# Kyoto at-large district

The Kyoto at-large district (Japanese: 京都府選挙区, Hepburn: Kyōto-fu senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Kyoto Prefecture in the House of Councillors of the Diet of Japan. It has four Councillors in the 242-member house.

## Outline

The constituency represents the entire population of Kyoto Prefecture. Since its inception in 1947, the district has elected four Councillors to six-year terms, two at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 2,088,383 registered voters as of September 2015. The Councillors currently representing Kyoto are:
* Shoji Nishida (LDP, third term)
* Akiko Kurabayashi (Japanese Communist Party (JCP), second term)
* Tetsuro Fukuyama (Democratic Party, fifth term)
* Akira Yoshii (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), first term)

## 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) |
| Rinichi Hatano [ja] (Ind.) | Kunihiko Kanie [ja] (Social Democratic) | 1947 | Ōnogi Hidejirō (LDP) | Shuichiro Oku [ja] (Liberal) |
| Rinichi Hatano [ja] (Ind.) | Kunihiko Kanie [ja] (Social Democratic) | 1950 | Ōnogi Hidejirō (LDP) | Ikuo Oyama (Ind.) |
| Seiichi Inoue [ja] (LDP) | Katsuo Takenaka [ja] (Right Socialist) | 1953 | Ōnogi Hidejirō (LDP) | Ikuo Oyama (Ind.) |
| Seiichi Inoue [ja] (LDP) | Katsuo Takenaka [ja] (Right Socialist) | 1956 by-election | Ōnogi Hidejirō (LDP) | Hideo Konishi [ja] (LDP) |
| Seiichi Inoue [ja] (LDP) | Katsuo Takenaka [ja] (Right Socialist) | 1956 | Ōnogi Hidejirō (LDP) | Totaro Fujita [ja] (Social Democratic) |
| Seiichi Inoue [ja] (LDP) | Eiichi Nagasue [ja] (Social Democratic) | 1959 | Ōnogi Hidejirō (LDP) | Totaro Fujita [ja] (Social Democratic) |
| Seiichi Inoue [ja] (LDP) | Eiichi Nagasue [ja] (Social Democratic) | 1962 | Ōnogi Hidejirō (LDP) | Totaro Fujita [ja] (Social Democratic) |
| Seiichi Inoue [ja] (LDP) | Mitsunori Ueki [ja] (LDP) | 1963 by-election | Ōnogi Hidejirō (LDP) | Totaro Fujita [ja] (Social Democratic) |
| Kazutaka Ohashi [ja] (Social Democratic) | Mitsunori Ueki [ja] (LDP) | 1965 | Ōnogi Hidejirō (LDP) | Totaro Fujita [ja] (Social Democratic) |
| Kazutaka Ohashi [ja] (Social Democratic) | Mitsunori Ueki [ja] (LDP) | 1966 by-election | Yukio Hayashida (LDP) | Totaro Fujita [ja] (Social Democratic) |
| Kazutaka Ohashi [ja] (Social Democratic) | Mitsunori Ueki [ja] (LDP) | 1968 | Yukio Hayashida (LDP) | Kenji Kawada [ja] (JCP) |
| Kazutaka Ohashi [ja] (Social Democratic) | Mitsunori Ueki [ja] (LDP) | 1971 | Yukio Hayashida (LDP) | Kenji Kawada [ja] (JCP) |
| Hanji Ogawa [ja] (LDP) | Mitsunori Ueki [ja] (LDP) | 1974 by-election | Yukio Hayashida (LDP) | Kenji Kawada [ja] (JCP) |
| Hanji Ogawa [ja] (LDP) | Mitsunori Ueki [ja] (LDP) | 1974 | Yukio Hayashida (LDP) | Kenji Kawada [ja] (JCP) |
| Akio Sato (JCP) | Mitsunori Ueki [ja] (LDP) | 1977 | Yukio Hayashida (LDP) | Kenji Kawada [ja] (JCP) |
| Akio Sato (JCP) | Mitsunori Ueki [ja] (LDP) | 1978 by-election | Minoru Ueda [ja] (LDP) | Kenji Kawada [ja] (JCP) |
| Akio Sato (JCP) | Mitsunori Ueki [ja] (LDP) | 1980 | Minoru Ueda [ja] (LDP) | Shinnosuke Kamitani [ja] (JCP) |
| Akio Sato (JCP) | Mitsunori Ueki [ja] (LDP) | 1983 | Minoru Ueda [ja] (LDP) | Shinnosuke Kamitani [ja] (JCP) |
| Akio Sato (JCP) | Mitsunori Ueki [ja] (LDP) | 1986 | Yukio Hayashida (LDP) | Shinnosuke Kamitani [ja] (JCP) |
| Teiko Sasano [ja] (Democratic Reform [ja]) | Yoshihiro Nishida [ja] (LDP) | 1989 | Yukio Hayashida (LDP) | Shinnosuke Kamitani [ja] (JCP) |
| Teiko Sasano [ja] (Democratic Reform [ja]) | Yoshihiro Nishida [ja] (LDP) | 1992 | Yukio Hayashida (LDP) | Tokiko Nishiyama [ja] (JCP) |
| Teiko Sasano [ja] (Democratic Reform [ja]) | Yoshihiro Nishida [ja] (LDP) | 1995 | Yukio Hayashida (LDP) | Tokiko Nishiyama [ja] (JCP) |
| Teiko Sasano [ja] (Democratic Reform [ja]) | Yoshihiro Nishida [ja] (LDP) | 1998 | Tetsuro Fukuyama (DPJ) | Tokiko Nishiyama [ja] (JCP) |
| Koji Matsui (DPJ) | Yoshihiro Nishida [ja] (LDP) | 2001 | Tetsuro Fukuyama (DPJ) | Tokiko Nishiyama [ja] (JCP) |
| Koji Matsui (DPJ) | Yoshihiro Nishida [ja] (LDP) | 2004 | Tetsuro Fukuyama (DPJ) | Satoshi Ninoyu (LDP) |
| Koji Matsui (DPJ) | Shoji Nishida (LDP) | 2007 | Tetsuro Fukuyama (DPJ) | Satoshi Ninoyu (LDP) |
| Koji Matsui (DPJ) | Shoji Nishida (LDP) | 2010 | Tetsuro Fukuyama (DPJ) | Satoshi Ninoyu (LDP) |
| Akiko Kurabayashi (JCP) | Shoji Nishida (LDP) | 2013 | Tetsuro Fukuyama (DPJ) | Satoshi Ninoyu (LDP) |
| Akiko Kurabayashi (JCP) | Shoji Nishida (LDP) | 2016 | Tetsuro Fukuyama (DPJ) | Satoshi Ninoyu (LDP) |
| Akiko Kurabayashi (JCP) | Shoji Nishida (LDP) | 2019 | Tetsuro Fukuyama (DPJ) | Akira Yoshii (LDP) |
| Akiko Kurabayashi (JCP) | Shoji Nishida (LDP) | 2022 | Tetsuro Fukuyama (DPJ) | Akira Yoshii (LDP) |
* ↑ Later joined Ryokufūkai
* ↑ Died in office 4 March 1966.
* ↑ Elected in 1947 and 1950 as a member of the LDP's predecessor Liberal Party
* ↑ Died in office 30 November 1955
* ↑ Elected in 1947 and 1953 as a member of the LDP's predecessor Liberal Party
* ↑ Died in office 26 January 1959
* ↑ Held 15 January 1956
* ↑ Resigned 30 October 1963 to contest the December general election for the House of Representatives
* ↑ Held 10 December 1963
* ↑ Resigned 13 March 1974 to contest the Kyoto gubernatorial election
* ↑ Held 27 April 1966
* ↑ Resigned 15 March 1978 to contest the Kyoto gubernatorial election
* ↑ Held 21 April 1974
* ↑ Held 23 April 1978
* ↑ Contested the 1989 election as a member of the Rengō no Kai.
* ↑ Contested the 1998 election as an independent but joined the DPJ soon after.

