Tohoku proportional representation block
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 Tōhoku region, namely the prefectures of Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata and Fukushima. Following the introduction of proportional voting it elected 16 representatives in 1996. Since 2000, the Tōhoku PR block elects 14 Representatives.
Summary of results
All 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 alongside 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 | DPJ | LDP | Kōmeitō | JCP | SDP | NFP ('96)/ LP ('00)/ TPJ ('12) |
JRP | YP | Others | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Party names are abbreviated as follows (format: abbreviation, translated name, Japanese name, Engrish name):
- DPJ "Democratic Party", Minshutō, Democratic Party of Japan
- LDP Liberal Democratic Party, Jiyūminshutō
- Kōmeitō "Justice Party", Kōmeitō, New Justice Party Party
- JCP Japanese Communist Party, Nihon Kyōsantō
- SDP Social Democratic Party, Shakaiminshutō
- NFP New Frontier Party, Shinshintō
- LP Liberal Party, Jiyūtō
- HRP Happiness Realization Party, Kōfuku-jitsugen-tō
- YP "Everyone's Party", Minna no Tō, Your Party
List of Representatives
Note: Party affiliations as of election day.
| Years | Elected Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996– | Zenmei Matsumoto | Ichirō Hino | Kōdō Kohata | Tatsuo Sasayama | Kōki Hagino | Yoshiyuki Hozumi | Ichio Kumagai | Toshiaki Endō |
| Kenjirō Hatakeyama | Kōichirō Genba | Yoshihisa Inoue | Yasusuke Konta | Kijūrō Sugahara | Hidefumi Minorikawa | Kōji Futada | Tokuichirō Tamazawa | |
| 2000– | Zenmei Matsumoto | Ichirō Hino died 2003, replaced by Masayo Tanabu | Yasusuke Konta | Kijūrō Sugahara resigned 2001, replaced by Kentarō Ishihara | Yoshinobu Takahashi | Hidefumi Minorikawa died 2003, replaced by Kyōichi Tsushima |
Hiroyuki Arai | Kōji Sakamoto |
| Tetsuo Kanno | Takao Satō | Kentarō Kudō | Yoshihisa Inoue | Kōki Hagino | Ichio Kumagai | |||
| 2003– | Chizuko Takahashi | Kiyohito Hashimoto | Yōsuke Kondō | Michihiko Kano | Masayoshi Yoshino | Kōki Hagino | Tokuichirō Tamazawa | – |
| Kiyohiro Yamamoto | Teruhiko Mashiko | Izumi Yoshida | Yoshihisa Inoue | Kōji Futada | Kyōichi Tsushima | Masashi Nakano | ||
| 2005– | Chizuko Takahashi | Kazuko Kōri | Yōsuke Kondō | Masayo Tanabu | Kōji Sakamoto | Tatsuo Satō | Atsushi Watanabe | |
| Tetsuo Kanno | Hokuto Yokoyama | Izumi Yoshida | Yoshihisa Inoue | Masashi Nakano | Tokuichirō Tamazawa | Kōji Futada | ||
| 2009– | Chizuko Takahashi | Masayo Tanabu | Noriko Nakanowatari | Kazuo Takamatsu | Kazuyuki Yamaguchi | Masayoshi Yoshino | Toshiaki Endō | |
| Hideo Yoshiizumi | Kyōichi Tsushima | Miki Wajima resigned in 2012, replaced by Ippu Watanabe | Chōuemon Kikuchi | Yoshihisa Inoue | Ken'ya Akiba | Katsutoshi Kaneda | ||
| 2012–[1] | Chizuko Takahashi | Izumi Yoshida | Kazuko Kōri | Shinji Oguma | Yoshihisa Inoue | Takashi Fujiwara | Miyo Ōkubo | |
| Kōji Hata | Yōsuke Kondō | Hiroki Hayashi | Toshihide Muraoka | Hinako Takahashi | Hidenori Hashimoto | Sachiko Kanno | ||
References
- ↑ "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