Tottori 1st district is a constituency of the

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in the

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. It covers roughly the Eastern half of Tottori and consists of the cities of Tottori and

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and the districts of Iwami,

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and the town of

Misasa is a town located in Tōhaku District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It is also home to the official treasure of Sanbutsu-ji, the Misasa Onsen, and Okayama Hospital. The name "Misasa" (literally "three mornings") originates from the belief that o ...

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. In 2012, 256,020 eligible voters were registered in the district. In 2013 the town of

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was transferred to the 2nd district. Before the

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, the district had 230,959 eligible voters, fewer than in any other single member electoral district. Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of

Tottori At-large district The was a constituency that represents Tottori Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. Councillors are elected to the house by single non-transferable vote (SNTV) for six-year terms. Since the establishment of the current House ...

where four Representatives had been elected by

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. Tottori 1st district, like most of Chūgoku, usually votes for conservative candidates. The district is a "conservative kingdom" (保守王国, hoshu ōkoku), a stronghold of the Liberal Democratic Party, and its only representative since its creation has been

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(without faction, formerly Nukaga faction), secretary-general, former defense and agriculture minister, son of former Councillor and Tottori governor Jirō Ishiba and grandson of Tarō Kanamori, (appointed) governor of Tokushima and Yamagata in the 1930s.

List of representatives

Election results

References

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