The Nagano at-large district (長野県選挙区, ''Nagano-ken senkyo-ku'') is a multi-member constituency of the

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in the

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. It consists of

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

and elects four Councillors, two every three years by

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(SNTV) for six-year terms. The Councillors currently representing Nagano are: *

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(DPJ, Hata group; term ends in 2013), son of representative and former prime minister

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and grandson of representative Bushirō Hata, *

Hiromi Yoshida was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A graduate of Waseda University , mottoeng = Independence of scholarship , established = 21 October 1882 , ...

(LDP, Nukaga faction; term ends in 2013), *

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(LDP; term ends in 2016), son and successor of councillor and former agriculture minister

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, and *

Toshimi Kitazawa is a previous Japanese defence minister. He is a politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Nagano, Nagano and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected t ...

(DPJ, Hata group; term ends in 2016), son of former Nagano assemblyman Sadakazu (?, 貞一) Kitazawa. Like most two-member districts Nagano often splits seats between the major parties; in the first decades of the

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, a Socialist candidate usually received the highest vote.

Elected Councillors

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

Recent election results

References

House of Councillors
Alphabetical list of former Councillors
{{Japan House of Councillors Districts Nagano Prefecture Districts of the House of Councillors (Japan)