# Shimane at-large district (House of Representatives)

The Shimane at-large district (Japanese: 島根県全県区, Hepburn: Shimane-ken Zenken-ku) was an electoral district represented in the House of Representatives in the National Diet of Japan. From 1947 until 1993, it elected five representatives from Shimane Prefecture. Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita was elected to the seat in the last thirteen elections (out of eighteen) the district existed.

## History

In the 1947 Japanese general election, for the only time in the district's history, left-leaning parties held a majority of the district's seats. However, conservative parties took a majority of the seats in the 1949 Japanese general election, and would continue to do so for the rest of the district's existence, including after the formation of the Liberal Democratic Party. Due to the 1994 Japanese electoral reform, the at-large district was replaced with three single-member districts starting with the 1996 Japanese general election.
At the time the Public Offices Election Law [ja] came into law in 1950, the district encompassed the entirely of Shimane Prefecture.
Among the district's representatives were Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, who was elected to the seat in the last thirteen elections (out of eighteen) the district existed; House speakers Yoshio Sakurauchi and Hiroyuki Hosoda; and cabinet member Kozaemon Kimura.

## Results

1947 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Democratic | Kozaemon Kimura | 124,443 | 33.4 | New |
| Socialist | Toshi Nakazaki [ja] | 51,994 | 14.0 | New |
| Socialist | Junzō Matsumoto [ja] | 50,939 | 13.7 | New |
| Democratic | Saburō Ogoshi [ja] | 30,800 | 8.3 | New |
| Communist | Sakae Kimura [ja] | 20,597 | 5.5 | New |
| National Cooperative | Dentoku Shirakawa | 17,532 | 4.7 | New |
| Liberal | Kūzen Undō | 16,900 | 4.5 | New |
| Socialist | Risaburō Fukuda | 15,805 | 4.2 | New |
| Liberal | Tadashi Nanba | 15,050 | 4.0 | New |
| Independent | Shigenori Sasada | 9,853 | 2.6 | New |
| Socialist | Tatsujirō Hatao | 7,698 | 2.1 | New |
| Independent | Toraji Tanaka | 5,682 | 1.5 | New |
| Independent | Yoshio Ninomiya | 4,783 | 1.3 | New |
1949 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Democratic | Kozaemon Kimura | 74,213 | 17.4 | −16.0 |
| Democratic Liberal | Takeo Ōhashi [ja] | 59,486 | 14.0 | New |
| Democratic | Toshinaga Yamamoto [ja] | 50,722 | 11.9 | 3.6 |
| Socialist | Toshi Nakazaki [ja] | 48,383 | 11.3 | −2.8 |
| Communist | Sakae Kimura [ja] | 47,724 | 11.2 | New |
| Independent | Yūtarō Mishima | 45,071 | 10.6 | New |
| Democratic Liberal | Saburō Ogoshi [ja] | 39,085 | 9.2 | New |
| Socialist | Junzō Matsumoto [ja] | 30,712 | 7.2 | −6.5 |
| National Cooperative | Dentoku Shirakawa | 16,490 | 3.9 | −0.8 |
| Socialist | Yoshinori Higuchi | 14,232 | 3.3 | −0.9 |
1952 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Takeo Ōhashi [ja] | 95,892 | 21.7 | New |
| Kaishintō | Yoshio Sakurauchi | 75,335 | 17.1 | New |
| Liberal | Tadao Hidaka [ja] | 57,661 | 13.1 | New |
| Right Socialist | Toshi Nakazaki [ja] | 53,553 | 12.1 | New |
| Other | Hideo Nakamura [ja] | 52,258 | 11.8 | New |
| Kaishintō | Toshinaga Yamamoto [ja] | 46,566 | 10.5 | New |
| Liberal | Enzaburō Takahashi [ja] | 45,363 | 10.3 | New |
| Communist | Hirotaka Kanamori | 15,200 | 3.4 | −7.8 |
1953 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Enzaburō Takahashi [ja] | 88,420 | 20.2 | −1.5 |
| Kaishintō | Yoshio Sakurauchi | 65,426 | 15.0 | −2.1 |
| Independent | Hideo Nakamura [ja] | 61,858 | 14.2 | New |
| Liberal | Takeo Ōhashi [ja] | 60,660 | 13.9 | 0.8 |
| Right Socialist | Toshi Nakazaki [ja] | 57,594 | 13.2 | 1.1 |
