The was a multi-member electoral district represented in the House of Representatives in the

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of Japan. From 1947 until 1993, it elected four representatives from Fukui Prefecture.

History

In the

1947 Japanese general election General elections were held in Japan on 25 April 1947. The Japan Socialist Party won 143 of the 468 seats, making it the largest party in the House of Representatives following the election. Voter turnout was 68%. It was the last election technic ...

, three of the four seats were won by the

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. In 1949 all seats were won by the Democratic Party and Democratic Liberal Party, both of which would later merge into the Liberal Party. After that party won all the seats in the

1952 Japanese general election General elections were held in Japan on 1 October 1952. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 242 of the 466 seats.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p381 ...

, there would later be a trend in which conservative parties, including the Liberal Democratic Party, would win at least half of the district's seats.

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, who was part of the cabinet as Minister of Justice (1960–1962; 1971) and Minister of Finance (1972), was elected to the district in the 1952 election and would later be re-elected eight more times, before losing in the

1976 Japanese general election General elections were held in Japan on 5 December 1976. Voter turnout was 73.45%. This election was noted for seeing 124 newcomers win seats for the very first time, along with the defeat of some legacy candidates, signalling a generational shif ...

. Due to the

1994 Japanese electoral reform The 1994 electoral reform in Japan was a change from the previous single non-transferable vote (SNTV) system of multi-member districts (MMD) to a mixed electoral system of single-member districts (SMD) with plurality voting and a party list syst ...

, the at-large district was replaced with three

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s starting with the

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. At the time the came into law in 1950, the district encompassed the entirely of Fukui Prefecture.

Results

References

{{authority control Former districts of the House of Representatives (Japan) Politics of Fukui Prefecture History of Fukui Prefecture Constituencies established in 1947 1947 establishments in Japan Constituencies disestablished in 1996 1996 disestablishments in Japan