Aichi At-large district
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Aichi At-large district is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan
. It consists of Aichi Prefecture
and elects six Councillors, three every three years by single non-transferable vote
(SNTV) for six-year terms.
The Councillors currently representing Aichi are:
Party affiliations as of election day; #: resigned; †: died in office.
Diet of Japan
The is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under a parallel voting system. In addition to passing laws, the Diet is formally...
. It consists of Aichi Prefecture
Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...
and elects six Councillors, three every three years by single non-transferable vote
Single non-transferable vote
The single non-transferable vote or SNTV is an electoral system used in multi-member constituency elections.- Voting :In any election, each voter casts one vote for one candidate in a multi-candidate race for multiple offices. Posts are filled by the candidates with the most votes...
(SNTV) for six-year terms.
The Councillors currently representing Aichi are:
- Kōhei ŌtsukaKohei Otsukais a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Nagoya, Aichi, he attended Waseda University and received a Ph.D in fiscal and monetary policies and reforms...
(DPJ, no faction; term ends in 2013), - Seiji SuzukiSeiji Suzukiis a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Chiryū, Aichi and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995 after serving in the city assembly of Chiryū for one term...
(LDP, Machimura faction; term ends in 2013), - Kuniko TaniokaKuniko Taniokais a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Osaka Prefecture, she graduated from the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada and received a Ph.D in design. She was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time...
(DPJ, Ozawa group; term ends in 2013), - Masahito Fujikawa (LDP, Asō faction; term ends in 2016),
- Yoshitaka Saitō (DPJ; term ends in 2016) and
- Misako Yasui (DPJ; term ends in 2016).
Elected Councillors
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| #1 (1947: #1, 6-year term) |
#2 (1947: #2, 6-year term) |
#3 (1947: #3, 6-year term) |
#1 (1947: #4, 3-year term) |
#2 (1947: #5, 3-year term) |
#3 (1947: #6, 3-year term) |
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| Shichirō Takenaka (Indep.) |
Saichi Yamada (JLP Liberal Party (1945) was a right-wing party in Japan, founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of Seiyukai Party. Its first leader was Ichirō Hatoyama. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida was the Prime Minister.... ) |
Takurō Yamanouchi (Indep.) |
1947 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1947 House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 20 April 1947. The Japan Socialist Party won the most seats, although independents emerged as the largest group in the House... |
Ushirō Saeki (Indep.) |
Ryōen Kusaba (JLP Liberal Party (1945) was a right-wing party in Japan, founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of Seiyukai Party. Its first leader was Ichirō Hatoyama. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida was the Prime Minister.... ) |
Yoshio Kuriyama (Indep.) |
| 1950 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1950 House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 4 June 1950, electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Party won the most seats.-Results:... |
Banji Naruse (JSP) |
Yoneji Yamamoto (LP Liberal Party (1945) was a right-wing party in Japan, founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of Seiyukai Party. Its first leader was Ichirō Hatoyama. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida was the Prime Minister.... ) |
Ryōen Kusaba (LP Liberal Party (1945) was a right-wing party in Japan, founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of Seiyukai Party. Its first leader was Ichirō Hatoyama. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida was the Prime Minister.... ) |
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| Hideo Aoyagi (Yoshida faction LP Liberal Party (1945) was a right-wing party in Japan, founded on November 9, 1945, mainly by former members of Seiyukai Party. Its first leader was Ichirō Hatoyama. In 1946-1947 and 1948-1954, the next party leader Shigeru Yoshida was the Prime Minister.... ) |
Shin'ichi Kondō (lefist faction JSP Leftist Socialist Party of Japan The Leftist Socialist Party of Japan was a Japanese political party that existed between 1948 and 1955. It was a radical socialist political party, which adopted Marxism-Leninism.- History :... ) |
Hiroko Hasebe (Indep.) |
1953 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1953 House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 24 April 1953, electing half the seats in the House. The Yoshida faction of the Liberal Party won the most seats.-Results:... |
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| 1956 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1956 House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on July 8, 1956 electing half the seats in the House plus two vacant seats in the other half. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats, but failed to win a majority... |
Ryōen Kusaba † '66 (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
Yoneji Yamamoto (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
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| Hideo Aoyagi (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
Takeo Sugiura † '63 (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
Shin'ichi Kondō # '65 (JSP) |
1959 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1959 House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 2 June 1959, electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.-Results:... |