| Kaishintō | Toshinaga Yamamoto [ja] | 49,438 | 11.3 | 0.8 |
| Liberal | Tadao Hidaka [ja] | 49,130 | 11.2 | 0.9 |
| Independent | Akira Terato | 4,281 | 1.0 | New |
1955 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Japan Democratic Party | Yoshio Sakurauchi | 79,170 | 17.5 | New |
| Japan Democratic Party | Toshinaga Yamamoto [ja] | 77,899 | 17.2 | New |
| Liberal | Takeo Ōhashi [ja] | 75,039 | 16.6 | −3.6 |
| Left Socialist | Hideo Nakamura [ja] | 62,579 | 13.8 | New |
| Right Socialist | Toshi Nakazaki [ja] | 59,321 | 13.1 | −0.1 |
| Liberal | Enzaburō Takahashi [ja] | 54,284 | 12.0 | −1.9 |
| Independent | Akiyoshi Tajiri [ja] | 29,022 | 6.4 | New |
| Communist | Hirotaka Kanamori | 14,821 | 3.3 | New |
1958 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Noboru Takeshita | 95,611 | 21.1 | New |
| Liberal Democratic | Takeo Ōhashi [ja] | 79,791 | 17.6 | New |
| Socialist | Toshi Nakazaki [ja] | 71,680 | 15.8 | New |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshio Sakurauchi | 69,009 | 15.2 | New |
| Socialist | Hideo Nakamura [ja] | 67,851 | 14.9 | New |
| Liberal Democratic | Toshinaga Yamamoto [ja] | 55,979 | 12.3 | New |
| Communist | Sakae Kimura [ja] | 14,083 | 3.1 | −0.2 |
1960 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Takeo Ōhashi [ja] | 89,878 | 19.4 | −1.7 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshio Sakurauchi | 79,932 | 17.2 | −0.4 |
| Liberal Democratic | Noboru Takeshita | 78,286 | 16.9 | 1.7 |
| Socialist | Hideo Nakamura [ja] | 77,888 | 16.8 | 1.0 |
| Liberal Democratic | Kichizō Hosoda [ja] | 72,732 | 15.7 | 3.4 |
| Democratic Socialist | Toshi Nakazaki [ja] | 54,483 | 11.8 | New |
| Communist | Ichirō Katō | 9,862 | 2.1 | −1.0 |
| Higo Tōru Office | Gen'ichi Horii | 408 | 0.1 | New |
1963 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Takeo Ōhashi [ja] | 81,080 | 17.9 | −1.5 |
| Liberal Democratic | Noboru Takeshita | 77,745 | 17.2 | 0.0 |
| Socialist | Masami Urabe [ja] | 75,031 | 16.6 | −0.2 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshio Sakurauchi | 71,229 | 15.8 | −1.1 |
| Liberal Democratic | Kichizō Hosoda [ja] | 67,503 | 14.9 | −0.8 |
| Socialist | Hideo Nakamura [ja] | 66,875 | 14.8 | New |
| Communist | Hirotaka Kanamori | 12,450 | 2.8 | 0.7 |
1967 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshio Sakurauchi | 81,891 | 18.1 | 0.2 |
| Liberal Democratic | Noboru Takeshita | 78,307 | 17.3 | 0.1 |
| Liberal Democratic | Kichizō Hosoda [ja] | 77,845 | 17.2 | 1.4 |
| Socialist | Shimao Gōdo [ja] | 71,816 | 15.9 | −0.7 |
| Liberal Democratic | Takeo Ōhashi [ja] | 68,008 | 15.1 | 0.2 |
| Socialist | Masami Urabe [ja] | 63,959 | 14.2 | −0.6 |
| Communist | Kazuo Wada | 9,546 | 2.1 | −0.7 |
1969 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Takeo Ōhashi [ja] | 87,865 | 19.7 | 1.6 |
| Liberal Democratic | Noboru Takeshita | 79,525 | 17.8 | 0.5 |
| Socialist | Masami Urabe [ja] | 71,614 | 16.0 | 0.1 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshio Sakurauchi | 71,075 | 15.9 | −1.3 |
| Liberal Democratic | Kichizō Hosoda [ja] | 64,649 | 14.5 | −0.6 |
| Socialist | Shimao Gōdo [ja] | 60,367 | 13.5 | −0.7 |
| Communist | Kazuo Wada | 11,495 | 2.6 | 0.5 |
1972 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Noboru Takeshita | 105,977 | 22.6 | 2.9 |
| Socialist | Shimao Gōdo [ja] | 82,109 | 17.5 | 1.5 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshio Sakurauchi | 73,021 | 15.6 | −2.2 |
| Liberal Democratic | Kichizō Hosoda [ja] | 67,860 | 14.5 | −1.4 |
| Liberal Democratic | Takeo Ōhashi [ja] | 61,413 | 13.1 | −1.4 |
| Socialist | Masami Urabe [ja] | 60,480 | 12.9 | −0.6 |
| Communist | Yukio Iizuka | 17,652 | 3.8 | 1.2 |
