# Tottori at-large district (House of Representatives)

The Tottori at-large district (Japanese: 鳥取県全県区, Hepburn: Tottori-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 four representatives from Tottori Prefecture.

## History

In the 1947 Japanese general election, the Japan Socialist Party was the only party to have two winning candidates for the district, while the Liberal Party and Tottori Prefectural Farmers' Union had one each. For the next four elections until the 1955 Japanese general election, most of the winning candidates would come from parties that would eventually merge into the Liberal Democratic Party; the only two exceptions were Kaku Ashika [ja] and Itaru Yonehara [ja], who were elected to the district for left-wing parties. Starting with the 1958 Japanese general election, the LDP would hold at least half of the district's seats for the rest of the district's existence. Ashika, Bun Takebe [ja], and Koken Nosaka being the only representatives elected from the district without any affiliation with the LDP.
At the time the Public Offices Election Law [ja] came into law in 1950, the district encompassed the entirely of Tottori Prefecture.
Due to the 1994 Japanese electoral reform, the at-large district was replaced with two single-member districts starting with the 1996 Japanese general election.

## Results

1947 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Naomichi Inada [ja] | 37,540 | 16.7 | New |
| Socialist | Hideo Shōji [ja] | 35,704 | 15.9 | New |
| Other | Jitsuzō Horie [ja] | 31,946 | 14.2 | New |
| Socialist | Shizuo Kajikawa [ja] | 30,325 | 13.5 | New |
| Liberal | Katsutarō Kadowaki [ja] | 29,036 | 12.9 | New |
| Other | Shōzō Matsuda | 22,432 | 10.0 | New |
| National Cooperative | Tatsu Tanaka | 13,596 | 6.0 | New |
| Communist | Itaru Yonehara [ja] | 11,751 | 5.2 | New |
| Socialist | Toyokichi Fujii | 6,314 | 2.8 | New |
| Other | Gorō Ikegami | 3,585 | 1.6 | New |
| Other | Hikozō Yuhara | 2,316 | 1.0 | New |
1949 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Communist | Itaru Yonehara [ja] | 43,654 | 17.0 | 11.8 |
| Democratic Liberal | Naomichi Inada [ja] | 39,805 | 15.5 | New |
| Democratic Liberal | Katsutarō Kadowaki [ja] | 39,244 | 15.3 | New |
| Socialist | Kaku Ashika [ja] | 35,779 | 14.0 | −1.9 |
| Labourers and Farmers | Jitsuzō Horie [ja] | 28,792 | 11.2 | New |
| Democratic Liberal | Yūji Tejima | 26,501 | 10.3 | New |
| Socialist | Hideo Shōji [ja] | 18,094 | 7.1 | −6.4 |
| Socialist | Shizuo Kajikawa | 17,300 | 6.7 | 3.9 |
| Pro-American Benevolent Workers' Party | Reiko Gotō | 3,563 | 1.4 | New |
| Democratic | Yukito Uchida | 1,977 | 0.8 | New |
| Japan Social Reform Party | Gorō Ikegami | 1,745 | 0.7 | New |
1952 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Left Socialist | Kaku Ashika [ja] | 43,369 | 14.8 | New |
| Liberal | Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ja] | 43,278 | 14.7 | New |
| Liberal | Masami Nakata [ja] | 41,223 | 14.7 | New |
| Kaishintō | Yoshimi Furui [ja] | 39,817 | 13.6 | New |
| Japan Reconstruction Federation | Hideyuki Miyoshi [ja] | 32,468 | 11.1 | New |
| Independent | Masamichi Akazawa [ja] | 29,544 | 10.1 | New |
| Liberal | Katsutarō Kadowaki [ja] | 28,446 | 9.7 | New |
| Liberal | Naomichi Inada [ja] | 12,552 | 4.3 | New |
| Liberal | Yūji Tejima | 11,398 | 3.9 | New |
| Communist | Itaru Yonehara [ja] | 7,920 | 2.7 | −14.3 |
| Independent | Moriya Hatashin | 3,741 | 1.3 | New |
1953 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Left Socialist | Kaku Ashika [ja] | 48,276 | 17.1 | 2.3 |
| Kaishintō | Masamichi Akazawa [ja] | 45,227 | 16.0 | 2.5 |
| Liberal | Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ja] | 42,604 | 15.1 | 0.4 |
| Kaishintō | Yoshimi Furui [ja] | 42,517 | 15.1 | New |
