2013 Japanese House of Councillors election

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2013 Japanese House of Councillors election
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  2010 July 21, 2013 2016  

121 of the 242 seats in the House of Councillors
122 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Shinzō Abe Banri Kaieda Natsuo Yamaguchi
Party Liberal Democratic Democratic Komeito
Leader since26 September 201225 December 20128 September 2009
Last election84 seats, 24.07%106 seats, 31.56%19 seats, 13.07%
Seats after1155920
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 31Decrease2.svg 47Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote18,460,3357,134,2157,568,082
Percentage34.68%13.40%14.22%
SwingIncrease2.svg 10.61ppDecrease2.svg 18.16ppIncrease2.svg 1.15pp

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Yoshimi Watanabe cropped.jpg Kazuo Shii cropped.jpg Ishihara Shintaro 1-1.jpg
Leader Yoshimi Watanabe Kazuo Shii Shintaro Ishihara
Party Your Communist Restoration
Leader since8 August 200924 November 200017 November 2012
Last election11 seats, 13.59%6 seats, 6.10%
Seats after18119
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 7Increase2.svg 5New
Popular vote4,755,1615,154,0556,355,300
Percentage8.93%9.68%11.94%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.66ppIncrease2.svg 3.58ppNew

2013 Japanese House of Councillors election.svg
Constituency and proportional representation (bottom right) election result

President of the House of Councillors before election

Kenji Hirata
Democratic

Elected President of the House of Councillors

Masaaki Yamazaki
Liberal Democratic

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on July 21, 2013 to elect the members of the upper house of the National Diet. In the previous elections in 2010, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) remained the largest party, but the DPJ-led ruling coalition lost its majority. The House of Councillors is elected by halves to six year terms. In 2013, the class of Councillors elected in 2007 was up.

Background

Japan had been in a "twisted parliament" (nejire kokkai, ねじれ国会) situation since 2007, in which opposite parties/coalitions control the houses of the Diet of Japan [1] (government lower house majority, opposition upper house majority), leading to political paralysis on a number of issues. Shinzo Abe led the Liberal Democratic Party to victory in the December 2012 general election after several years in the opposition. In campaigning to win control of the House of Councillors, Abe sought to resolve the "twisted parliament" problem for the next three years. [2]

Just prior to the election, the U.S. dollar fell against the yen on expectations of more momentum for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive monetary easing to fight deflation and boost growth for the export-dominant economy of Japan. [3] Abe's LDP and its coalition partner, the New Komeito party, were tipped to win a majority and end years of parliamentary stalemate so as to enable economic reforms. However, his critics suggested that a strong mandate could even make Abe complacent. [4]

Opinion polling

In the run-up to the election, various organizations conducted opinion polls to gauge voting intentions for the 48 proportional seats. Polls are listed in chronological order, showing the oldest first.

DateInstitute
LDP DPJ JRP NKP YP PLP JCP U/O
9–10 March JNN 37.5%8.1%3.6%2.2%2.7%-2.2%43.7%
23–24 March FNN [5] 41.8%5.3%9.6%-4.7%---
April Kyodo News 48.2%6.7%10.4%3.9%4.5%0.5%3.2%22.6%
18–19 May Kyodo News 44.4%6.8%5.7%4.4%5.2%0.3%3.1%30.1%
1–2 June Kyodo News 44.6%7.9%4.5%6.4%4.0%0.3%2.6%29.7%
8–9 June Asahi Shimbun [6] 45%7%5%5%6%-4%28%
8–10 June Yomiuri Shimbun [7] 44%7%5%5%4%-3%32%
29–30 June Mainichi Shimbun [8] 45%8%5%6%7%-4%25%
29–30 June Asahi Shimbun [9] 44%7%7%4%7%-5%26%
2 July Yomiuri Shimbun [7] 42%9%5%6%5%-4%29%
13–14 July Asahi Shimbun [10] 43%6%6%8%6%-6%25%
13–14 July Kyodo News [11] 30.6%7.4%4.9%7.0%3.3%-3.8%43%
13–14 July Mainichi Shimbun [12] 37%7%8%8%8%-4%28%
17 July The Nikkei [13] 39%10%8%8%7%-6%22%

Note: U/O - Undecided or other

Cabinet approval and disapproval ratings
Approval (blue) and Disapproval (red) Ratings for Second and Third Abe Cabinet 2nd and 3rd Abe Cabinet Approval Disapproval Ratings.png
Approval (blue) and Disapproval (red) Ratings for Second and Third Abe Cabinet

Pre-election composition

Note: Composition as of July 13, 2013. [14]

6244285103459
Opposition seats not upDPJ seats upOVNKLDP seats upCoalition seats not up

Results

The ruling coalition won 76 seats and now holds a total of 135 seats in the House of Councillors ending the divided Diet.

