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Iwate at large district

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The Iwate at-large district (岩手県選挙区, Iwate-ken senkyo-ku) is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Iwate Prefecture and elects two Councillors, one every three years, making it one of the decisive single-member districts.

The Councillors currently representing Iwate are:

  • Tatsuo Hirano (elected as an independent in 2013, currently a member of the Liberal Democratic Party; term ends in 2019) and
  • Eiji Kidoguchi (elected as an independent in 2016 and joined the People's Life Party immediately after the election; term ends in 2022).

    • Elected Councillors

    Party affiliations as of election day; #: resigned; †: died in office.

    References

    Iwate at-large district Wikipedia
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