| Liberal | Masami Nakata [ja] | 41,399 | 14.6 | −0.1 |
| Liberal | Katsutarō Kadowaki [ja] | 30,316 | 10.7 | 1.0 |
| Left Socialist | Kanji Morimoto | 19,864 | 7.0 | New |
| Communist | Itaru Yonehara [ja] | 6,664 | 2.4 | −0.3 |
| Independent | Moriya Hatashin | 5,597 | 2.0 | 0.7 |
1955 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Japan Democratic Party | Yoshimi Furui [ja] | 62,538 | 21.9 | New |
| Left Socialist | Kaku Ashika [ja] | 59,564 | 20.8 | 3.7 |
| Japan Democratic Party | Masamichi Akazawa [ja] | 54,128 | 18.9 | New |
| Liberal | Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ja] | 49,545 | 17.3 | 2.2 |
| Right Socialist | Toshitada Nakanishi | 33,481 | 11.7 | New |
| Independent | Moriya Hatashin | 14,483 | 5.1 | 3.1 |
| Communist | Itaru Yonehara [ja] | 12,197 | 4.3 | 1.9 |
1958 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ja] | 56,529 | 19.1 | −1.7 |
| Liberal Democratic | Masamichi Akazawa [ja] | 56,452 | 19.1 | New |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshimi Furui [ja] | 54,132 | 18.3 | New |
| Socialist | Kaku Ashika [ja] | 45,999 | 15.5 | New |
| Socialist | Toshitada Nakanishi | 41,216 | 13.9 | New |
| Independent | Katsutarō Kadowaki [ja] | 18,832 | 6.4 | New |
| Independent | Moriya Hatashin | 9,132 | 3.1 | −2.0 |
| Independent | Naomichi Inada [ja] | 5,936 | 2.0 | New |
| Communist | Ichiji Kawake | 4,634 | 1.6 | −2.7 |
| Independent | Akira Umebayashi | 3,113 | 1.1 | New |
1960 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Socialist | Kaku Ashika [ja] | 75,927 | 26.1 | 12.2 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshimi Furui [ja] | 66,989 | 23.0 | 3.9 |
| Liberal Democratic | Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ja] | 61,551 | 21.2 | 2.1 |
| Liberal Democratic | Masamichi Akazawa [ja] | 55,699 | 19.2 | 0.9 |
| Democratic Socialist | Toshitada Nakanishi | 23,564 | 8.1 | New |
| Communist | Ichiji Kawake | 6,928 | 2.4 | 0.8 |
1963 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ja] | 60,804 | 20.7 | −2.3 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshimi Furui [ja] | 60,277 | 20.5 | −0.7 |
| Liberal Democratic | Masamichi Akazawa [ja] | 57,897 | 19.7 | 0.5 |
| Socialist | Kaku Ashika [ja] | 57,380 | 19.5 | −6.6 |
| Democratic Socialist | Bun Takebe [ja] | 50,937 | 17.3 | 9.2 |
| Communist | Minoru Ishio | 6,737 | 2.3 | −0.1 |
1967 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Socialist | Bun Takebe [ja] | 64,002 | 25.6 | 6.1 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshimi Furui [ja] | 59,180 | 23.7 | 3.0 |
| Liberal Democratic | Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ja] | 56,422 | 22.6 | 2.1 |
| Liberal Democratic | Masamichi Akazawa [ja] | 54,385 | 21.8 | 2.1 |
| Socialist | Kaku Ashika [ja] | 54,262 | 21.7 | New |
| Communist | Toshitomo Takeuchi | 6,424 | 2.6 | 0.3 |
1969 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Masamichi Akazawa [ja] | 65,582 | 20.5 | −3.2 |
| Liberal Democratic | Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ja] | 64,638 | 20.2 | −2.4 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshimi Furui [ja] | 45,635 | 14.3 | −7.5 |
| Socialist | Bun Takebe [ja] | 43,798 | 13.7 | −11.9 |
| Kōmeitō | Tomomasa Kawakami | 41,285 | 12.9 | New |
| Socialist | Yoshio Nakata [ja] | 32,295 | 10.1 | −11.7 |
| Independent | Isao Akihisa | 19,351 | 6.0 | New |
| Communist | Minoru Ishio | 7,296 | 2.3 | −0.3 |
1972 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ja] | 61,431 | 18.3 | −2.2 |
| Liberal Democratic | Masamichi Akazawa [ja] | 55,584 | 16.5 | −3.7 |
| Independent | Yasuo Shimada [ja] | 54,373 | 16.2 | New |
| Socialist | Koken Nosaka | 53,192 | 15.8 | 2.1 |
