Shimane at-large district (House of Representatives)

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The Shimane at-large district (Japanese: 島根県全県区, Hepburn: Shimane-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 five representatives from Shimane Prefecture. Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita was elected to the seat in the last thirteen elections (out of eighteen) the district existed.

History[edit]

In the 1947 Japanese general election, for the only time in the district's history, left-leaning parties held a majority of the district's seats. However, conservative parties took a majority of the seats in the 1949 Japanese general election, and would continue to do so for the rest of the district's existence, including after the formation of the Liberal Democratic Party.[1] Due to the 1994 Japanese electoral reform, the at-large district was replaced with three single-member districts starting with the 1996 Japanese general election.[2]

At the time the Public Offices Election Law [ja] came into law in 1950, the district encompassed the entirely of Shimane Prefecture.[3]

Among the district's representatives were Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, who was elected to the seat in the last thirteen elections (out of eighteen) the district existed; House speakers Yoshio Sakurauchi and Hiroyuki Hosoda; and cabinet member Kozaemon Kimura.[1]

Results[edit]

1947[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kozaemon Kimura 124,443 33.4 New
Socialist Toshi Nakazaki [ja] 51,994 14.0 New
Socialist Junzō Matsumoto [ja] 50,939 13.7 New
Democratic Saburō Ogoshi [ja] 30,800 8.3 New
Communist Sakae Kimura [ja] 20,597 5.5 New
National Cooperative Dentoku Shirakawa 17,532 4.7 New
Liberal Kūzen Undō 16,900 4.5 New
Socialist Risaburō Fukuda 15,805 4.2 New
Liberal Tadashi Nanba 15,050 4.0 New
Independent Shigenori Sasada 9,853 2.6 New
Socialist Tatsujirō Hatao 7,698 2.1 New
Independent Toraji Tanaka 5,682 1.5 New
Independent Yoshio Ninomiya 4,783 1.3 New
1949[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kozaemon Kimura 74,213 17.4 -16.0
Democratic Liberal Takeo Ōhashi [ja] 59,486 14.0 New
Democratic Toshinaga Yamamoto [ja] 50,722 11.9 3.6
Socialist Toshi Nakazaki [ja] 48,383 11.3 -2.8
Communist Sakae Kimura [ja] 47,724 11.2 New
Independent Yūtarō Mishima 45,071 10.6 New
Democratic Liberal Saburō Ogoshi [ja] 39,085 9.2 New
Socialist Junzō Matsumoto [ja] 30,712 7.2 -6.5
National Cooperative Dentoku Shirakawa 16,490 3.9 -0.8
Socialist Yoshinori Higuchi 14,232 3.3 -0.9
1952[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Takeo Ōhashi [ja] 95,892 21.7 New
Kaishintō Yoshio Sakurauchi 75,335 17.1 New
Liberal Tadao Hidaka [ja] 57,661 13.1 New
Right Socialist Toshi Nakazaki [ja] 53,553 12.1 New
Other Hideo Nakamura [ja] 52,258 11.8 New
Kaishintō Toshinaga Yamamoto [ja] 46,566 10.5 New
Liberal Enzaburō Takahashi [ja] 45,363 10.3 New
Communist Hirotaka Kanamori 15,200 3.4 -7.8
1953[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Enzaburō Takahashi [ja] 88,420 20.2 -1.5
Kaishintō Yoshio Sakurauchi 65,426 15.0 -2.1
Independent Hideo Nakamura [ja] 61,858 14.2 New
Liberal Takeo Ōhashi [ja] 60,660 13.9 0.8
