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The Tōhoku proportional representation block (比例[代表]東北ブロック, Hirei [daihyō] Tōhoku burokku) is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) blocks for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists of the Tōhoku 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, and to 13 in the 2017 election.[1]
| Tōhoku Proportional Representation Block | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
 Map of House of Representatives proportional blocks, with the Tōhoku block highlighted | |
| Prefectures | Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, and Fukushima |
| Electorate | 7,538,808 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1994 |
| Number of members | 13 |
Summary of results
editAll major national parties have managed to obtain at least one of the PR seats in Tōhoku 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 along with the Western prefectures along the Sea of Japan coast; Iwate is the home of Ichirō 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 | LDP | DPJ | Kōmeitō | JCP | SDP | NFP ('96)/ LP ('00)/ TPJ ('12)/ PLP ('14) |
JRP ('12)/ JIP ('14) |
YP | Others | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
| 1996 | 1,630,777 | 35.3 | 6 | 513,410 | 11.1 | 2 | – | 442,790 | 9.6 | 1 | 382,271 | 8.3 | 1 | 1,532,987 | 33.2 | 6 | – | 121,828 | 2.6 | 0 | |||||||
| 2000 | 1,545,028 | 32.0 | 5 | 1,024,253 | 21.2 | 3 | 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 | 1,794,284 | 37.6 | 6 | 1,784,768 | 37.4 | 5 | 565,179 | 11.9 | 1 | 313,290 | 6.6 | 1 | 310,187 | 6.5 | 1 | – | – | – | |||||||||
| 2005 | 1,901,595 | 36.5 | 6 | 1,748,165 | 33.6 | 5 | 620,638 | 11.9 | 1 | 325,176 | 6.2 | 1 | 362,523 | 7.0 | 1 | – | – | 244,933 | 4.7 | 0 | |||||||
| 2009 | 1,491,761 | 27.9 | 4 | 2,433,836 | 45.5 | 7 | 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 | 1,238,716 | 28.6 | 5 | 805,709 | 18.6 | 3 | 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 | 1,265,372 | 32.9 | 5 | 863,539 | 22.5 | 4 | 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
editRecent results
editReferences
edit- ^ MIC: 2017 changes to House of Representatives electoral districts (in Japanese)
- ^ 総選挙2014>開票結果 比例代表 東北（定数14）. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-12-01.
- ^ 総選挙2012>開票結果 比例代表 東北（定数14）. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: Results of the 2009 general election
- ^ Yomiuri Shimbun: Election feature 2009