# Shimane at-large district

The Shimane at-large district (Japanese: 島根県選挙区, Hepburn: Shimane-ken Senkyoku) was a constituency that represents Shimane 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 576,297 registered voters (as of September 2015) it is the second-smallest electoral district for the house. Accordingly, a 2015 revision of the Public Officers Election Law will see the district merged with the Tottori At-large district to create the Tottori-Shimane At-large district; this change will begin to take effect at the 2016 election, at which one Councillor will be elected.
The Councillor currently representing Shimane is:

## Elected Councillors

| class of 1947 | election year | class of 1950 |
| (1947: 6-year term) | election year | (1947: 3-year term) |
| Genichiro Date (Ind.) | 1947 | Noboru Utsunomiya (Ind.) |
| Genichiro Date (Ind.) | 1950 | Yoshio Sakurauchi (People's Democratic) |
| Shigeo Odachi (Liberal) | 1953 | Yoshio Sakurauchi (People's Democratic) |
| Hiroshi Sano (Ind.) | 1955 by-election | Yoshio Sakurauchi (People's Democratic) |
| Hiroshi Sano (Ind.) | 1956 | Akira Kodaki (LDP) |
| Hiroshi Sano (Ind.) | 1958 by-election | Toshinaga Yamamoto (LDP) |
| Hiroshi Sano (LDP) | 1959 | Toshinaga Yamamoto (LDP) |
| Hiroshi Sano (LDP) | 1962 | Toshinaga Yamamoto (Ind.) |
| Hideo Nakamura (Social Democratic) | 1965 | Toshinaga Yamamoto (Ind.) |
| Hideo Nakamura (Social Democratic) | 1968 | Toshinaga Yamamoto (LDP) |
| Hideo Nakamura (Social Democratic) | 1971 | Toshinaga Yamamoto (LDP) |
| Hideo Nakamura (Social Democratic) | 1974 | Hisaoki Kamei (LDP) |
| Zenju Nariai (LDP) | 1977 | Hisaoki Kamei (LDP) |
| Zenju Nariai (LDP) | 1980 | Hisaoki Kamei (LDP) |
| Zenju Nariai (LDP) | 1983 | Hisaoki Kamei (LDP) |
| Zenju Nariai (LDP) | 1986 | Mikio Aoki (LDP) |
| Hisato Iwamoto (Ind.) | 1989 | Mikio Aoki (LDP) |
| Hisato Iwamoto (Ind.) | 1992 | Mikio Aoki (LDP) |
| Shuntaro Kageyama (LDP) | 1995 | Mikio Aoki (LDP) |
| Shuntaro Kageyama (LDP) | 1998 | Mikio Aoki (LDP) |
| Shuntaro Kageyama (LDP) | 2001 | Mikio Aoki (LDP) |
| Shuntaro Kageyama (LDP) | 2004 | Mikio Aoki (LDP) |
| Akiko Kamei (People's New) | 2007 | Mikio Aoki (LDP) |
| Akiko Kamei (People's New) | 2010 | Kazuhiko Aoki (LDP) |
| Saburo Shimada (LDP) | 2013 | Kazuhiko Aoki (LDP) |
| Saburo Shimada (LDP) | 2016 | Seat abolished |
| Seat abolished | 2019 | Seat abolished |
* ↑ Died in office 25 September 1955
* ↑ Died in office 28 May 1958

## Election results

2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Saburo Shimada (endorsed by Komeito) | 202,181 | 57.8 |
| | Green Wind | Akiko Kamei | 115,043 | 32.9 |
| | Communist | Shinichi Mukose | 26,255 | 7.5 |
| | Happiness Realization | Setsuko Ikeda | 6,054 | 1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 60.89 |
2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Kazuhiko Aoki | 222,448 | 52.9 |
| | Democratic | Hirotaka Iwata | 151,351 | 36.0 |
| | Your | Tomoo Sakurauchi | 28,183 | 6.7 |
| | Communist | Ikuhisa Ishitobi | 18,512 | 4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 71.70 |