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Shizuoka at large district

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The Shizuoka at-large district (Japanese: 静岡県選挙区, Hepburn: Shizuoka-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Shizuoka Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has four Councillors in the 242-member house.

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The constituency represents the entire population of Shizuoka 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 3,052,579 registered voters as of September 2015. The Councillors currently representing Shizuoka are:

  • Yuji Fujimoto (Democratic Party (DP), second term; term ends in 2016)
  • Shigeki Iwai (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), first term; term ends in 2016)
  • Takao Makino (LDP, second term; term ends in 2019)
  • Kazuya Shimba (DP, third term; term ends in 2019)

    • References

    Shizuoka at-large district Wikipedia
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