The Saga at-large district (Japanese: 佐賀県選挙区, Saga-ken Senkyo-ku) is a multi-member electoral constituency for the House of Councillors, the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. It represents the entirety of Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu.
The district elects two councillors to six-year terms, with one seat up for election every three years through a first-past-the-post voting system. With approximately 679,000 registered voters, it remains one of the smaller single-prefecture districts in Japan.
Current Councillors The Councillors currently representing Saga are: CouncillorPartyTerm EndsElection WonYuhei YamashitaLiberal Democratic Party20252019 regular electionTakamaro FukuokaLiberal Democratic Party20282022 regular election
Recent Election History
2019 Election Incumbent LDP member Yuhei Yamashita won his second consecutive term in July 2019. He captured roughly 61% of the total vote, defeating opposition challenger Kumiko Onizuka by a comfortable margin of 70,000 votes, backed heavily by rural farming blocks.
2022 Election In the July 2022 election, incumbent Takamaro Fukuoka secured re-election under the LDP banner, continuing the party's multi-decade dominance in the district's alternate election cycle.
Elected Councillors Class of 1947 Election year Class of 1950 (1947: 6-year term) (1947: 3-year term) Eizaemon Fukagawa(Democratic) 1947 Masaki Imaizumi (JLP) 1950 Arata Sugihara (Liberal) Heiichi Matsuoka (Liberal) 1953 1956 Arata Sugihara (Ind.) Naotsugu Mabeshima(LDP) 1959 1962 Arata Sugihara(LDP) 1965 1968 1971 1974 Hidemaro Fukuoka(LDP) 1977 1980 Kenichiro Otsubo(LDP) 1982 by-election 1983 1986 Seijiro Otsuka(LDP) Makoto Miike(LDP) 1986 by-election Takao Jinnouchi(LDP) 1988 by-election 1989 1992 1995 1995 by-election Hiromi Iwanaga(LDP) 1998 2001 2004 Minoru Kawasaki (DPJ) 2007 2010 Takamaro Fukuoka(LDP) Yuhei Yamashita(LDP) 2013201620192022
Election results
See also List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan Saga Prefecture districts for the House of Representatives: Saga 1st district Saga 2nd district Saga 3rd district
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