## Election results

2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Akira Yoshii (Endorsed by Komeito) | 293,071 | 28.2 |
| | Constitutional Democratic | Tetsuro Fukuyama (Incumbent) | 275,140 | 26.5 |
| | Ishin | Yuko Kusui | 257,852 | 24.8 |
| | Communist | Ayako Takeyama | 130,260 | 12.5 |
| | Sanseitō | Yuki Adachi | 40,500 | 3.9 |
| | Ishin Seito Shimpu | Kumi Hashimoto | 21,614 | 2.1 |
| | Anti-NHK | Tastuya Hoshino | 8,946 | 0.9 |
| | Anti-NHK | Masahiko Omi | 7,181 | 0.7 |
| | Ganbare Nippon | Motoyuki Hirai | 5,414 | 0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,039,978 | |
2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Shoji Nishida (Incumbent) (Endorsed by Komeito) | 421,731 | 44.2 |
| | Communist | Akiko Kurabayashi | 246,436 | 25.8 |
| | Constitutional Democratic | Hiroko Masuhara | 232,354 | 24.4 |
| | Anti-NHK | Akihisa Yamada | 37,353 | 3.9 |
| | Olive Party | Takashi Mikami | 16,057 | 1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Shoji Nishida (Incumbent) (Endorsed by Komeito) | 390,577 | 37.0 |
| | Communist | Akiko Kurabayashi | 219,273 | 20.7 |
| | Democratic | Keiro Kitagami | 201,297 | 19.0 |
| | Restoration | Seisuke Yamauchi | 56,409 | 16.8 |
| | Your | Yoko Kinoshita | 71,983 | 6.8 |
| | Happiness Realization | Shusaku Soga | 6,119 | 0.6 |
| | Uchide Party | Nobuo Shindo | 2,906 | 0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tetsuro Fukuyama (Incumbent) (Endorsed by People's New Party) | 374,550 | 34.3 |
| | Liberal Democratic | Satoshi Ninoyu (Incumbent) | 308,296 | 28.2 |
| | Communist | Mariko Narumiya | 181,691 | 16.6 |
| | Your | Takuya Nakagawa | 120,262 | 11.0 |
| | Democratic | Mitsue Kawakami [ja] | 94,761 | 8.7 |
| | Happiness Realization | Satoko Kitagawa | 11,962 | 1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Koji Matsui (Incumbent) | 501,979 | 43.6 |
| | Liberal Democratic | Shoji Nishida (Endorsed by Komeito) | 362,274 | 31.4 |
| | Communist | Mariko Narumiya | 275,285 | 23.9 |
| | Ishin Seito Shimpu | Toyokazu Okido | 12,799 | 1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tetsuro Fukuyama (Incumbent) | 484,297 | 43.8 |
| | Liberal Democratic | Satoshi Ninoyu (Endorsed by Komeito) | 358,512 | 32.4 |
| | Communist | Tokiko Nishiyama [ja] (Incumbent) | 263,548 | 23.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |