The Aichi at-large district is a constituency of the
House of Councillors
The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, or ...
in the
Diet of Japan that represents
Aichi Prefecture. From 1947 until 2013 it has elected six Councillors, three every three years by
single non-transferable vote (SNTV) for six-year terms. A 2015 revision of the ''Public Officers Election Law'' increased the district's representation to eight Councillors;
the change began to take effect at the
2016 election, at which four Councillors were elected.
The Councillors currently representing Aichi are:
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Masahito Fujikawa (
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP); term ends in 2022)
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Takae Ito (
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
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*Demo ...
(DP); term ends in 2022)
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Kōhei Ōtsuka (DPP; term ends in 2025)
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Yoshitaka Saitō (DP; term ends in 2022)
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Yasuyuki Sakai (LDP; term ends in 2025)
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Ryuji Satomi (
Komeito
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; term ends in 2022)
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Maiko Tajima (
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
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It was founded in October 2017 as a split from the Democratic Party ahead of the 2017 general election. In late 2020, the party was re-founded following a merger with majori ...
(CDP); term ends in 2025)
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Noboe Yasue (Komeito; term ends in 2025)
Elected Councillors
''Party affiliations as of election day; #: resigned; †: died in office.''
Previous election results
References
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External links
Aichi Prefecture Electoral Commission
{{coord missing, Aichi Prefecture
Districts of the House of Councillors (Japan)