Hiroshima at-large district
{{Infobox constituency|name=Hiroshima at-large district|nativename={{no bold|広島県選挙区}}|type=Parliamentary|parl_name=House of Councillors|image=Hiroshima in Japan.svg|image_size=250px|district_label=Prefecture|district=Hiroshima|electorate=2,297,308 (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=4|member_label=Councillors|member=Class of 2019:
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|{{Color box|{{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}}|border=darkgray}} Haruko Miyaguchi{{efn|Anri Kawai, who had been elected in 2019 behind Morimoto, was convicted of vote-buying in 2021. Miyaguchi was elected in the single seat by-election later that year.}} (CDP)
|{{Color box|{{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}}|border=darkgray}} Shinji Morimoto (CDP)
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Class of 2022:
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|{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|border=darkgray}} Yoichi Miyazawa (LDP)
|{{Color box|{{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}}|border=darkgray}} Eri Mikami (CDP)
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Hiroshima at-large district is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It consists of Hiroshima Prefecture and elects four Councillors, two per election.{{Cite web|title=House of Councillors {{!}} Japanese government|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Councillors|access-date=2021-08-06|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}} The current Councillors are
- Minoru Yanagida (since 1998).{{Cite web|title=Mr.YANAGIDA Minoru：House of Councillors|url=https://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/eng/members/profile/5998060.htm|access-date=2021-08-06|website=www.sangiin.go.jp}} Member of the Democratic party for the People.
- Shinji Morimoto (since 2013).{{Cite web|title=Mr.MORIMOTO Shinji：House of Councillors|url=https://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/eng/members/profile/7013054.htm|access-date=2021-08-06|website=www.sangiin.go.jp}} Member of the Constitutional Democratic Party.
- Haruko Miyaguchi (since 2021).{{Cite web|title=Ms.MIYAGUCHI Haruko：House of Councillors|url=https://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/eng/members/profile/7021001.htm|access-date=2021-08-06|website=www.sangiin.go.jp}} Member of the Constitutional Democratic Party.
- Yoichi Miyazawa (since 2010).{{Cite web|title=Mr.MIYAZAWA Yoichi：House of Councillors|url=https://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/eng/members/profile/7010050.htm|access-date=2021-08-06|website=www.sangiin.go.jp}} Member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
House of Councillors elected members
| class="wikitable"
|+ ! colspan="2" |Class of (1947/1953/...) ! rowspan="2" |Election ! colspan="2" |Class of (1950/1956/...) |
| #1
1947: #1, 6 Year Term !#2 1947: #2 6 Year Term !#1 1947: #3, 3 Year Term !#2 1947: #4, 3 Yeart Term |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |Shikazo Sasaki (Indep.) | rowspan="3" |Gishin Yamashita |1947 | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|Setsuo Yamada |Gesshū Iwamoto |
| 1950
| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}}|Takeichi Nita |
| {{Party shading/Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}}|Tsunei Kusunose (Yoshida LP) |1950 by-el. |
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|Gishin Yamashita (Right JSP)
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}}|Kiichi Miyazawa |1953 |
| 1956
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Mamoru Nagano | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|Setsuo Yamada |
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Kiichi Miyazawa (LDP) | rowspan="10" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|Susumu Fujita |1959 |
| 1962
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Tadayasu Iwasawa † 1966 | rowspan="5" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|Kenichi Matsumoto |
| rowspan="10" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Masāki Fujita (LDP) |1965 |
| 1966 by-el.
| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Makoto Nakatsui |
| 1968 |
| 1971 |
| 1974
| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Izuo Nagano † 1981 | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|Manso Hamamoto |
| 1977 |
| 1980
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="#ff7c7c"|Hiroyuki KonishI (DSP) |
| 1981 by-el.
| rowspan="7" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Hiroshi Miyazawa |
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|Manso Hamamoto (JSP) |1983 |
| 1986 |
| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|Manso Hamamoto (JSP) | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Yūzan Fujita # 1993 |1989 |
| 1992
| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Japan Socialist Party}}|Kimiko Kurihara (JSP) |
| {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Kensei Mizote (LDP) |1993 by-el. |
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Kensei Mizote (LDP) | rowspan="2" |Kenji Sugekawa (NFP) |1995 |
| 1998
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Ikuo Kamei | rowspan="2" |Minoru Yanagida |
| rowspan="2" |Takeaki Kashimura (Indep.) | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Kensei Mizote |2001 |
| 2004
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic Party of Japan}}|Minoru Yanagida (DPJ) | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Ikuo Kamei |
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic Party of Japan}}|Koji Sato (DPJ)
|2007 |
| 2010
| rowspan="6" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Yoichi Miyazawa | rowspan="5" {{Party shading/Democratic Party of Japan}}|Minoru Yanagida (DPJ) |
| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Kensei Mizote (LDP) | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic Party of Japan}}|Shinji Morimoto (DPJ) |2013 |
| 2016 |
| rowspan="3" |Shinji Morimoto (Indep.) |{{Party shading/Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|Anri Kawai ‡ 2021 |2019 |
| rowspan="2" |Haruko Miyaguchi (Concentration Hiroshima) |2021 by-el |
| 2022
|Eri Mikami |
†: Died in office ‡: Election nullified #: Resigned to run for Governor
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