# Akita at-large district

The Akita at-large district (Japanese: 秋田県選挙区, Hepburn: Akita-ken Senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Akita 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. It has 888,496 registered voters as of September 2015.
The Councillors currently representing Akita are:
* Hiroo Ishii (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)); a former professional baseball in the Nippon Professional Baseball leagues, was elected to his first term in 2010, re-elected in 2016 and his current term will end in 2022.
* Shizuka Terata (Independent); elected to her first term in 2019, which will end in 2025.

## Elected Councillors

| class of 1947 | election year | class of 1950 |
| (1947: 6-year term) | election year | (1947: 3-year term) |
| Yasutaka Suzuki (Liberal) | 1947 | Junkichi Ishikawa (Ind.) |
| Yasutaka Suzuki (Liberal) | 1950 | Kōki Haseyama (Liberal) |
| Hajime Suzuki (Ind.) | 1953 | Kōki Haseyama (Liberal) |
| Hajime Suzuki (Ind.) | 1956 | Hitoshi Suzuki (Social Democratic) |
| Koichi Matsuno (LDP) | 1958 by-el. | Hitoshi Suzuki (Social Democratic) |
| Koichi Matsuno (LDP) | 1959 | Hitoshi Suzuki (Social Democratic) |
| Koichi Matsuno (LDP) | 1962 | Hitoshi Suzuki (Social Democratic) |
| Koichi Matsuno (LDP) | 1965 | Hitoshi Suzuki (Social Democratic) |
| Masaji Sawada (Social Democratic) | 1967 by-el. | Hitoshi Suzuki (Social Democratic) |
| Masaji Sawada (Social Democratic) | 1968 | Goro Yamazaki (LDP) |
| Masaji Sawada (Social Democratic) | 1971 | Goro Yamazaki (LDP) |
| Masaji Sawada (Social Democratic) | 1974 | Goro Yamazaki (LDP) |
| Masaji Sawada (Social Democratic) | 1976 by-el. | Man Sasaki (LDP) |
| Hosei Norota (LDP) | 1977 | Man Sasaki (LDP) |
| Hosei Norota (LDP) | 1980 | Man Sasaki (LDP) |
| Hiromitsu Deguchi (LDP) | 1983 | Man Sasaki (LDP) |
| Hiromitsu Deguchi (LDP) | 1986 | Man Sasaki (LDP) |
| Akio Hosoya (Social Democratic) | 1989 | Man Sasaki (LDP) |
| Akio Hosoya (Social Democratic) | 1992 | Man Sasaki (LDP) |
| Katsutoshi Kaneda (LDP) | 1995 | Man Sasaki (LDP) |
| Katsutoshi Kaneda (LDP) | 1998 | Shigenobu Saito (LDP) |
| Katsutoshi Kaneda (LDP) | 2001 | Shigenobu Saito (LDP) |
| Katsutoshi Kaneda (LDP) | 2004 | Yoetsu Suzuki (Ind.) Endorsed by DPJ, SDP |
| Daigo Matsuura (Ind.) Endorsed by DPJ, SDP, PNP | 2007 | Yoetsu Suzuki (Ind.) Endorsed by DPJ, SDP |
| Daigo Matsuura (Ind.) Endorsed by DPJ, SDP, PNP | 2010 | Hiroo Ishii (LDP) |
| Matsuji Nakaizumi (LDP) | 2013 | Hiroo Ishii (LDP) |
| Matsuji Nakaizumi (LDP) | 2016 | Hiroo Ishii (LDP) |
| Shizuka Terata (Ind.) | 2019 | Hiroo Ishii (LDP) |
* ↑ Resigned 1 May 1958.
* ↑ Died in office 29 July 1967.
* ↑ Held 22 June 1958.
* ↑ Held 15 September 1967.
* ↑ Died in office 6 April 1976.
* ↑ Held 23 May 1976.

## Election results

2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Shizuka Terata | 242,286 | 50.5% | − |
| | Liberal Democratic | Matsuji Nakaizumi | 221,219 | 46.1% | −6.2 |
| | The Party to Protect the People from NHK | Ryuuji Ishioka | 16,683 | 3.5% | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 864,560 | 56.29% | −4.58 |
2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democratic | Hiroo Ishii | 290,052 | 53.9% | −1.7 |
| | Democratic | Daigo Matsuura | 236,521 | 44.0% | +5.0 |
| | Happiness Realization | Akira Nishino | 11,131 | 2.1% | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 897,614 | 60.87% | |
2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Matsuji Nakaizumi (endorsed by Komeito) | 260,846 | 52.3 |
| | Democratic | Daigo Matsuura | 194,497 | 39.0 |
| | Communist | Yoshio Satake | 36,371 | 7.3 |
| | Happiness Realization | Akira Nishino | 6,736 | 1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democratic | Hiroo Ishii (Endorsed by Sunrise Party) | 328,771 | 55.6 |
| | Democratic | Yoetsu Suzuki (Endorsed by People's New Party) | 226,217 | 38.3 |
| | Communist | Kazuhisa Fujita | 36,320 | 6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Daigo Matsuura (Endorsed by DPJ, SDP) | 319,631 | 50.4 |
| | Liberal Democratic | Katsutoshi Kaneda (Endorsed by Komeito) | 276,694 | 43.6 |
| | Communist | Satoshi Suzuki | 38,394 | 6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |