# Fukui at-large district

The Fukui at-large district (Japanese: 福井県選挙区, Hepburn: Fukui-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Fukui Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has two Councillors in the 248-member house.

## Outline

The constituency represents the entire population of Fukui Prefecture. The district elects two Councillors to six-year terms, one at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 644,447 registered voters as of September 2015. Following the merger of the Tottori and Shimane districts into the Tottori-Shimane at-large district and the Tokushima and Kochi districts into the Tokushima-Kochi at-large district in 2015, Fukui became the electorate with the smallest population, thus making it the standard for measuring malapportionment in other districts.

## Elected Councillors

| Class of 1947 | election year | Class of 1950 (3-year term in 1947) |
| Shichirohei Ikeda [ja] (Ind.) | 1947 | Shojiro Matsushita [ja] (Socialist) |
| Shichirohei Ikeda [ja] (Ind.) | 1950 | Yoshio Domori [ja] (Socialist) |
| Toshio Sakai [ja] (Liberal) | 1953 | Yoshio Domori [ja] (Socialist) |
| Toshio Sakai [ja] (Liberal) | 1955 by-election | Harukazu Obata [ja] (LDP) |
| Toshio Sakai [ja] (Liberal) | 1956 | Harukazu Obata [ja] (LDP) |
| Mamoru Takahashi [ja] (LDP) | 1959 | Harukazu Obata [ja] (LDP) |
| Mamoru Takahashi [ja] (LDP) | 1962 | Tasaburo Kumagai [ja] (LDP) |
| Mamoru Takahashi [ja] (LDP) | 1965 | Tasaburo Kumagai [ja] (LDP) |
| Mamoru Takahashi [ja] (LDP) | 1968 | Tasaburo Kumagai [ja] (LDP) |
| Kazuhito Tsuji [ja] (Socialist) | 1971 | Tasaburo Kumagai [ja] (LDP) |
| Kazuhito Tsuji [ja] (Socialist) | 1974 | Tasaburo Kumagai [ja] (LDP) |
| Ichiro Yamanouchi [ja] (LDP) | 1977 | Tasaburo Kumagai [ja] (LDP) |
| Ichiro Yamanouchi [ja] (LDP) | 1980 | Tasaburo Kumagai [ja] (LDP) |
| Ichiro Yamanouchi [ja] (LDP) | 1983 | Tasaburo Kumagai [ja] (LDP) |
| Ichiro Yamanouchi [ja] (LDP) | 1986 | Tasaburo Kumagai [ja] (LDP) |
| Tasaburo Furukawa [ja] (Rengō no Kai) | 1989 | Tasaburo Kumagai [ja] (LDP) |
| Tasaburo Furukawa [ja] (Rengō no Kai) | 1992 | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) |
| Ryuuji Matsumura (LDP) | 1995 | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) |
| Ryuuji Matsumura (LDP) | 1998 | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) |
| Ryuuji Matsumura (LDP) | 2001 | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) |
| Ryuuji Matsumura (LDP) | 2004 | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) |
| Ryuuji Matsumura (LDP) | 2007 | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) |
| Ryuuji Matsumura (LDP) | 2010 | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) |
| Hirofumi Takinami (LDP) | 2013 | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) |
| Hirofumi Takinami (LDP) | 2016 | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) |
| Hirofumi Takinami (LDP) | 2019 | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) |
| Hirofumi Takinami (LDP) | 2022 | Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP) |
* ↑ Resigned 1 February 1955
* ↑ Held 10 March 1955
* ↑ First elected in 1955 as an independent.
* ↑ Died in office 15 January 1992

## Election results

2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Masaaki Yamazaki (Incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) | 135,762 | 39.74 | 26.40 |
| | Independent | Takeshi Saiki [ja] | 122,389 | 35.82 | New |
| | Independent | Kazuhiko Sasaoka (endorsed by Innovation) | 31,228 | 9.14 | New |
| | Sanseitō | Mamie Sunahata | 26,042 | 7.62 | New |
| | Communist | Kazuo Yamada | 17,044 | 4.99 | 21.19 |
| | Anti-NHK | Yoshimoto Daniel | 9,203 | 2.69 | 5.00 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 635,127 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 55.32 | 7.68 |
2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Hirofumi Takinami (Incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) | 195,515 | 66.14 | 6.02 |
| | Communist | Kazuo Yamada | 77,377 | 26.18 | 15.61 |
| | Anti-NHK | Masami Shimatani | 22,719 | 7.69 | New |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 646,976 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.64 | 8.86 |
2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Masaaki Yamazaki (Incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) | 217,304 | 60.12 | 10.47 |
| | Independent | Tatsuhiro Yokoyama | 131,278 | 36.32 | New |
| | Happiness Realization | Yasuyuki Shirakawa | 12,856 | 3.56 | 1.48 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 657,443 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 56.50 | 2.72 |
2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Hirofumi Takinami (Incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) | 237,732 | 70.59 | 19.36 |
| | Democratic | Toshikazu Fujino [ja] | 56,409 | 16.75 | 25.51 |
| | Communist | Kazuo Yamada | 35,600 | 10.57 | 4.06 |
| | Happiness Realization | Yasuyuki Shirakawa | 7,020 | 2.08 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 648,742 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.78 | 11.48 |
2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Masaaki Yamazaki (Incumbent) | 212,605 | 51.23 | 3.70 |
| | Democratic | Kota Inobe (endorsed by People's New) | 175,382 | 42.26 | 4.54 |
| | Communist | Kazuo Yamada | 27,017 | 6.51 | 0.84 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 653,503 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 65.26 | 2.01 |
2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Ryuji Matsumura (Incumbent) | 193,617 | 47.53 | 8.51 |
| | Democratic | Seizo Wakaizumi (endorsed by People's New) | 190,644 | 46.80 | 9.05 |
| | Communist | Kazuo Yamada | 23,110 | 5.67 | 0.54 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 656,396 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 63.25 | |
2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Masaaki Yamazaki (Incumbent) | 218,885 | 56.04 |
| | Democratic | Makiko Isokawa | 147,419 | 37.75 |
| | Communist | Kunihiro Uno | 24,250 | 6.21 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 655,864 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 61.02 |
1955 By-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Harukazu Obata [ja] | 191,186 | 69.4 |
| | Japan Democratic | Akira Hokyo | 84,385 | 30.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 64.32% |