Of the 31 single-member districts the LDP won 29; only in Iwate and Okinawa, opposition incumbents could hold their seats. The ten two-member districts elected ten LDP and ten opposition members; in several prefectures the second seat went to parties other than the DPJ: In Hyōgo to the JRP, in Miyagi to YP and in Kyōto to the JCP. Twelve of the 22 seats in three-, four and five-member districts went to LDP and Kōmeitō candidates. In the nationwide proportional race, the coalition parties won 25 seats, the opposition parties 23.

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PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
+/–
Liberal Democratic Party 18,460,33534.681822,681,19242.74475065115+31
New Komeito Party 7,568,08214.2272,724,4475.13491120+1
Democratic Party of Japan 7,134,21513.4078,646,37216.2910421759–47
Japan Restoration Party 6,355,30011.9463,846,6497.252189+6
Japanese Communist Party 5,154,0559.6855,645,93710.6433811+5
Your Party 4,755,1618.9344,159,9617.84410818+7
Social Democratic Party 1,255,2352.361271,5470.510213–1
People's Life Party 943,8371.770618,3551.170202New
New Party Daichi 523,1460.980409,0070.770000New
Greens Japan 457,8620.86058,0320.110000New
Green Wind 430,7430.810620,2721.170000New
Happiness Realization Party 191,6440.360606,6921.140000–1
Okinawa Social Mass Party 294,4200.551011New
Ishin Seito Shimpu 157,9710.300000New
Genzei Nippon 152,0380.290000New
Assembly for the Future of Saitama21,3580.040000New
21st Century Nippon Ishin no Kai20,1550.040000New
Smile Party of Japan 12,2280.020000New
Mitamayama Policy Study Group11,2770.020000New
Fiscal Consolidation Party7,4250.010000New
World Economic Community Party 5,6330.010000New
Launch Party2,9060.010000New
New Renaissance Party 101–1
Independents2,098,6033.9521230
Total53,229,615100.004853,072,477100.00731211212420
Valid votes53,229,82397.1553,072,47796.85
Invalid/blank votes1,563,2332.851,725,1213.15
Total votes54,793,056100.0054,797,598100.00
Registered voters/turnout104,152,59052.61104,152,59052.61
Source: MIC

Summary

Parties LDP NK DPJ PNP YP JCP JRP SDP PLP NRP OSMP GW NPD OthersIndep.SubtotalSubtotalVacantTotal
Last election (2010) OppositionGovernmentOppositionSplitOppositionGovernment
841910631163 SPJ 4211 HRP 2131110242
After 2012 House of Representatives election
Opening session 182nd Diet
GovernmentOppositionSplitGovernmentOpposition
83198831163482142021031336242
Before this election
Closing session 183rd Diet
GovernmentOppositionGovernmentOpposition
841986136348214161031345242
Not Up50942103122115962121
UpTotal341044332261141544725121
29 single-member districts61011124619429
2 two-member districts
reapportioned to one seat
121214
10 two-member districts1082101020
Three- and five-member districts
Two 3-member districts reapportioned to 4 seats
53821181220
Nationwide proportional1271631231111192948
CandidatesTotal7821553463449111811712799334433
31 single-member districts311953021212321431108139
10 two-member districts10108107121122105363
Three-, four- and five-member districts84666531311511125769
Nationwide proportional29172015173046391246116162
ElectedTotal6511178881127645121
31 single-member districts291129231
10 two-member districts107111101020
Three-, four- and five-member districts8433211121022
Nationwide proportional18774561252348
Result11520591811932113135107242
Opening session 184th Diet
(by parliamentary group)
114
(113)
20
(20)
59
(58)
18
(18)
11
(11)
9
(9)
3
(3)
2
(2)
1
(3)
1
(—)
3
(4)
134
 
107
 
1
 
242
 

Differences between party and parliamentary group membership in the post-election opening session: Two independents caucus with the NRP, President Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP – Fukui), Vice-President Azuma Koshiishi (DPJ – Yamanashi) and Keiko Itokazu (OSMP – Okinawa) are independents in terms of parliamentary group.

