Chiba at-large district
{{Short description|Electoral constituency in Japan}}
{{Infobox constituency|name=Chiba at-large district|nativename={{no bold|千葉県選挙区}}|type=Parliamentary|parl_name=House of Councillors|image=Chiba in Japan.svg|image_size=250px|district_label=Prefecture|district=Chiba|electorate=5,279,312 (as of September 2022){{cite web|url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/data/meibo/meibo_R04.html|access-date=2023-01-04|title=総務省｜令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数|language=ja|trans-title=Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022}}|year=1947|seats=6|member_label=Councillors|member=Class of 2019:
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|{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|border=darkgray}} Junichi Ishii (LDP)
|{{Color box|{{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}}|border=darkgray}} Hiroyuki Nagahama (CDP)
|{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|border=darkgray}} Toshiro Toyota (LDP)
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Class of 2022:
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|{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|border=darkgray}} Shoichi Usui (LDP)
|{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|border=darkgray}} Kuniko Inoguchi (LDP)
|{{Color box|{{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}}|border=darkgray}} Hiroyuki Konishi (CDP)
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The {{nihongo|Chiba at-large district|千葉県選挙区|Chiba-ken senkyoku|lead=yes}} is a constituency that represents Chiba Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has six Councillors in the 242-member house.
Outline
The constituency represents the entire population of Chiba Prefecture. The district elects six Councillors to six-year terms, two sets of three each at alternating elections held every three years. Prior to the 2007 election the district elected four Councilors in two sets of two. The district has 5,092,741 registered voters as of September 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000392737.xlsx |title=平成２７年９月２日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数 |trans-title=Number of resident and non-resident enrolled voters as of 2 September 2015 |language=Japanese |date=2 September 2015 |access-date=8 April 2016}} The Councillors currently representing Chiba are:
- Kuniko Inoguchi (Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), first term; term ends in 2016){{cite web|url=http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/giin/profile/7010009.htm |title=猪口 邦子（いのぐち くにこ）：参議院 |trans-title=Inoguchi, Kuniko: House of Councillors |language=Japanese |access-date=8 April 2016}}
- Hiroyuki Konishi (Democratic Party, first term; term ends in 2016){{cite web|url=http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/giin/profile/7010024.htm |title=小西 洋之（こにし ひろゆき）：参議院 |trans-title=Konishi, Hiroyuki: House of Councillors |language=Japanese |access-date=8 April 2016}}
- Kenichi Mizuno (Democratic Party, first term; term ends in 2016){{cite web |url=http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/giin/profile/7010049.htm |title=水野 賢一（みずの けんいち）：参議院 |trans-title=Mizuno, Kenichi: House of Councillors |language=Japanese |access-date=8 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330083227/http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/giin/profile/7010049.htm |archive-date=30 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}
- Junichi Ishii (LDP, second term; term ends in 2019){{cite web|url=http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/giin/profile/7007007.htm |title=石井 準一（いしい じゅんいち）：参議院 |trans-title=Ishii, Junichi: House of Councillors |language=Japanese |access-date=8 April 2016}}
- Hiroyuki Nagahama (Democratic Party, second term; term ends in 2019){{cite web|url=http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/giin/profile/7007041.htm |title=長浜 博行（ながはま ひろゆき）：参議院 |trans-title=Nagahama, Hiroyuki: House of Councillors |language=Japanese |access-date=8 April 2016}}
- Toshiro Toyoda (LDP, first term; term ends in 2019){{cite web|url=http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/giin/profile/7013036.htm |title=豊田 俊郎（とよだ としろう）：参議院 |trans-title=Toyoda, Toshiro: House of Councillors |language=Japanese |access-date=8 April 2016}}
Elected Councillors
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Election results
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|title=2022
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Shoichi Usui
(Endorsed by Komeito)
|votes = 656,952
|percentage = 25.85
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Kuniko Inoguchi
(Endorsed by Komeito)
|votes = 587,809
|percentage = 23.13
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Hiroyuki Konishi
(Endorsed by the SDP's Chiba branch)
|votes = 473,175
|percentage = 18.62
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nippon Ishin no Kai
|candidate = Masato Sano
|votes = 251,416
|percentage = 9.89
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Kazuko Saito
|votes = 194,475
|percentage = 7.65
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party for the People
|candidate = Hirokazu Isobe
|votes = 161,648
|percentage = 6.36
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Sanseitō
|candidate = Ryota Shiina
|votes = 86,147
|percentage = 3.39
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = NHK Party
|candidate = Noriko Nakamura
|votes = 28,295
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Happiness Realization Party
|candidate = Hiroko Nanami
|votes = 22,834
|percentage = 0.9
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{{Election box candidate no change
|party = Liberal Republican Party
|candidate = Sakurako Uda
|votes = 18,791
|percentage = 0.74
|color = red
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{{Election box candidate no change
|party = New Party Kunimori
|candidate = Mari Azusa
|votes = 18,329
|percentage = 0.72
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = NHK Party
|candidate = Nobuhiro Watanabe
|votes = 17,511
|percentage = 0.69
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = NHK Party
|candidate = Ryo Sudara
|votes = 13,016
|percentage = 0.51
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Japan First Party
|candidate = Megumi Kiuchi
|votes = 10,922
|percentage = 0.43
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{{Election box turnout no change
|votes = 2,705,602
|percentage = 50.01
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{{Election box total valid no change
|votes = 2,607,139#
|percentage = 96.36
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{{Election box rejected no change
|votes = 98,463
|percentage = 3.64
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
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{{Election box gain with party link no swing
|winner = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
|loser = Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title=2019
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Kuniko Inoguchi
(Endorsed by Komeito)
|votes = 698,993
|percentage = 30.54
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Hiroyuki Nagahama
(Endorsed by the DPP and the SDP)
|votes = 661,224
|percentage = 28.89
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Toshiro Toyoda
(Endorsed by Komeito)
|votes = 436,182
|percentage = 19.06
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Fumiko Asano
|votes = 359,854
|percentage = 15.72
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = NHK Party
|candidate = Masayuki Hiratsuka