1976 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Noboru Takeshita | 87,919 | 18.1 | −4.5 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshio Sakurauchi | 68,395 | 14.1 | −1.5 |
| Socialist | Yoneji Yoshihara [ja] | 61,411 | 12.6 | −4.9 |
| Liberal Democratic | Kichizō Hosoda [ja] | 60,519 | 12.4 | −2.1 |
| Socialist | Taiji Togano [ja] | 58,692 | 12.1 | −0.8 |
| Liberal Democratic | Takeo Ōhashi [ja] | 49,580 | 10.2 | −2.9 |
| Communist | Yoshiko Nakabayashi [ja] | 47,350 | 9.7 | 5.9 |
| Kōmeitō | Shigeru Nagase | 31,493 | 6.5 | New |
| New Liberal Club | Yoshikiyo Wada [ja] | 17,129 | 3.5 | New |
| Independent | Tetsuyō Ikeda | 3,622 | 0.7 | New |
1979 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Noboru Takeshita | 103,586 | 21.6 | 3.5 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshio Sakurauchi | 78,531 | 16.4 | 2.3 |
| Communist | Yoshiko Nakabayashi [ja] | 67,154 | 14.0 | 4.3 |
| Liberal Democratic | Kichizō Hosoda [ja] | 58,828 | 12.2 | −0.2 |
| Socialist | Yoneji Yoshihara [ja] | 56,121 | 11.7 | −0.9 |
| Socialist | Taiji Togano [ja] | 55,382 | 11.5 | −0.6 |
| Democratic Socialist | Kizan Shimada | 51,122 | 10.6 | New |
| New Liberal Club | Yoshikiyo Wada [ja] | 9,527 | 2.0 | −1.5 |
1980 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Noboru Takeshita | 112,565 | 22.9 | 1.3 |
| Liberal Democratic | Kichizō Hosoda [ja] | 107,890 | 22.0 | 5.6 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshio Sakurauchi | 82,670 | 16.8 | 4.6 |
| Socialist | Taiji Togano [ja] | 67,573 | 13.8 | 2.1 |
| Socialist | Yoneji Yoshihara [ja] | 60,168 | 12.3 | 0.8 |
| Communist | Yoshiko Nakabayashi [ja] | 59,546 | 12.1 | −1.9 |
| Son'nō Gijuku Jingi-sha | Sanzō Andō | 648 | 0.1 | New |
1983 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Noboru Takeshita | 117,529 | 24.9 | 2.0 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshio Sakurauchi | 86,620 | 18.4 | −3.6 |
| Communist | Yoshiko Nakabayashi [ja] | 70,156 | 14.9 | 2.8 |
| Socialist | Yoneji Yoshihara [ja] | 68,525 | 14.5 | 0.7 |
| Liberal Democratic | Kichizō Hosoda [ja] | 64,227 | 13.6 | −3.2 |
| Socialist | Taiji Togano [ja] | 64,026 | 13.6 | 1.3 |
1986 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Noboru Takeshita | 139,903 | 27.9 | 3.0 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshio Sakurauchi | 80,384 | 16.1 | −2.3 |
| Liberal Democratic | Kichizō Hosoda [ja] | 75,629 | 15.1 | 1.5 |
| Socialist | Misao Ishibashi | 53,707 | 10.7 | −3.8 |
| Socialist | Yoneji Yoshihara [ja] | 52,686 | 10.5 | −3.1 |
| Communist | Yoshiko Nakabayashi [ja] | 50,363 | 10.1 | −4.8 |
| Independent | Hisaoki Kamei | 48,146 | 9.6 | New |
1990 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Noboru Takeshita | 108,169 | 21.4 | −6.5 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshio Sakurauchi | 79,890 | 15.8 | −0.3 |
| Liberal Democratic | Hiroyuki Hosoda | 77,099 | 15.3 | 0.2 |
| Independent | Hisaoki Kamei | 75,252 | 14.9 | 5.3 |
| Socialist | Misao Ishibashi | 61,604 | 12.2 | 1.5 |
| Socialist | Yoneji Yoshihara [ja] | 60,072 | 11.9 | 1.4 |
| Communist | Yoshiko Nakabayashi [ja] | 42,583 | 8.4 | −1.7 |
1993 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Noboru Takeshita | 105,296 | 21.7 | New |
| | Liberal Democratic | Hiroyuki Hosoda | 72,277 | 14.9 | −6.5 |
| | Socialist | Daikichi Ishibashi | 69,037 | 14.3 | 2.1 |
| | Liberal Democratic | Yoshio Sakurauchi | 63,905 | 13.2 | −2.6 |
| | NP-Sakigake | Atsushi Nishikōri [ja] | 57,962 | 12.0 | New |
| | Liberal Democratic | Hisaoki Kamei | 55,584 | 11.5 | −3.8 |
| | Communist | Yoshiko Nakabayashi [ja] | 42,744 | 8.8 | 0.4 |
| | Independent | Kiyoshi Sakamoto | 16,188 | 3.3 | New |
| | Independent | Etsuo Minami | 1,255 | 0.3 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 592,509 | 82.6 | |