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The Kyoto at-large district (Japanese: 京都府選挙区, Hepburn: Kyōto-fu senkyoku) 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.

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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:

  • Tetsuro Fukuyama (Democratic Party, third term; term ends in 2016.)
  • Satoshi Ninoyu (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), second term; term ends in 2016.)
  • Shoji Nishida (LDP, second term; term ends in 2019.)
  • Akiko Kurabayashi (Japanese Communist Party (JCP), first term; term ends in 2019)

    • References

    Kyoto at-large district Wikipedia
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