Southern Kanto proportional representation block

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.

Southern Kanto Proportional Representation Block
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives

Map of House of Representatives proportional blocks, with the Northern Kanto block highlighted
PrefecturesChiba, Kanagawa, Yamanashi
Population16,228,000 (October 2019 estimate)[1]
Electorate13,657,015[2]
Current constituency
Representatives22 (LDP-9, CDP-5, Japan Innovation Party-3, Komeito-2,JCP-1,DPFP-1,Reiwa-1, )[3]

Summary of results

With a district magnitude of 22, Southern Kantō is the second largest PR block behind Kinki and gives smaller parties an opportunity to pick up seats.

general election DPJLDP KōmeitōJCP SDPNFP ('96)/LP ('00)/
TPJ ('12)/PLP ('14)
JRP ('12)/JIP ('14)YP Others
Votes %SeatsVotes %Seats Votes %SeatsVotes %Seats Votes %SeatsVotes %Seats Votes %SeatsVotes %Seats Votes %Seats
1996 1,331,85023.551,820,84632.17 403,8757.13 280,3914.911,667,55229.47 174,6623.10
2000 1,940,79227.761,734,29724.76 871,15012.43808,45311.52 670,1419.62839,84512.02 145,8582.10
2003 2,819,16540.092,441,59034.68 969,46413.73521,3097.41 300,5994.31
2005 2,439,54929.573,510,61742.410 1,007,50412.23566,9456.81 444,7535.41 309,8513.70
2009 3,695,15943.0112,233,56026.06 862,42710.02601,2597.01 369,7544.31 605,3587.01 226,9462.60
2012 1,323,04817.342,020,04326.46 810,93610.62447,8905.91 147,1911.90477,3096.21 1,443,27018.95951,29412.43 20,9870.30
2014[4] 1,203,57217.642,321,60934.08 875,71212.83813,63411.93 132,5421.90175,4312.60 1,053,22115.44 260,6483.90
2017 2,356,614 787,461
2021 2,590,787 850,667

Party names are abbreviated as follows (format: abbreviation, translated name, Japanese name, English name):

List of representatives

Note: Party affiliations as of election day.

1996–2000–2003–2005–2009–2012–
Kazuo Shii
Masahiro NakajiTakeshi ŌmoriTomoko AbeTomoko Abe
Takeshi ŌmoriTomoko AbeHiroyuki NagahamaHiroyuki Nagahama
resigned 2007, replaced by
Hirohisa Fujii
Kazuya MimuraYūichi Gotō
Shigeru ItōYōko HaraMotohisa IkedaHitoshi GotōKen'ichi KanekoSōichirō Okuno
Shun HayamaKimiaki MatsuzakiYasuhiko WakaiHirofumi RyūAtsushi ChūgoYasuhiko Wakai
Sakihito OzawaShun HayamaNaohiko KatōHisayasu Nagata
resigned 2006, replaced by
Motohisa Ikeda
Kōichirō KatsumataYukio Ubukata
Tetsuo KitamuraHitoshi GotōKen'ichirō SatōTetsundo IwakuniKatsuhito YokokumeYōichirō Aoyagi
Ken'ichirō SatōAkira ŌideHiroshi SudōAkira UchiyamaMakoto YamazakiKatsuhito Nakajima
Yukio UbukataNobuhiko SutōAkira ŌideKaname TajimaHirohisa FujiiTsuyoshi Shiina
Hitoshi YonetsuEiji NagaiKeikō HakariyaShigeyuki TomitaTomohiko MizunoSakihito Ozawa
Yūichi IchikawaTakeshi HidakaAi AokiNoriko FuruyaMitsuji IshidaManabu Matsuda
Nobuo KawakamiRyūshi TsuchidaNobuo KawakamiKazufumi TaniguchiTsuyoshi SaitōTakashi Tanuma
Isamu UedaYūichi IchikawaShigeyuki TomitaYōichirō EsakiShino AiharaYuzuru Nishida
Shigeyuki TomitaNobuo KawakamiNoriko FuruyaJirō OnoKeiichirō AsaoTamotsu Shiiki
Kenzō YonedaIsamu UedaShōzaburō NakamuraMikio FujitaShigeyuki Tomita
Kimiaki MatsuzakiYasukazu HamadaYōichirō EsakiKōtarō NagasakiNoriko Furuya
Kazuya Ishibashi
died 1999, replaced by
Ken'ichi Mizuno
Hiromichi WatanabeHirokazu MatsunoMasaaki AkaikeAkira AmariShin'ichi Nakatani
Shōzaburō NakamuraKenzō YonedaTsuneo SuzukiMineyuki FukudaMotoo HayashiHiroaki Kadoyama
Sadao IokuYukio JitsukawaIkuzō SakuraiNobuhiro ŌmiyaJun MatsumotoNoriko Horiuchi
Akira AmariTaei NakamotoYoshitaka SakuradaKeisuke SuzukiKen SaitōNorihiko Nakayama
Hachirō OkonogiYoshitaka SakuradaHiromichi WatanabeTaizō SugimuraKazunori TanakaTomohiro Yamamoto
Kunio Tanabe Daishirō YamagiwaToshio UkishimaHirokazu MatsunoMineyuki Fukuda
Kazunori Tanaka

