Southern Kanto proportional representation block
| Southern Kanto Proportional Representation Block | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary Constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
Map of House of Representatives proportional blocks, with an arrow pointing to the Northern Kanto block | |
| Prefectures | Chiba, Kanagawa, Yamanashi |
| Population | 16,228,000 (October 2019 estimate)[1] |
| Electorate | 13,657,015[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Representatives | 22 (LDP-8, CDP-5, Hope-4, Komeito-2,JCP-2, Japan Innovation Party-1)[3] |
The Southern Kantō proportional representation block (Hirei [daihyō] Minami-Kantō burokku (比例[代表]南関東ブロック)) is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) "blocks", multi-member constituencies for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Southern parts of the Kantō region covering Chiba, Kanagawa and Yamanashi prefectures. Following the introduction of proportional voting it initially elected 23 representatives in the 1996 general election, then 21 after the total number of PR seats had been reduced from 200 to 180, and 22 representatives since the reapportionment of 2002.
Summary of results[]
With a district magnitude of 22, Southern Kantō is the second largest PR block behind and gives smaller parties an opportunity to pick up seats.
| general election | DPJ | LDP | 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 | 1,331,850 | 23.5 | 5 | 1,820,846 | 32.1 | 7 | – | 403,875 | 7.1 | 3 | 280,391 | 4.9 | 1 | 1,667,552 | 29.4 | 7 | – | – | 174,662 | 3.1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2000 | 1,940,792 | 27.7 | 6 | 1,734,297 | 24.7 | 6 | 871,150 | 12.4 | 3 | 808,453 | 11.5 | 2 | 670,141 | 9.6 | 2 | 839,845 | 12.0 | 2 | – | – | 145,858 | 2.1 | 0 | ||||
| 2003 | 2,819,165 | 40.0 | 9 | 2,441,590 | 34.6 | 8 | 969,464 | 13.7 | 3 | 521,309 | 7.4 | 1 | 300,599 | 4.3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2,439,549 | 29.5 | 7 | 3,510,617 | 42.4 | 10 | 1,007,504 | 12.2 | 3 | 566,945 | 6.8 | 1 | 444,753 | 5.4 | 1 | – | – | – | 309,851 | 3.7 | 0 | ||||||
| 2009 | 3,695,159 | 43.0 | 11 | 2,233,560 | 26.0 | 6 | 862,427 | 10.0 | 2 | 601,259 | 7.0 | 1 | 369,754 | 4.3 | 1 | – | – | 605,358 | 7.0 | 1 | 226,946 | 2.6 | 0 | ||||
| 2012 | 1,323,048 | 17.3 | 4 | 2,020,043 | 26.4 | 6 | 810,936 | 10.6 | 2 | 447,890 | 5.9 | 1 | 147,191 | 1.9 | 0 | 477,309 | 6.2 | 1 | 1,443,270 | 18.9 | 5 | 951,294 | 12.4 | 3 | 20,987 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 2014[4] | 1,203,572 | 17.6 | 4 | 2,321,609 | 34.0 | 8 | 875,712 | 12.8 | 3 | 813,634 | 11.9 | 3 | 132,542 | 1.9 | 0 | 175,431 | 2.6 | 0 | 1,053,221 | 15.4 | 4 | – | 260,648 | 3.9 | 0 | ||
Party names are abbreviated as follows (format: abbreviation, translated name, Japanese name, English name):
- DPJ "Democratic Party", Minshutō, Democratic 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
- NSP New Socialist Party, Shin-shakaitō
- LL Liberal League, Jiyū-rengō
- HRP Happiness Realization Party, Kōfuku-jitsugen-tō
List of representatives[]
Note: Party affiliations as of election day.