Right Socialist Toshi Nakazaki [ja] 57,594 13.2 1.1
Kaishintō Toshinaga Yamamoto [ja] 49,438 11.3 0.8
Liberal Tadao Hidaka [ja] 49,130 11.2 0.9
Independent Akira Terato 4,281 1.0 New
1955[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Japan Democratic Party Yoshio Sakurauchi 79,170 17.5 New
Japan Democratic Party Toshinaga Yamamoto [ja] 77,899 17.2 New
Liberal Takeo Ōhashi [ja] 75,039 16.6 -3.6
Left Socialist Hideo Nakamura [ja] 62,579 13.8 New
Right Socialist Toshi Nakazaki [ja] 59,321 13.1 -0.1
Liberal Enzaburō Takahashi [ja] 54,284 12.0 -1.9
Independent Akiyoshi Tajiri [ja] 29,022 6.4 New
Communist Hirotaka Kanamori 14,821 3.3 New
1958[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Noboru Takeshita 95,611 21.1 New
Liberal Democratic Takeo Ōhashi [ja] 79,791 17.6 New
Socialist Toshi Nakazaki [ja] 71,680 15.8 New
Liberal Democratic Yoshio Sakurauchi 69,009 15.2 New
Socialist Hideo Nakamura [ja] 67,851 14.9 New
Liberal Democratic Toshinaga Yamamoto [ja] 55,979 12.3 New
Communist Sakae Kimura [ja] 14,083 3.1 -0.2
1960[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Takeo Ōhashi [ja] 89,878 19.4 -1.7
Liberal Democratic Yoshio Sakurauchi 79,932 17.2 -0.4
Liberal Democratic Noboru Takeshita 78,286 16.9 1.7
Socialist Hideo Nakamura [ja] 77,888 16.8 1.0
Liberal Democratic Kichizō Hosoda [ja] 72,732 15.7 3.4
Democratic Socialist Toshi Nakazaki [ja] 54,483 11.8 New
Communist Ichirō Katō 9,862 2.1 -1.0
Higo Tōru Office Gen'ichi Horii 408 0.1 New
1963[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Takeo Ōhashi [ja] 81,080 17.9 -1.5
Liberal Democratic Noboru Takeshita 77,745 17.2 0.0
Socialist Masami Urabe [ja] 75,031 16.6 -0.2
Liberal Democratic Yoshio Sakurauchi 71,229 15.8 -1.1
Liberal Democratic Kichizō Hosoda [ja] 67,503 14.9 -0.8
Socialist Hideo Nakamura [ja] 66,875 14.8 New
Communist Hirotaka Kanamori 12,450 2.8 0.7
1967[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Yoshio Sakurauchi 81,891 18.1 0.2
Liberal Democratic Noboru Takeshita 78,307 17.3 0.1
Liberal Democratic Kichizō Hosoda [ja] 77,845 17.2 1.4
Socialist Shimao Gōdo [ja] 71,816 15.9 -0.7
Liberal Democratic Takeo Ōhashi [ja] 68,008 15.1 0.2
Socialist Masami Urabe [ja] 63,959 14.2 -0.6
Communist Kazuo Wada 9,546 2.1 -0.7
1969[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Takeo Ōhashi [ja] 87,865 19.7 1.6
Liberal Democratic Noboru Takeshita 79,525 17.8 0.5
Socialist Masami Urabe [ja] 71,614 16.0 0.1
Liberal Democratic Yoshio Sakurauchi 71,075 15.9 -1.3
Liberal Democratic Kichizō Hosoda [ja] 64,649 14.5 -0.6
Socialist Shimao Gōdo [ja] 60,367 13.5 -0.7
Communist Kazuo Wada 11,495 2.6 0.5
1972[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Noboru Takeshita 105,977 22.6 2.9
Socialist Shimao Gōdo [ja] 82,109 17.5 1.5
Liberal Democratic Yoshio Sakurauchi 73,021 15.6 -2.2
Liberal Democratic Kichizō Hosoda [ja] 67,860 14.5 -1.4
Liberal Democratic Takeo Ōhashi [ja] 61,413 13.1 -1.4
Socialist Masami Urabe [ja] 60,480 12.9 -0.6
Communist Yukio Iizuka 17,652 3.8 1.2
1976[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Noboru Takeshita 87,919 18.1 -4.5
Liberal Democratic Yoshio Sakurauchi 68,395 14.1 -1.5
Socialist Yoneji Yoshihara [ja] 61,411 12.6 -4.9
