The is a constituency that represents Kyoto Prefecture in the House of Councillors of the Diet of Japan. It has four Councillors in the 242-member house.
Outline The constituency represents the entire population of Kyoto Prefecture. Since its inception in 1947, the district has elected four Councillors to six-year terms, two at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 2,088,383 registered voters as of September 2015. The Councillors currently representing Kyoto are: Shoji Nishida (LDP, third term) Akiko Kurabayashi (Japanese Communist Party (JCP), second term) Tetsuro Fukuyama (Democratic Party, fifth term) Akira Yoshii (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), first term)
Elected Councillors Class of 1947 election year Class of 1950(3-year term in 1947) (Ind.) (Social Democratic) 1947Ōnogi Hidejirō(LDP) (Liberal) 1950 Ikuo Oyama (Ind.)(LDP) (Right Socialist) 1953 1956 by-election (LDP) 1956 (Social Democratic) (Social Democratic) 1959 1962(LDP) 1963 by-election (Social Democratic) 1965 1966 by-election Yukio Hayashida(LDP) 1968 (JCP) 1971 (LDP) 1974 by-election 1974 Akio Sato (JCP) 1977 1978 by-election(LDP) 1980 (JCP) 1983 1986 Yukio Hayashida (LDP) (Democratic Reform) (LDP) 1989 1992 (JCP) 1995 1998 Tetsuro Fukuyama(DPJ) Koji Matsui(DPJ) 2001 2004 Satoshi Ninoyu(LDP) Shoji Nishida(LDP) 2007 2010 Akiko Kurabayashi (JCP) 2013 2016 2019Akira Yoshii (LDP) 2022
Election results
See also List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan
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