Tohoku proportional representation block
The TÅhoku proportional representation block (比例[代表]æ±åŒ—ブãƒãƒƒã‚¯ Hirei [daihyÅ] TÅhoku burokku) is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) blocks for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists of the TÅhoku region, namely the prefectures of Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata and Fukushima. Upon the introduction of proportional voting at the 1996 general election, the block elected 16 Representatives to the House. The block's representation was reduced to 14 Representatives at the 2000 general election.
Summary of results
All major national parties have managed to obtain at least one of the PR seats in TÅhoku since the introduction of proportional voting in 1996. The region also contains several strongholds: Aomori in particular is a typical "conservative kingdom" and leans towards the LDP alongside with the Western prefectures along the Sea of Japan coast; Iwate is the home of IchirÅ Ozawa, former NFP, LP and DPJ president and a "Democratic kingdom" having also the first prefectural parliament in Japan where the Democrats managed to obtain the status of strongest party in 2007.
General election | DPJ | LDP | KÅmeitÅ | JCP | SDP | NFP ('96)/ LP ('00)/ TPJ ('12)/ PLP ('14) |
JRP ('12)/ JIP ('14) | YP | Others | ||||||||||||||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
1996 | 513,410 | 11.1 | 2 | 1,630,777 | 35.3 | 6 | – | 442,790 | 9.6 | 1 | 382,271 | 8.3 | 1 | 1,532,987 | 33.2 | 6 | – | 121,828 | 2.6 | 0 | |||||||
2000 | 1,024,253 | 21.2 | 3 | 1,545,028 | 32.0 | 5 | 474,238 | 9.8 | 1 | 391,055 | 8.1 | 1 | 517,267 | 10.7 | 1 | 786,751 | 16.3 | 3 | – | 96,174 | 2.0 | 0 | |||||
2003 | 1,784,768 | 37.4 | 5 | 1,794,284 | 37.6 | 6 | 565,179 | 11.9 | 1 | 313,290 | 6.6 | 1 | 310,187 | 6.5 | 1 | – | – | – | |||||||||
2005 | 1,748,165 | 33.6 | 5 | 1,901,595 | 36.5 | 6 | 620,638 | 11.9 | 1 | 325,176 | 6.2 | 1 | 362,523 | 7.0 | 1 | – | – | 244,933 | 4.7 | 0 | |||||||
2009 | 2,433,836 | 45.5 | 7 | 1,491,761 | 27.9 | 4 | 516,688 | 9.7 | 1 | 315,201 | 5.9 | 1 | 316,635 | 5.9 | 1 | – | – | 241,445 | 4.5 | 0 | 36,295 | 0.7 | 0 | ||||
2012 | 805,709 | 18.6 | 3 | 1,238,716 | 28.6 | 5 | 398,131 | 9.2 | 1 | 256,838 | 5.9 | 1 | 160,367 | 3.7 | 0 | 391,216 | 9.0 | 1 | 725,006 | 16.7 | 2 | 306,102 | 7.1 | 1 | 56,412 | 1.3 | 0 |
2014 | 863,539 | 22.5 | 4 | 1,265,372 | 32.9 | 5 | 431,169 | 11.2 | 2 | 379,811 | 9.9 | 1 | 131,857 | 3.4 | 0 | 181,487 | 4.7 | 0 | 499,437 | 13.0 | 2 | – | 89,227 | 2.3 | 0 |
List of Representatives
Note: Party affiliations as of election day.
Years | Elected Representatives | |||||||
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1996– | Zenmei Matsumoto | IchirÅ Hino | KÅdÅ Kohata | Tatsuo Sasayama | KÅki Hagino | Yoshiyuki Hozumi | Ichio Kumagai | Toshiaki EndÅ |
KenjirÅ Hatakeyama | KÅichirÅ Genba | Yoshihisa Inoue | Yasusuke Konta | KijÅ«rÅ Sugahara | Hidefumi Minorikawa | KÅji Futada | TokuichirÅ Tamazawa | |
2000– | Zenmei Matsumoto | IchirŠHino died 2003, replaced by Masayo Tanabu |
KijūrŠSugahara resigned 2001, replaced by KentarŠIshihara |
KentarÅ KudÅ | Hidefumi Minorikawa died 2003, replaced by KyÅichi Tsushima |
Hiroyuki Arai | KÅji Sakamoto | – |
Tetsuo Kanno | Yasusuke Konta | Takao SatÅ | Yoshinobu Takahashi | Yoshihisa Inoue | KÅki Hagino | Ichio Kumagai | ||
2003– | Chizuko Takahashi | Kiyohito Hashimoto | YÅsuke KondÅ | Michihiko Kano | Masayoshi Yoshino | KÅki Hagino | TokuichirÅ Tamazawa | |
Kiyohiro Yamamoto | Teruhiko Mashiko | Izumi Yoshida | Yoshihisa Inoue | KÅji Futada | KyÅichi Tsushima | Masashi Nakano | ||
2005– | Chizuko Takahashi | Kazuko KÅri | YÅsuke KondÅ | Masayo Tanabu | KÅji Sakamoto | Tatsuo SatÅ | Atsushi Watanabe | |
Tetsuo Kanno | Hokuto Yokoyama | Izumi Yoshida | Yoshihisa Inoue | Masashi Nakano | TokuichirÅ Tamazawa | KÅji Futada | ||
2009– | Chizuko Takahashi | Masayo Tanabu | Noriko Nakanowatari | Kazuo Takamatsu | Kazuyuki Yamaguchi | Masayoshi Yoshino | Toshiaki EndŠ| |
Hideo Yoshiizumi | KyÅichi Tsushima | Miki Wajima resigned in 2012, replaced by Ippu Watanabe | ChÅuemon Kikuchi | Yoshihisa Inoue | Kenya Akiba | Katsutoshi Kaneda | ||
2012–[1] | Chizuko Takahashi | Izumi Yoshida | Kazuko KÅri | Shinji Oguma | Yoshihisa Inoue | Takashi Fujiwara | Miyo ÅŒkubo | |
KÅji Hata | YÅsuke KondÅ | Hiroki Hayashi | Toshihide Muraoka | Hinako Takahashi | Hidenori Hashimoto | Sachiko Kanno | ||
2014–[2] | Chizuko Takahashi | YÅsuke KondÅ | Kazuko KÅri | Toshihide Muraoka | Yoshihisa Inoue | Takashi Fujiwara | Hidenori Hashimoto | |
Emi Kaneko | Manabu Terata | Sekio Masuta | YÅ«ichi Mayama | IchirÅ Kanke | Hinako Takahashi | Shigeaki Katsunuma |
References
- 1 2 "ç·é¸æŒ™2012>開票çµæžœã€€æ¯”例代表 æ±åŒ—(定数14)". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- 1 2 "ç·é¸æŒ™2014>開票çµæžœã€€æ¯”例代表 æ±åŒ—(定数14)". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-12-01.
- ↑ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: Results of the 2009 general election
- ↑ Yomiuri Shimbun: Election feature 2009
- JANJAN, The Senkyo: Results of general and by-elections for the House of Representatives 1890–2010
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