|votes = 89,941
|percentage = 3.93
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{{Election box candidate no change
|party = Euthanasia Party
|candidate = Masanori Kadota
|votes = 42,643
|percentage = 1.86
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{{Election box turnout no change
|votes = 2,374,919
|percentage = 45.28
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{{Election box total valid no change
|votes = 2,288,837
|percentage = 96.37
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{{Election box rejected no change
|votes = 86,082
|percentage = 3.63
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
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{{Election box gain with party link no change
|winner = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
|loser = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
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{{Election box gain with party link no change
|winner = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|loser = Democratic Party of Japan
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title=2016
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Kuniko Inoguchi
|votes = 760,093
|percentage = 29.15
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Taichirō Motoe
|votes = 577,392
|percentage = 22.15
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)
|candidate = Hiroyuki Konishi
|votes = 472,219
|percentage = 18.11
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Fumiko Asano
|votes = 359,854
|percentage = 15.72
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)
|candidate = Kenichi Mizuno
|votes = 314,670
|percentage = 12.07
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Masao Takahashi
|votes = 57,329
|percentage = 2.20
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Party for Japanese Kokoro
|candidate = Naritomo Katori
|votes = 50,098
|percentage = 1.92
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Happiness Realization Party
|candidate = Yuzo Furukawa
|votes = 23,777
|percentage = 0.91
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{{Election box registered electors no change
|reg. electors = 5,201,477
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{{Election box turnout no change
|votes = 2,705,602
|percentage = 52.02
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{{Election box total valid no change
|votes = 2,607,139
|percentage = 96.36
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{{Election box rejected no change
|votes = 98,463
|percentage = 3.64
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{{Election box gain with party link no change
|winner = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|loser = Democratic Party of Japan
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
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{{Election box gain with party link no change
|winner = Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)
|loser = Your Party}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Junichi Ishii
(endorsed by Komeito)
|votes = 680,706
|percentage = 28.5
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Toshiro Toyoda
(endorsed by Komeito)
|votes = 418,806
|percentage = 17.5
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Hiroyuki Nagahama
|votes = 388,529
|percentage = 16.3
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Your Party
|candidate = Masahiro Terada
|votes = 285,007
|percentage = 11.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Satoshi Terao
|votes = 232,477
|percentage = 9.7
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Japan Restoration Party
|candidate = Hiroki Hanazaki
|votes = 186,259
|percentage = 7.8
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = People's Life Party
|candidate = Kazumi Ota
|votes = 148,240
|percentage = 6.2
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{{Election box candidate minor party no change|
|party = Ishin Seito Shimpu
|candidate = Yuichi Watanabe
|votes = 39,147
|percentage = 1.6
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Happiness Realization Party
|candidate = Hironori Matsushima
|votes = 9,227
|percentage = 0.4
}}
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title = 2010
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Hiroyuki Konishi
(endorsed by People's New Party)
|votes = 35,632
|percentage = 20.2
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Kuniko Inoguchi
|votes = 513,772
|percentage = 19.3
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Your Party
|candidate = Kenichi Mizuko
|votes = 476,259
|percentage = 17.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Ayumi Michi
|votes = 463,648
|percentage = 17.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Kazuyasu Shiina
|votes = 395,746
|percentage = 14.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Kazuko Saito
|votes = 163,803
|percentage = 6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = New Renaissance Party
|candidate = Hisashi Koga
|votes = 66,384
|percentage = 2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Sunrise Party
|candidate = Satoshi Shimizu
|votes = 29,926
|percentage = 1.1
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Happiness Realization Party
|candidate = Masahiko Makino
|votes = 12,669
|percentage = 0.5
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes =
|percentage =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title = 2007
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Hiroyuki Nagahama
|votes = 666,241
|percentage = 25.2
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Junichi Ishii
(endorsed by Komeito)
|votes = 541,701
|percentage = 20.5
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Ken Kagaya
|votes = 477,402
|percentage = 18.1
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Takaki Shirasuka
(endorsed by Komeito)
|votes = 387,395
|percentage = 14.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Fumiko Asano
|votes = 214,991
|percentage = 8.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Susumu Honma
|votes = 130,364
|percentage = 4.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Social Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Kazumi Aoki
|votes = 124,113
|percentage = 4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = People's New Party
|candidate = Michiko Iwabuchi
|votes = 99,316
|percentage = 3.8
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{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes =
|percentage =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title = 2004
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Wakako Hironaka
|votes = 1,187,663
|percentage = 49.1
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Kazuyasu Shiina
(endorsed by Komeito)
|votes = 944,231
|percentage = 39.0
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Fumiko Asano
|votes = 288,072
|percentage = 11.9
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{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes =
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Kazuyasu Shiina
|votes = 509,688
|percentage = 45.1
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{{Election box candidate no change|
|party = Clean Chiba Political Roundtable
|candidate = Yasuhito Wakai
|votes = 422,185
|percentage = 37.4
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Fumiko Asano
|votes = 197,699
|percentage = 17.5
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes =
|percentage = 39.61
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Japan House of Councillors Districts}}
{{coord missing|Chiba Prefecture}}