Results by electoral district

Abbreviations and translations used in this table for (nominating – endorsing) parties:

DistrictMagnitudeIncumbentsWinners & runner-up [+incumbents if lower] with vote share (/votes for PR members)Gains & losses by party
Hokkaidō [15] 2 Katsuya Ogawa (D)
Chūichi Date (L)
Chūichi Date (L – K) 37.7%
Katsuya Ogawa (D) 24.4%
Takahiro Asano (Daichi) 14.7%
Aomori [16] 1 Kōji Hirayama (PLP) Motome Takisawa (L – K) 51.3%
Kōji Hirayama (PLP – SDP, Mikaze) 15.0%
PLP -1
L +1
Iwate [17] 1 Tatsuo Hirano (I)Tatsuo Hirano (I) 39.7%
Shin'ichi Tanaka (L – K) 26.4%
Miyagi [18] 2 Tomiko Okazaki (D)
Jirō Aichi (L)
Jirō Aichi (L - K) 44.7%
Masamune Wada (Minna) 23.3%
Tomiko Okazaki (D) 22.8%
D -1
Minna +1
Akita [19] 1 Daigo Matsuura (D) Matsuji Nakaizumi (L - K) 52.3%
Daigo Matsuura (D) 39.0%
D -1
L +1
Yamagata [20] 1 Yasue Funayama (Mikaze) Mizuho Ōnuma (L - K) 48.2%
Yasue Funayama (Mikaze – S) 44.6%
Mikaze -1
L +1
Fukushima [21] 1 (-1) Emi Kaneko (D)
Masako Mori (L)
Masako Mori (L - K) 56.6%
Emi Kaneko (D) 28.2%
D -1
Ibaraki [22] 2 Yukihisa Fujita (D)
Tamon Hasegawa (L)
Ryōsuke Kōzuki (L - K) 48.4%
Yukihisa Fujita (D) 17.6%
Junko Ishihara (Minna) 13.3%
Tochigi [23] 1 Hiroyuki Tani (D) Katsunori Takahashi (L - K) 48.1%
Tomomi Oki (Minna) 25.8%
Hiroyuki Tani (D) 20.3%
D -1
L +1
Gunma [24] 1 Ichita Yamamoto (L)Ichita Yamamoto (L - K) 71.9%
Fujiko Kagaya (D) 15.3%
Saitama [25] 3 Kuniko Kōda (Minna)
Toshiharu Furukawa (L)
Ryūji Yamane (D)
Toshiharu Furukawa (L) 34.1%
Katsuo Yakura (K – L) 20.4%
Kuniko Kōda (Minna) 16.5%
Ryūji Yamane (D) 13.3%
D -1
K +1
Chiba [26] 3 Hiroyuki Nagahama (D)
Jun'ichi Ishii (L)
Ken Kagaya (D)
Jun'ichi Ishii (L – K) 28.5%
Toshirō Toyoda (L – K) 17.5%
Hiroyuki Nagahama (D) 16.3%
Masahiro Terada (Minna) 11.9%
D -1
L +1
Tokyo [27] 5 Masako Ōkawara (I)
Natsuo Yamaguchi (K)
Kan Suzuki (D)
Ryūhei Kawada (Minna)
Tamayo Marukawa (L)
Tamayo Marukawa (L) 18.9%
Natsuo Yamaguchi (K) 14.2%
Yoshiko Kira (C) 12.5%
Tarō Yamamoto (I) 11.8%
Keizō Takemi (L) 10.9%
Kan Suzuki (D) 9.8%
...
Masako Ōkawara (I) 4.2%
D -1, Minna -1, I (ex-D) -1
L +1, C +1, I (PLP-aligned) +1
Kanagawa [28] 4 (+1) Hiroe Makiyama (D)
Masashi Mito (Ishin)
Akira Matsu (K)
Dai Shimomura (L) 28.8%
Shigefumi Matsuzawa (Minna) 18.8%
Sayaka Sasaki (K) 16.0%
Hiroe Makiyama (D) 11.7%
Kimie Hatano (C) 11.3%
Masashi Mito (Ishin) 6.2%
Ishin -1
L +1, Minna +1
Niigata [29] 2 Ichirō Tsukada (L)
Yūko Mori (PLP)
Ichirō Tsukada (L – K) 43.3%
Naoki Kazama (D) 19.3%
Yūko Mori (PLP) 15.6%
PLP -1
D +1
Toyama [30] 1 Takashi Morita (I) Shigeru Dōkō (L – K) 77.1%
Wataru Takahashi (C) 12.1%
I (ex-PNP) -1
L +1
Ishikawa [31] 1 Yasuo Ichikawa (D) Shūji Yamada (L – K) 64.8%
Yasuo Ichikawa (D) 23.0%
D -1
L +1
Fukui [32] 1 Ryūji Matsumura (L) Hirofumi Takinami (L – K) 70.6%
Toshikazu Fujino (D) 16.8%