| Socialist | Bun Takebe [ja] | 49,106 | 14.6 | 4.5 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshimi Furui [ja] | 47,511 | 14.1 | −0.2 |
| Communist | Taizō Tanaka | 15,153 | 4.5 | 2.2 |
1976 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshimi Furui [ja] | 59,328 | 16.2 | −2.1 |
| Liberal Democratic | Hideyuki Aizawa [ja] | 58,128 | 15.8 | −0.7 |
| Socialist | Bun Takebe [ja] | 53,990 | 14.7 | −1.1 |
| Socialist | Koken Nosaka | 49,594 | 13.5 | −1.1 |
| Liberal Democratic | Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ja] | 46,571 | 12.7 | −1.4 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yasuo Shimada [ja] | 42,089 | 11.5 | New |
| Kōmeitō | Kenji Yamazaki | 40,898 | 11.1 | New |
| Communist | Taizō Tanaka | 11,980 | 3.3 | −1.2 |
| Independent | Shinzō Koga | 4,290 | 1.2 | New |
1979 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Hideyuki Aizawa [ja] | 64,080 | 17.8 | 1.6 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshimi Furui [ja] | 60,753 | 16.9 | 1.1 |
| Socialist | Koken Nosaka | 60,705 | 16.9 | 2.2 |
| Socialist | Bun Takebe [ja] | 57,575 | 16.0 | 2.5 |
| Liberal Democratic | Jitsuzō Tokuyasu [ja] | 53,978 | 15.0 | 2.3 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yasuo Shimada [ja] | 47,759 | 13.3 | 1.8 |
| Communist | Shūichi Itani | 12,830 | 3.6 | 0.3 |
| Independent | Yukihiro Tanaka | 1,539 | 0.4 | New |
1980 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Hideyuki Aizawa [ja] | 71,217 | 19.9 | 2.1 |
| Socialist | Koken Nosaka | 63,847 | 17.8 | 0.9 |
| Socialist | Bun Takebe [ja] | 63,735 | 17.8 | 1.8 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshimi Furui [ja] | 63,701 | 17.8 | 0.9 |
| Liberal Democratic | Yasuo Shimada [ja] | 59,164 | 16.5 | 1.5 |
| Independent | Takayoshi Tsuneda [ja] | 23,495 | 6.6 | New |
| Communist | Shūichi Itani | 12,683 | 3.5 | −0.1 |
1983 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Yasuo Shimada [ja] | 80,406 | 22.7 | 2.8 |
| Socialist | Bun Takebe [ja] | 67,603 | 19.1 | 1.3 |
| Liberal Democratic | Kōzō Hirabayashi [ja] | 67,054 | 18.9 | 1.1 |
| Liberal Democratic | Hideyuki Aizawa [ja] | 66,121 | 18.7 | 2.2 |
| Socialist | Koken Nosaka | 61,752 | 17.4 | −0.4 |
| Communist | Mutsumi Yasuda | 8,935 | 2.5 | −1.0 |
| Independent | Shigenori Uchita | 2,081 | 0.6 | New |
1986 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Kōzō Hirabayashi [ja] | 71,015 | 18.6 | −4.1 |
| Liberal Democratic | Hideyuki Aizawa [ja] | 69,933 | 18.3 | −0.6 |
| Socialist | Koken Nosaka | 66,067 | 17.3 | −1.8 |
| Liberal Democratic | Shigeru Ishiba | 56,534 | 14.8 | −3.9 |
| Kōmeitō | Nobutaka Kumagai | 51,632 | 13.5 | New |
| Socialist | Bun Takebe [ja] | 46,917 | 12.3 | −5.1 |
| Independent | Mitsuru Shimada | 11,307 | 3.0 | New |
| Communist | Mutsumi Yasuda | 8,097 | 2.1 | −0.4 |
1990 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Shigeru Ishiba | 82,169 | 21.5 | 2.9 |
| Socialist | Koken Nosaka | 75,439 | 19.8 | 2.5 |
| Socialist | Bun Takebe [ja] | 75,112 | 19.7 | 7.4 |
| Liberal Democratic | Hideyuki Aizawa [ja] | 71,354 | 18.7 | 0.4 |
| Liberal Democratic | Kōzō Hirabayashi [ja] | 66,345 | 17.4 | 2.6 |
| Communist | Naoyuki Iwanaga | 8,332 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
| Independent | Toyoaki Nakanishi | 1,829 | 0.5 | New |
| Independent | Shigenori Uchita | 900 | 0.2 | −0.4 |
1993 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Shigeru Ishiba | 137,025 | 40.4 | New |
| | Liberal Democratic | Kōzō Hirabayashi [ja] | 69,508 | 20.5 | −1.0 |
| | Socialist | Koken Nosaka | 59,497 | 17.5 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democratic | Hideyuki Aizawa [ja] | 48,793 | 14.4 | −4.3 |
| | Communist | Yasuko Sasaki | 24,579 | 7.2 | 5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 467,413 | 73.7 | |