | Masaji Shibata (Liberal) | 1947 | Nobuo Ōhata (Social Democratic) | Tsuneo Ikeda (Ind.) |
| Yasuji Yūki (Ind.) | Masaji Shibata (Liberal) | 1950 | Yūichi Kōri (Liberal) | Shichihei Kikuta (National Democratic) |
| Yasuji Yūki (Ind.) | Shigefumi Miyata (Liberal) | 1950 by-election | Yūichi Kōri (Liberal) | Shichihei Kikuta (National Democratic) |
| Tsunesuke Mutō (Kaishintō) | Shigefumi Miyata (Liberal) | 1953 | Yūichi Kōri (Liberal) | Shichihei Kikuta (National Democratic) |
| Tsunesuke Mutō (Kaishintō) | Shigefumi Miyata (Liberal) | 1956 | Yūichi Kōri (LDP) | Motojiro Mori (Social Democratic) |
| Tsunesuke Mutō (LDP) | Sōzō Ōmori (Social Democratic) | 1959 | Yūichi Kōri (LDP) | Motojiro Mori (Social Democratic) |
| Tsunesuke Mutō (LDP) | Sōzō Ōmori (Social Democratic) | 1962 | Yūichi Kōri (LDP) | Motojiro Mori (Social Democratic) |
| Ichiji Suzuki (LDP) | Sōzō Ōmori (Social Democratic) | 1963 by-election | Yūichi Kōri (LDP) | Motojiro Mori (Social Democratic) |
| Kishirō Nakamura (LDP) | Sōzō Ōmori (Social Democratic) | 1965 | Yūichi Kōri (LDP) | Motojiro Mori (Social Democratic) |
| Kishirō Nakamura (LDP) | Sōzō Ōmori (Social Democratic) | 1968 | Yūichi Kōri (LDP) | Motojiro Mori (Social Democratic) |
| Kishirō Nakamura (LDP) | Fujio Takeuchi (LDP) | 1971 | Yūichi Kōri (LDP) | Motojiro Mori (Social Democratic) |
| Tomi Nakamura (Minor party) | Fujio Takeuchi (LDP) | 1972 by-election | Yūichi Kōri (LDP) | Motojiro Mori (Social Democratic) |
| Tomi Nakamura (Minor party) | Fujio Takeuchi (LDP) | 1974 | Taeko Iwakami (Minor party) | Osamu Yatabe (Social Democratic) |
| Tomi Nakamura (Minor party) | Yūichi Kōri (LDP) | 1975 by-election | Taeko Iwakami (Minor party) | Osamu Yatabe (Social Democratic) |
| Michitada Takasugi (Social Democratic) | Yūichi Kōri (LDP) | 1977 | Taeko Iwakami (Minor party) | Osamu Yatabe (Social Democratic) |
| Michitada Takasugi (Social Democratic) | Yūichi Kōri (LDP) | 1978 by-election | Nirō Iwakami (LDP) | Osamu Yatabe (Social Democratic) |
| Michitada Takasugi (Social Democratic) | Yūichi Kōri (LDP) | 1980 | Nirō Iwakami (LDP) | Osamu Yatabe (Social Democratic) |
| Michitada Takasugi (Social Democratic) | Ikuo Soneda (LDP) | 1983 | Nirō Iwakami (LDP) | Osamu Yatabe (Social Democratic) |
| Michitada Takasugi (Social Democratic) | Ikuo Soneda (LDP) | 1986 | Nirō Iwakami (LDP) | Osamu Yatabe (Social Democratic) |
| Makoto Taneda (Social Democratic) | Akio Kanō (LDP) | 1989 | Nirō Iwakami (LDP) | Osamu Yatabe (Social Democratic) |
| Makoto Taneda (Social Democratic) | Akio Kanō (LDP) | 1989 by-election | Itsuo Nomura (LDP) | Osamu Yatabe (Social Democratic) |
| Makoto Taneda (Social Democratic) | Yasu Kanō (LDP) | 1992 by-election | Itsuo Nomura (LDP) | Osamu Yatabe (Social Democratic) |
| Makoto Taneda (Social Democratic) | Yasu Kanō (LDP) | 1992 | Itsuo Nomura (LDP) | Osamu Yatabe (Social Democratic) |
| Moto Kobayashi (New Frontier) | Yasu Kanō (LDP) | 1995 | Itsuo Nomura (LDP) | Osamu Yatabe (Social Democratic) |
| Moto Kobayashi (New Frontier) | Yasu Kanō (LDP) | 1998 | Kōichi Kuno (LDP) | Akira Gunji (DPJ) |
| Moto Kobayashi (DPJ) | Yasu Kanō (LDP) | 2001 | Kōichi Kuno (LDP) | Akira Gunji (DPJ) |
| Moto Kobayashi (DPJ) | Yasu Kanō (LDP) | 2003 by-election | Hiroshi Okada (LDP) | Akira Gunji (DPJ) |
| Moto Kobayashi (DPJ) | Yasu Kanō (LDP) | 2004 | Hiroshi Okada (LDP) | Akira Gunji (DPJ) |
| Yukihisa Fujita (DPJ) | Tamon Hasegawa (LDP) | 2007 | Hiroshi Okada (LDP) | Akira Gunji (DPJ) |
| Yukihisa Fujita (DPJ) | Tamon Hasegawa (LDP) | 2010 | Hiroshi Okada (LDP) | Akira Gunji (DPJ) |
| Yukihisa Fujita (DPJ) | Ryosuke Kouzuki (LDP) | 2013 | Hiroshi Okada (LDP) | Akira Gunji (DPJ) |
| Yukihisa Fujita (DPJ) | Ryosuke Kouzuki (LDP) | 2016 | Hiroshi Okada (LDP) | Akira Gunji (DPJ) |
| Takumi Onuma (CDP) | Ryosuke Kouzuki (LDP) | 2019 | Hiroshi Okada (LDP) | Akira Gunji (DPJ) |
| Takumi Onuma (CDP) | Ryosuke Kouzuki (LDP) | 2022 | Akiyoshi Kato (LDP) | Masako Dogomi (Ind.)^ |
* ↑ Later joined Ryokufūkai
* ↑ Died in office 15 September 1950
* ↑ Later joined the Labourers and Farmers Party
* ↑ Held 3 November 1950
* ↑ Died in office 6 August 1963
* ↑ Held 18 September 1963
* ↑ Died in office 21 December 1971
* ↑ Resigned 14 March 1975
* ↑ Wife of the deceased Kishirō Nakamura. Ran as a candidate of a minor party, but later joined the LDP
* ↑ Held 6 February 1972
* ↑ Resigned 21 December 1977
* ↑ Elected as a candidate for the Ibaraki Agricultural Federation. Later joined the LDP
* ↑ Held 27 April 1975
* ↑ Held 5 February 1978
* ↑ Husband of Taeko Iwakami. Died in office 16 August 1989
* ↑ Died in office 26 February 1992
* ↑ Held 1 October 1989
* ↑ Wife of Akio Kanō
* ↑ Held 12 April 1992
* ↑ Died in office 17 October 2002
* ↑ Held 27 April 2003

## Election results

2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Ryosuke Kouzuki (endorsed by Komeito) | 560,642 | 48.4 |
| | Democratic | Yukihisa Fujita | 204,021 | 17.6 |
| | Your | Junko Ishihara | 153,403 | 13.3 |
| | Restoration | Akira Ishii | 127,823 | 11.0 |
| | Communist | Kyoko Kobayashi | 97,197 | 8.4 |
| | Happiness Realization | Koki Nakamura | 14,586 | 1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Hiroshi Okada | 499,566 | 38.7 |
| | Democratic | Akira Gunji (Endorsed by People's New Party) | 307,022 | 23.8 |
| | Democratic | Tomohiro Nagatsuka | 204,753 | 15.9 |
| | Your | Shigenori Okawa | 151,375 | 11.7 |
| | Sunrise | Rie Yoshida | 65,913 | 5.1 |
| | Communist | Nobutoshi Inaba | 50,136 | 3.9 |
| | Happiness Realization | Koki Nakamura | 11,664 | 0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Yukihisa Fujita | 540,174 | 43.4 |
| | Liberal Democratic | Tamon Hasegawa | 427,297 | 34.3 |
| | Independent | Masao Ishizu | 114,358 | 9.2 |
| | Communist | Takeo Taya | 86,288 | 6.9 |
| | People's New | Toshitaka Kudo | 52,621 | 4.2 |
| | Kyōsei Shintō | Hiromitsu Muto | 23,845 | 1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Hiroshi Okada (endorsed by Komeito) | 583,471 | 50.5 |
| | Democratic | Akira Gunji | 477,948 | 41.3 |
| | Communist | Takeo Taya | 94,837 | 8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2003 By-Election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Hiroshi Okada | 717,140 | 80.6 |
| | Communist | Osamu Kojima | 172,455 | 19.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.61 |