Liberal Democratic Kichizō Hosoda [ja] 60,519 12.4 -2.1
Socialist Taiji Togano [ja] 58,692 12.1 -0.8
Liberal Democratic Takeo Ōhashi [ja] 49,580 10.2 -2.9
Communist Yoshiko Nakabayashi [ja] 47,350 9.7 5.9
Kōmeitō Shigeru Nagase 31,493 6.5 New
New Liberal Club Yoshikiyo Wada [ja] 17,129 3.5 New
Independent Tetsuyō Ikeda 3,622 0.7 New
1979[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Noboru Takeshita 103,586 21.6 3.5
Liberal Democratic Yoshio Sakurauchi 78,531 16.4 2.3
Communist Yoshiko Nakabayashi [ja] 67,154 14.0 4.3
Liberal Democratic Kichizō Hosoda [ja] 58,828 12.2 -0.2
Socialist Yoneji Yoshihara [ja] 56,121 11.7 -0.9
Socialist Taiji Togano [ja] 55,382 11.5 -0.6
Democratic Socialist Kizan Shimada 51,122 10.6 New
New Liberal Club Yoshikiyo Wada [ja] 9,527 2.0 -1.5
1980[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Noboru Takeshita 112,565 22.9 1.3
Liberal Democratic Kichizō Hosoda [ja] 107,890 22.0 5.6
Liberal Democratic Yoshio Sakurauchi 82,670 16.8 4.6
Socialist Taiji Togano [ja] 67,573 13.8 2.1
Socialist Yoneji Yoshihara [ja] 60,168 12.3 0.8
Communist Yoshiko Nakabayashi [ja] 59,546 12.1 -1.9
Son'nō Gijuku Jingi-sha Sanzō Andō 648 0.1 New
1983[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Noboru Takeshita 117,529 24.9 2.0
Liberal Democratic Yoshio Sakurauchi 86,620 18.4 -3.6
Communist Yoshiko Nakabayashi [ja] 70,156 14.9 2.8
Socialist Yoneji Yoshihara [ja] 68,525 14.5 0.7
Liberal Democratic Kichizō Hosoda [ja] 64,227 13.6 -3.2
Socialist Taiji Togano [ja] 64,026 13.6 1.3
1986[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Noboru Takeshita 139,903 27.9 3.0
Liberal Democratic Yoshio Sakurauchi 80,384 16.1 -2.3
Liberal Democratic Kichizō Hosoda [ja] 75,629 15.1 1.5
Socialist Misao Ishibashi 53,707 10.7 -3.8
Socialist Yoneji Yoshihara [ja] 52,686 10.5 -3.1
Communist Yoshiko Nakabayashi [ja] 50,363 10.1 -4.8
Independent Hisaoki Kamei 48,146 9.6 New
1990[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Noboru Takeshita 108,169 21.4 -6.5
Liberal Democratic Yoshio Sakurauchi 79,890 15.8 -0.3
Liberal Democratic Hiroyuki Hosoda 77,099 15.3 0.2
Independent Hisaoki Kamei 75,252 14.9 5.3
Socialist Misao Ishibashi 61,604 12.2 1.5
Socialist Yoneji Yoshihara [ja] 60,072 11.9 1.4
Communist Yoshiko Nakabayashi [ja] 42,583 8.4 -1.7
1993[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Noboru Takeshita 105,296 21.7 New
Liberal Democratic Hiroyuki Hosoda 72,277 14.9 -6.5
Socialist Daikichi Ishibashi 69,037 14.3 2.1
Liberal Democratic Yoshio Sakurauchi 63,905 13.2 -2.6
New Party Sakigake Atsushi Nishikōri [ja] 57,962 12.0 New
Liberal Democratic Hisaoki Kamei 55,584 11.5 -3.8
Communist Yoshiko Nakabayashi [ja] 42,744 8.8 0.4
Independent Kiyoshi Sakamoto 16,188 3.3 New
Independent Etsuo Minami 1,255 0.3 New
Turnout 592,509 82.6

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Election results:
  2. ^ 別表第一 (104) (in Japanese). House of Representatives. 25 November 1994. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ 別表第一 (100) (in Japanese). House of Representatives. 15 April 1950. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
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