Election result 2009

Tokyo block results in the 2009 general election[5][6]
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
#CandidateDistrict"Loss ratio"
(sekihairitsu)
Elected #CandidateDistrict"Loss ratio"Elected #CandidateDistrict"Loss ratio"Elected
1Akira AmariKanagawa 1397.3%Elected 1Kazuya MimuraKanagawa 299.5%Elected 1Shigeyuki TomitaPR onlyElected
Motoo HayashiChiba 1090.8%Elected Ken'ichi KanekoChiba 1196.3%Elected 2Noriko FuruyaElected
Jun MatsumotoKanagawa 187.1%Elected Atsushi ChūgoChiba 1285.5%Elected 3Kazufumi Taniguchi
Ken SaitōChiba 782.9%Elected Kōichirō KatsumataKanagawa 1576.1%Elected 4Takashi Kawanami
Kazunori TanakaKanagawa 1077.5%Elected Katsuhito YokokumeKanagawa 1164.0%Elected 5Masaaki Kubota
Hirokazu MatsunoChiba 376.5%Elected Makoto YamazakiKanagawa 857.8%Elected YP: 605,358 votes (7.0%), 1 seat
Eisuke MoriChiba 11Won district Kaname TajimaChiba 1Won district #CandidateDistrict"Loss ratio"Elected
Yasukazu HamadaChiba 12Won district Yū KurodaChiba dWon district 1Keiichirō AsaoKanagawa 479.3%Elected
Yoshihide SugaKanagawa 2Won district Kazumasa OkajimaChiba 3Won district Kenji EdaKanagawa 8Won district
Tarō KōnoKanagawa 15Won district Yoshihiko NodaChiba 4Won district 3Kō TanakaChiba 533.2%
Karen MakishimaKanagawa 1775.7% Hirotaka MurakoshiChiba 5Won district Itoko NoyashikiChiba 417.4%
Daishirō YamagiwaKanagawa 1874.5% Yukio UbukataChiba 6Won district Masanori KatōKanagawa 316.2%
Manabu SakaiKanagawa 574.5% Akira UchiyamaChiba 7Won district Yuki KohiraChiba 613.9%
Ken'ichi MizunoChiba 974.2% Kimiaki MatsuzakaChiba 8Won district JCP: 601,299 votes (7.0%), 1 seat
Jun HayashiKanagawa 471.8% Sōichirō OkunoChiba 9Won district #CandidateDistrict"Loss ratio"Elected
Hachirō OkonogiKanagawa 371.1% Hajime YatagawaChiba 10Won district 1Kazuo ShiiPR onlyElected
Keisuke SuzukiKanagawa 769.9% Yasuhiko WakaiChiba 13Won district 2Kimie Hatano
Yoshitaka SakuradaChiba 869.8% Mieko NakabayashiKanagawa 1Won district 3Takashi KasakiKanagawa 1021.6%
Yukio JitsukawaChiba 1368.2% Eiko OKamotoKanagawa 3Won district Midori FujiiKanagawa 616.9%
Zentarō KameiKanagawa 1667.5% Kazuyoshi NagashimaKanagawa 4Won district Yasuhiko FuruyaKanagawa 315.4%
Hiromichi WatanabeChiba 666.8% Keishū TanakaKanagawa 5Won district Hiroyuki MunetaKanagawa 1814.3%
Shōichi UsuiChiba 166.4% Motohisa IkedaKanagawa 6Won district Chūhei OguraChiba 214.3%
Jirō AkamaKanagawa 1466.3% Nobuhiko SutōKanagawa 7Won district Kazuko SaitōChiba 414.2%
Kentarō SonouraChiba 565.3% Hirofumi RyūKanagawa 9Won district Hideo KatōChiba 813.9%
Ikuzō SakuraiKanagawa 1262.8% Kōriki JōjimaKanagawa 10Won district Akiko EndōYamanashi 113.0%
Akiko YamanakaChiba 258.0% Ikkō NakatsukaKanagawa 12Won district SDP: 369,751 votes (4.3%), 1 seat
Jirō OnoYamanashi 356.3% Hidnori TachibanaKanagawa 13Won district #CandidateDistrict"Loss ratio"Elected
Mikio FujitaChiba 452.6% Kentarō MotomuraKanagawa 14Won district 1Tomoko AbeKanagawa 1243.0%Elected
Masaaki AkaikeYamanashi 151.2% Yūichi GotōKanagawa 16Won district Keiko UedaChiba 718.3%
Mineyuki FukudaKanagawa 842.3% Yōsuke KamiyamaKanagawa 17Won district 3Katsuko MurakamiPR only
Norihiro NakayamaKanagawa 938.7% Takeshi HidakaKanagawa 18Won district PNP: 102,992 votes (1.2%), no seat
32Yōichirō EsakiPR only Sakihito OzawaYamanashi 1Won district #CandidateDistrict"Loss ratio"Elected
33Toshio Ukishima Takehiro SakaguchiYamanashi 2Won district 1Satoshi IchikawaPR only
34Seiichi Sasaki Hitoshi GotōYamanashi 3Won district NPN: 79,792 votes (0.9%), no seat
35Kazuhiro Honma 35Hirohisa FujiiPR onlyElected #CandidateDistrict"Loss ratio"Elected
36Tomohiko MizunoElected 1Toshihisa KawanoPR only
37Mitsuji IshiiElected HRP: 44,162 votes (0.5%), no seat
38Tsuyoshi SaitōElected #CandidateDistrict"Loss ratio"Elected
39Shino AiharaElected 1Hakuun KurokawaPR only
40Kenji Hamaguchi 2Mitsuharu Shiwa
41Kazutaka Enomoto 3Shigehiro Ichikawa
42Akio Sonoda 4Takashi Yamamoto
5Shinji Chiba

References

  1. "Population by Sex for Prefectures - Total population, Japanese population, October 1, Each Year". e-stat.go.jp. Government of Japan. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. "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.
  3. "Results of the 2017 Japanese General Election". Daily Yomiuri. Yomiuri Shimbun. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. Yomiuri Shimbun, 2014 House of Representatives election results: Proportional representation, Minami-Kantō
  5. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: Results of the 2009 general election
  6. Yomiuri Shimbun: Election feature 2009

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