Election result 2009[]
| LDP: 2,233,560 votes (26.0%), 6 seats | DPJ: 3,695,159 votes (43.0%), 11 seats | Kōmeitō: 862,427 votes (10.0%), 2 seats | ||||||||||||
| # | Candidate | District | "Loss ratio" (sekihairitsu) |
Elected | # | Candidate | District | "Loss ratio" | Elected | # | Candidate | District | "Loss ratio" | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akira Amari | Kanagawa 13 | 97.3% | Elected | 1 | Kanagawa 2 | 99.5% | Elected | 1 | Shigeyuki Tomita | PR only | Elected | ||
| Motoo Hayashi | Chiba 10 | 90.8% | Elected | Chiba 11 | 96.3% | Elected | 2 | Noriko Furuya | Elected | |||||
| Jun Matsumoto | Kanagawa 1 | 87.1% | Elected | Chiba 12 | 85.5% | Elected | 3 | Kazufumi Taniguchi | – | |||||
| Ken Saitō | Chiba 7 | 82.9% | Elected | Kanagawa 15 | 76.1% | Elected | 4 | Takashi Kawanami | – | |||||
| Kazunori Tanaka | Kanagawa 10 | 77.5% | Elected | Katsuhito Yokokume | Kanagawa 11 | 64.0% | Elected | 5 | Masaaki Kubota | – | ||||
| Hirokazu Matsuno | Chiba 3 | 76.5% | Elected | Makoto Yamazaki | Kanagawa 8 | 57.8% | Elected | YP: 605,358 votes (7.0%), 1 seat | ||||||
| Eisuke Mori | Chiba 11 | Won district | Kaname Tajima | Chiba 1 | Won district | # | Candidate | District | "Loss ratio" | Elected | ||||
| Yasukazu Hamada | Chiba 12 | Won district | Chiba d | Won district | 1 | Keiichirō Asao | Kanagawa 4 | 79.3% | Elected | |||||
| Yoshihide Suga | Kanagawa 2 | Won district | Chiba 3 | Won district | Kenji Eda | Kanagawa 8 | Won district | |||||||
| Tarō Kōno | Kanagawa 15 | Won district | Yoshihiko Noda | Chiba 4 | Won district | 3 | Kō Tanaka | Chiba 5 | 33.2% | – | ||||
| Karen Makishima | Kanagawa 17 | 75.7% | – | Chiba 5 | Won district | Itoko Noyashiki | Chiba 4 | 17.4% | – | |||||
| Daishirō Yamagiwa | Kanagawa 18 | 74.5% | – | Chiba 6 | Won district | Masanori Katō | Kanagawa 3 | 16.2% | – | |||||
| Manabu Sakai | Kanagawa 5 | 74.5% | – | Akira Uchiyama | Chiba 7 | Won district | Yuki Kohira | Chiba 6 | 13.9% | – | ||||
| Ken'ichi Mizuno | Chiba 9 | 74.2% | – | Chiba 8 | Won district | JCP: 601,299 votes (7.0%), 1 seat | ||||||||
| Jun Hayashi | Kanagawa 4 | 71.8% | – | Chiba 9 | Won district | # | Candidate | District | "Loss ratio" | Elected | ||||
| Hachirō Okonogi | Kanagawa 3 | 71.1% | – | Chiba 10 | Won district | 1 | Kazuo Shii | PR only | Elected | |||||
| Keisuke Suzuki | Kanagawa 7 | 69.9% | – | Chiba 13 | Won district | 2 | Kimie Hatano | – | ||||||
| Yoshitaka Sakurada | Chiba 8 | 69.8% | – | Kanagawa 1 | Won district | 3 | Takashi Kasaki | Kanagawa 10 | 21.6% | – | ||||
| Yukio Jitsukawa | Chiba 13 | 68.2% | – | Kanagawa 3 | Won district | Midori Fujii | Kanagawa 6 | 16.9% | – | |||||
| Zentarō Kamei | Kanagawa 16 | 67.5% | – | Kanagawa 4 | Won district | Yasuhiko Furuya | Kanagawa 3 | 15.4% | – | |||||
| Hiromichi Watanabe | Chiba 6 | 66.8% | – | Keishū Tanaka | Kanagawa 5 | Won district | Hiroyuki Muneta | Kanagawa 18 | 14.3% | – | ||||
| Chiba 1 | 66.4% | – | Motohisa Ikeda | Kanagawa 6 | Won district | Chūhei Ogura | Chiba 2 | 14.3% | – | |||||
