Okinawa's Diet electoral districts

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Okinawa's House of Representatives districts as of 2018[1]

Okinawa currently sends 8 elected members to the Diet of Japan, 6 to the House of Representatives and 2 to the House of Councillors.

House of Representatives[]

The current House of Representatives Okinawa delegation consists of 2 members of the LDP, 1 JCP, 1 SDP, 1 LP and 1 NIK.

District seats[]

District Representative Party Incumbency
1st Seiken Akamine (C-Naha) JCP 15 December 2014 – present
2nd Kantoku Teruya (SD-Ginowan) SDP 10 November 2003 – present
3rd Vacant 13 September 2018 – present
4th Kōsaburō Nishime (LD-Haebaru) LDP 1 November 2017 – present

PR seats[]

Okinawa Prefecture is part of the Kyushu proportional representation block. In the current Diet, there are two Representatives from Okinawa elected through the Kyushu PR block.

Representative(s) Party District contested Incumbency
Konosuke Kokuba.jpg (LD-Naha) LDP Okinawa-1st 15 December 2014 – present
Mikio Shimoji.jpg Mikio Shimoji (Is-Naha) NIK

House of Councillors[]

The current House of Councillors Okinawa delegation consists of 2 independent members. Both are members of the Okinawa Whirlwind caucus in the House. The members are elected from the Okinawa at-large district.

Party Councillors Term ends Incumbency
OW Keiko Itokazu 2019 26 July 2004 – present
Iha Yoichi, Photographed by Ryota Nakanishi.JPG Yōichi Iha 2022 26 July 2016 – present

References[]

  1. ^ "沖縄県" (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
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