Nagano at-large district

Nagano at-large district
長野県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Councillors
PrefectureNagano
Electorate1,710,930 (as of September 2022)
Current constituency
Created1947
Seats2
CouncillorsClass of 2019:
  •   Jiro Hata (CDP)

Class of 2022:

The Nagano at-large district (長野県選挙区, Nagano-ken senkyo-ku) is a multi-member constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Nagano Prefecture and elects four Councillors, two every three years by single non-transferable vote (SNTV) for six-year terms. It is unique among similar rural, two-seat districts for its loyalty to opposition parties; an LDP candidate has not won the district since it became a two-seat contest in 2016. The last time it won the prefecture-wide vote was in 2013, when the DP did not win a single prefecture nationwide, and it had remained an opposition bulwark since well before the House of Councilors reform election in 1995.