Yamanashi [33] 1 Harunobu Yonenaga (Minna) Hiroshi Moriya (L – K) 37.3%
Takahiro Sakaguchi (I – D, S) 19.8%
...
Harunobu Yonenaga (Minna) 15.4%
Minna -1
L +1
Nagano [34] 2 Yūichirō Hata (D)
Hiromi Yoshida (L)
Hiromi Yoshida (L – K) 37.2%
Yūichirō Hata (D) 30.0%
Chiaki Karasawa (C) 15.8%
Gifu [35] 1 (-1)vacant
(last held by Takao Fujii, Ishin)
Kenji Hirata (D)
Yasutada Ōno (L – K) 58.8%
Rie Yoshida (D) 25.6%
D -1
L +1
Shizuoka [36] 2 Kazuya Shinba (D)
Takao Makino (L)
Takao Makino (L – K) 41.5%
Kazuya Shinba (D) 30.0%
Yukiko Suzuki (Minna) 12.2%
Aichi [37] 3 Kōhei Ōtsuka (D)
Seiji Suzuki (L)
Kuniko Tanioka (Mikaze)
Yasuyuki Sakai (L – K) 35.4%
Kōhei Ōtsukai (D) 24.9%
Michiyo Yakushiji (Minna) 11.6%
Nobuko Motomura (C) 9.1%
...
Makoto Hirayama [38] (Mikaze – PLP) 2.1%
Mikaze -1
Minna +1
Mie [39] 1 Chiaki Takahshi (D) Yūmi Yoshikawa (L – K) 44.2%
Chiaki Takahshi (D) 37.6%
D -1
L +1
Shiga [40] 1 Hisashi Tokunaga (D) Takeshi Ninoyu (L – K) 53.4%
Hisashi Tokunaga (D) 29.2%
D -1
L +1
Kyoto [41] 2 Kōji Matsui (D)
Shōji Nishida (L)
Shōji Nishida (L – K) 37.0%
Akiko Kurabayashi (C) 20.7%
Keirō Kitagami (D) 19.0%
D -1
C +1
Osaka [42] 4 (+1) Satoshi Umemura (D)
Kazuyoshi Shirahama (K)
Shūzen Tanigawa (L)
Tōru Azuma (Ishin) 28.8%
Takuji Yanagimoto (L) 22.3%
Hisatake Sugi (K) 19.0%
Kōtarō Tatsumi (C) 12.8%
Satoshi Umemura (D) 9.2%
D -1
C +1, Ishin +1
Hyōgo [43] 2 Yasuhiro Tsuji (D)
Yoshitada Kōnoike (L)
Yoshitada Kōnoike (L – K) 37.8%
Takayuki Shimizu (Ishin) 26.1%
Yasuhiro Tsuji (D) 15.0%
D -1
Ishin +1
Nara [44] 1vacant
(last held by Tetsuji Nakamura, LF/TPJ)
Iwao Horii (L – K) 58.6%
Takanori Ōnishi (D) 23.1%
L +1
Wakayama [45] 1 Hiroshige Sekō (L)Hiroshige Sekō (L – K) 77.3%
Yasuhisa Hara (C) 19.0%
Tottori [46] 1 Yoshihiro Kawakami (D) Shōji Maitachi (L – K) 58.2%
Yoshihiro Kawakami (D) 30.0%
D -1
L +1
Shimane [47] 1 Akiko Kamei (Mikaze) Saburō Shimada (L – K) 57.8%
Akiko Kamei (Mikaze – S) 32.9%
Mikaze -1
L +1
Okayama [48] 1vacant
(last held by Yumiko Himei, LF/TPJ)
Masahiro Ishii (L – K) 65.5%
Takashi Takai (I – D, S, Mikaze) 24.1%
L +1
Hiroshima [49] 2 Kōji Satō (PLP)
Kensei Mizote (L)
Kensei Mizote (L – K) 46.3%
Shinji Morimoto (D) 17.2%
Kana Haioka (Ishin) 15.4%
Kōji Satō (PLP – Mikaze) 12.2%
PLP -1
D +1
Yamaguchi [50] 1 Yoshimasa Hayashi (L)Yoshimasa Hayashi (L – K) 79.4%
Naoko Fujii (C) 16.6%
Tokushima [51] 1 Tomoji Nakatani (D) Tōru Miki (L – K) 57.5%
Tomoji Nakatani (D) 29.1%
D -1
L +1
Kagawa [52] 1 Emiko Uematsu (I) Shingo Miyake (L – K) 56.0%
Emiko Uematsu (I) 34.2%
I (ex-D) -1
L +1
Ehime [53] 1vacant
(last held by Toshirō Tomochika, LF/TPJ)
Takumi Ihara (L – K) 66.6%
Kayoko Fujioka (Minna) 18.4%
L +1
Kōchi [54] 1 Norio Takeuchi (D) Kōjirō Takano (L – K) 52.9%
Yuriko Hamakawa (C) 24.1%
Norio Takeuchi (D) 21.6%
D -1
L +1
Fukuoka [55] 2 Tsukasa Iwamoto (D)
Masaji Matsuyama (L)
Masaji Matsuyama (L – K) 49.2%