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| 1962 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1962 House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 1 July 1962, electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.-Results:... |
Sakae Shibata (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
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| Ichirō Yagi (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
1963 by-el. | |||||
| Shin'ichi Kondō (JSP) |
Hideo Aoyagi (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
1965 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1965 House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 4 July 1965, electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.-Results:... |
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| 1966 by-el. | Tarō Yokoi (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
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| 1968 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1968 House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 7 July 1968, electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.-Results:... |
Kunihiko Shibuya (Kōmeitō) |
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| Ichirō Yagi (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
Shigezō Hashimoto (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
Shōji Suhara † '75 (JSP) |
1971 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1971 House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 27 June 1971, electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.-Results:... |
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| 1974 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1974 House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 7 July 1974, electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.-Results:... |
Isshū Fujikawa (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
Shigenobu Sanji (DSP Democratic Socialist Party (Japan) The was a social democratic party in Japan.- History :The Democratic Socialist Party was established in 1960 by a breakaway group of the Japan Socialist Party. It was made up of many members of the former Rightist Socialist Party of Japan, a moderate social-democratic faction that existed... ) |
Shōji Morishita (JSP) |
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| Isamu Fukui (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
1975 by-el. | |||||
| Kei Inoue (DSP Democratic Socialist Party (Japan) The was a social democratic party in Japan.- History :The Democratic Socialist Party was established in 1960 by a breakaway group of the Japan Socialist Party. It was made up of many members of the former Rightist Socialist Party of Japan, a moderate social-democratic faction that existed... ) |
Tomi Baba (Kōmeitō) |
1977 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1977 Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan in 1977.Note that only half of this House of Councillors was up for election. The results show the whole legislature following the elections.-Results:... |
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| 1980 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1980 Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan in 1980. On 16 May 1980, the Japan Socialist Party brought no-confidence motion before the Diet relating to corruption issues, proposing more defense spending and rises in public utility charges as reasons for the House of... |
Hiroshi Ōgi (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
Kentarō Takagi (Indep.) |
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| Hiroshi Yoshikawa Hiroshi Yoshikawa is a Japanese economist and professor of University of Tokyo.Yoshikawa was born in Tokyo.He won the Nikkei Economic Book Award and the Suntory Award , the Economist Award and the Yomiuri-Yoshino Sakuzo Award .-References:... (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
1983 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1983 Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan on 26 June 1983. The House of Councillors elections were won by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.-Results:- References :* About Japan Series , Changing Japanese Politics, No... |
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| 1986 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1986 Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan in 1986.Note that only half of this House of Councillors was up for election. The results show the whole legislature following the elections.- References :... |
Kentarō Takagi † '90 (Indep.) |
Shigenobu Sanji (DSP Democratic Socialist Party (Japan) The was a social democratic party in Japan.- History :The Democratic Socialist Party was established in 1960 by a breakaway group of the Japan Socialist Party. It was made up of many members of the former Rightist Socialist Party of Japan, a moderate social-democratic faction that existed... ) |
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| Sachiko Maehata (JSP) |
Hiroshi Yoshikawa (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
Kei Inoue (DSP Democratic Socialist Party (Japan) The was a social democratic party in Japan.- History :The Democratic Socialist Party was established in 1960 by a breakaway group of the Japan Socialist Party. It was made up of many members of the former Rightist Socialist Party of Japan, a moderate social-democratic faction that existed... ) |
1989 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1989 Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan in July 1989. The election result was a setback for ruling Liberal Democratic Party because of the Recruit scandal, 3% of consumption tax issue and involvement of Prime Minister Uno Sousuke in a sex scandal. The Social Democratic... |
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| 1990 by-el. | Yoshihisa Ōshima (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
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| 1992 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1992 Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan in 1992.Note that only half of this House of Councillors was up for election. The results show the whole legislature following the elections.-Results:... |