| Jirō Akama | Kanagawa 14 | 66.3% | – | Kanagawa 7 | Won district | Kazuko Saitō | Chiba 4 | 14.2% | – | |||||
| Kentarō Sonoura | Chiba 5 | 65.3% | – | Hirofumi Ryū | Kanagawa 9 | Won district | Hideo Katō | Chiba 8 | 13.9% | – | ||||
| Ikuzō Sakurai | Kanagawa 12 | 62.8% | – | Kōriki Jōjima | Kanagawa 10 | Won district | Akiko Endō | Yamanashi 1 | 13.0% | – | ||||
| Akiko Yamanaka | Chiba 2 | 58.0% | – | Kanagawa 12 | Won district | SDP: 369,751 votes (4.3%), 1 seat | ||||||||
| 56.3% | – | Kanagawa 13 | Won district | # | Candidate | District | "Loss ratio" | Elected | ||||||
| Mikio Fujita | Chiba 4 | 52.6% | – | Kanagawa 14 | Won district | 1 | Tomoko Abe | Kanagawa 12 | 43.0% | Elected | ||||
| Masaaki Akaike | Yamanashi 1 | 51.2% | – | Kanagawa 16 | Won district | Keiko Ueda | Chiba 7 | 18.3% | – | |||||
| Mineyuki Fukuda | Kanagawa 8 | 42.3% | – | Kanagawa 17 | Won district | 3 | Katsuko Murakami | PR only | – | |||||
| Kanagawa 9 | 38.7% | – | Takeshi Hidaka | Kanagawa 18 | Won district | PNP: 102,992 votes (1.2%), no seat | ||||||||
| 32 | PR only | – | Sakihito Ozawa | Yamanashi 1 | Won district | # | Candidate | District | "Loss ratio" | Elected | ||||
| 33 | Toshio Ukishima | – | Won district | 1 | Satoshi Ichikawa | PR only | – | |||||||
| 34 | Seiichi Sasaki | – | Hitoshi Gotō | Won district | NPN: 79,792 votes (0.9%), no seat | |||||||||
| 35 | Kazuhiro Honma | – | 35 | Hirohisa Fujii | PR only | Elected | # | Candidate | District | "Loss ratio" | Elected | |||
| – | 36 | Elected | 1 | Toshihisa Kawano | PR only | – | ||||||||
| 37 | Elected | HRP: 44,162 votes (0.5%), no seat | ||||||||||||
| 38 | Elected | # | Candidate | District | "Loss ratio" | Elected | ||||||||
| 39 | Elected | 1 | Hakuun Kurokawa | PR only | – | |||||||||
| 40 | Kenji Hamaguchi | – | 2 | Mitsuharu Shiwa | – | |||||||||
| 41 | Kazutaka Enomoto | – | 3 | Shigehiro Ichikawa | – | |||||||||
| 42 | Akio Sonoda | – | 4 | Takashi Yamamoto | – | |||||||||
| – | 5 | Shinji Chiba | – | |||||||||||
References[]
- ^ "Population by Sex for Prefectures - Total population, Japanese population, October 1, Each Year". e-stat.go.jp. Government of Japan. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Number of registered electoral rolls and overseas electoral rolls for each constituency, etc". soumu.go.jp. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Results of the 2017 Japanese General Election". Daily Yomiuri. Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ Yomiuri Shimbun, 2014 House of Representatives election results: Proportional representation, Minami-Kantō
- ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: Results of the 2009 general election
- ^ Yomiuri Shimbun: Election feature 2009
- The Senkyo: Results of general and by-elections for the House of Representatives since 1890
- Yomiuri Shimbun: Southern Kantō results 2005, 2009, 2012
Categories:
- Kantō region
- Districts of the House of Representatives (Japan)