Kuniyoshi Noda (D – PLP) 17.9%
Toshiyuki Yoshida (Ishin) 11.4%
Saga [56] 1 Minoru Kawasaki (I) Yūhei Yamashita (L – K) 64.6%
Kazunori Aoki (D) 24.1%
I (ex-D) -1
L +1
Nagasaki [57] 1 Yukishige Ōkubo (D) Yūichirō Koga (L – K) 59.2%
Yukishige Ōkubo (D – Mikaze) 30.7%
D -1
L +1
Kumamoto [58] 1 Nobuo Matsuno (D) Seishi Baba (L – K) 60.6%
Nobuo Matsuno (D – Mikaze) 29.8%
D -1
L +1
Ōita [59] 1 Yōsuke Isozaki (L)Yōsuke Isozaki (L – K) 50.0%
Shintarō Gotō (I – S, PLP, Mikaze) 27.3%
Miyazaki [60] 1vacant
(last held by Itsuki Sotoyama, LF/TPJ)
Makoto Nagamine (L – K) 69.3%
Seiichirō Dōkyū (D) 18.6%
L +1
Kagoshima [61] 1 Hidehisa Otsuji (L)Hidehisa Otsuji (L – K) 59.0%
Inao Minayoshi (D) 17.7%
Okinawa [62] 1 Keiko Itokazu (OS)Keiko Itokazu (OS – C, S, PLP, Mikaze) 51.1%
Masaaki Asato (L – K) 45.4%
National 48D 16
L 12
K 7
C 3
PLP 3
S 2
Ishin 1
Mikaze 1
Daichi 1
NRP 1
I 1
L 34.7% of proportional votes→18 seats: [63]
Yoshifumi Tsuge 429,002
Toshio Yamada 338,485
Masahisa Satō 326,541
Midori Ishii 294,148
Seiko Hashimoto 279,952
Takashi Hanyūda 249,818
Nobuaki Satō 215,506
Masaaki Akaike 208,319
Akiko Santō 205,779
Seiichi Etō 204,404
Masahiro Ishida 201,109
Haruko Arimura 191,343
Shūji Miyamoto 178,480
Kazuya Maruyama 153,303
Tsuneo Kitamura 142,613
Miki Watanabe 104,176
Yoshio Kimura 98,979
Fusae Ōta 77,173
Masaru Wakasa 76,829
D -9, PLP -3, S -1, Daichi -1, Mikaze -1
NRP -1, I -1
L +6, C +2, Ishin +5, Minna +4
K 14.2% of proportional votes→7 seats: [64]
Kanae Yamamoto 996,959
Daisaku Hiraki 770,682
Yoshihiro Kawano 703,637
Hiroshi Yamamoto 592,814
Kaneshige Wakamatsu 577,951
Yūichirō Uozumi 540,817
Hideki Niizuma 26,044
Nobuo Kawashima 7,737
D 13.4% of proportional votes→7 seats: [65]
Tetsuji Isozaki 271,553
Yoshifumi Hamano 235,917
Kumiko Aihara 235,636
Kusuo Ōshima 191,167
Mieko Kamimoto 176,248
Saori Yoshikawa 167,437
Toshio Ishigami 152,121
Takanori Kawai 138,830
Hajime Ishii 123,355
...
Toshiharu Todoroki 103,996
Marutei Tsurunen 82,858
...
Yoshikazu Tarui 13,178
Ishin 11.9% of proportional votes→6 seats: [66]
Antonio Inoki 356,605
Kyōko Nakayama 306,341
Mitsuo Gima 40,484
Takeshi Fujimaki 33,237
Masashi Nakano 32,926
Kunihiko Muroi 32,107
Hirokazu Tsuchida 28,616
C 9.7% of proportional votes→5 seats: [67]
Akira Koike 134,325
Yoshiki Yamashita 129,149
Tomoko Kami 68,729
Satoshi Inoue 50,874
Kōhei Nihi 39,768
Yūko Yamamoto 36,580
Minna 8.9% of proportional votes→4 seats: [68]
Ryūhei Kawada 117,389
Kazuyuki Yamaguchi 75,000
Michitarō Watanabe 50,253
Yoshiyuki Inoue 47,756
Jun'ichi Kawai 39,425
S 2.4% of proportional votes→1 seat: [69]
Seiji Mataichi 156,1555
Hiroji Yamashiro 112,641
Incumbents on other party lists without seat:
PLP (1.8%): Tadashi Hirono, Yoshinobu Fujiwara [70]
Daichi (1.0%): none [71]
Midori (0.9%): none [72]
Mikaze (0.8%): Kuniko Tanioka [73]
HRP (0.4%): none [74]