Kiyohiro Araki Kiyohiro Araki is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Ena, Gifu and graduate of Soka University, he was elected for the first time in 1992.- External links :* in Japanese.... (Kōmeitō) |
Shōji Shinma # '94 (DSP Democratic Socialist Party (Japan) The was a social democratic party in Japan.- History :The Democratic Socialist Party was established in 1960 by a breakaway group of the Japan Socialist Party. It was made up of many members of the former Rightist Socialist Party of Japan, a moderate social-democratic faction that existed... ) |
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| 1994 by-el. | Yuzuru Tsutsugi (Indep.) |
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| Tamotsu Yamamoto (NFP New Frontier Party The was a Japanese political party that existed during the mid-1990s. As a merger of several small parties, the party was ideologically diverse, with its membership ranging from moderate socialists to neoliberals and conservatives... ) |
Seiji Suzuki Seiji Suzuki is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Chiryū, Aichi and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995 after serving in the city assembly of Chiryū for one term... (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
Makiko Suehiro (Indep.) |
1995 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1995 Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan in 1995.Note that because of the circumstances around the creation of the New Frontier Party, it held seats in the House of Councillors without having won them in the prior election. Many of them were former members of the... |
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| 1998 Japanese House of Councillors election, 1998 Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan in 1998.Note that because of the dissolution of the Socialist Party in 1996 , the Democratic Socialist Party and the Kōmeitō in 1994, the creation and subsequent dissolution of the New Frontier Party, the establishment of the two... |
Yoshitake Kimata Yoshitake Kimata is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Toyohashi, Aichi and graduate of Hitotsubashi University and the George Washington University School of Public Policy and Public Administration, he ran unsuccessfully for the... (DPJ Democratic Party of Japan The is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum... ) |
Taisuke Satō Taisuke Sato is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Nagoya, Aichi and graduate of Aichi University of Education, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 after teaching at local public schools... (DPJ Democratic Party of Japan The is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum... ) |
Hiroko Hatta (JCP Japanese Communist Party The Japanese Communist Party is a left-wing political party in Japan.The JCP advocates the establishment of a society based on socialism, democracy and peace, and opposition to militarism... ) |
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| Seiji Suzuki (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
Kōhei Ōtsuka Kohei Otsuka is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Nagoya, Aichi, he attended Waseda University and received a Ph.D in fiscal and monetary policies and reforms... (DPJ Democratic Party of Japan The is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum... ) |
Tamotsu Yamamoto (Kōmeitō) |
2001 Japanese House of Councillors election, 2001 Elections for the Japanese House of Councillors were held in Japan on 29 July 2001. It was the first national election since Junichiro Koizumi was appointed as prime minister after Yoshiro Mori... |
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| 2004 | Katsuhito Asano Katsuhito Asano is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Toyohashi, Aichi and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected for the first time in 1990 after working at the public broadcaster NHK.- External links :* in Japanese.... (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
Taisuke Satō (DPJ Democratic Party of Japan The is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum... ) |
Yoshitake Kimata (DPJ Democratic Party of Japan The is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum... ) |
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| Kōhei Ōtsuka (DPJ Democratic Party of Japan The is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum... ) |
Seiji Suzuki (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
Kuniko Tanioka Kuniko Tanioka is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Osaka Prefecture, she graduated from the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada and received a Ph.D in design. She was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time... (DPJ Democratic Party of Japan The is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum... ) |
2007 Japanese House of Councillors election, 2007 The for the upper house of the legislature of Japan were held on July 29, 2007. This was the only time Prime Minister Shinzō Abe had faced an election... |
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| 2010 Japanese House of Councillors election, 2010 The for the upper house of the legislature of Japan were held on July 11, 2010. In the last election in 2007, the Liberal Democratic Party lost its majority to the Democratic Party of Japan , which managed to gain the largest margin since its formation in 1996. The House of Councillors is... |
Masahito Fujikawa (LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... ) |
Yoshitaka Saitō (DPJ Democratic Party of Japan The is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum... ) |
Misako Yasui (DPJ Democratic Party of Japan The is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum... ) |
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Party affiliations as of election day; #: resigned; †: died in office.