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General elections were held in Japan on 16 December 2012. Voters gave the Liberal Democratic Party a landslide victory, ejecting the Democratic Party from power after three years. It was the fourth worst defeat suffered by a ruling party in Japanese history.

The Sunrise Party, formerly known as the Sunrise Party of Japan, was a conservative and nationalist political party in Japan. The SPJ was formed on 10 April 2010 by five Japanese lawmakers and parliamentarians, four former members of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and an independent politician. It was named by the then-Tokyo Metropolitan Governor Shintarō Ishihara who supported the action. At its inception, the party described itself as an "anti-DPJ, non-LDP" political force.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hokkaido proportional representation block</span>

The Hokkaidō proportional representation block or in official usage the "Hokkaidō electoral district" is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) blocks for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Hokkaidō and is one of two PR blocks that covers only one prefecture, the other being Tokyo. Following the introduction of proportional voting, it elected nine representatives in the election of 1996. Since 2000, the Hokkaidō PR block has been represented by eight representatives.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shikoku proportional representation block</span> Proportional Representation Block of the National Diet of Japan

The Shikoku proportional representation block is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) "blocks", multi-member constituencies for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Shikoku region covering Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kōchi Prefectures. Following the introduction of proportional voting it elected seven representatives in the 1996 general election. When the total number of PR seats was reduced from 200 to 180, the Shikoku PR block shrank to six seats.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tokyo proportional representation block</span> Proportional representation constituency for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan

The Tōkyō proportional representation block, or more formally the proportional representation tier "Tokyo Metropolis electoral district", is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) "blocks", multi-member constituencies for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists solely of the prefecture of Tokyo making it one of two blocks covering only one prefecture, the other being Hokkaido. Following the introduction of proportional voting Tokyo elected 19 representatives by PR in the 1996 general election, and 17 since the election of 2000 when the total number of PR seats was reduced from 200 to 180.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southern Kanto proportional representation block</span> Proportional representation block in Southern Kanto, Japan

The Southern Kantō proportional representation block 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">People's Life First</span> Political party in Japan

People's Life First was a short-lived political party in Japan. It had 37 out of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives, and 12 in the 242-member House of Councillors. On 28 November 2012, the party merged into Governor of Shiga Yukiko Kada's Japan Future Party based in Ōtsu.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Results of the 2012 Japanese general election</span>

This article presents detailed results of the 2012 Japanese general election. It lists all elected Representatives in the 300 single-member districts and the 11 regional proportional representation (PR) blocks. Subsequent by-elections and the PR block replacement candidates to be elected later without additional vote in cases of death, resignation or disqualification (kuriage-tōsen) are not listed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 Japanese general election</span>

General elections were held in Japan on 22 October 2017. Voting took place in all Representatives constituencies of Japan – 289 single-member districts and eleven proportional blocks – in order to appoint all 465 members of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the then 707-member bicameral National Diet of Japan. Incumbent Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's governing coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Komeito party retained their seats in signs of what was perceived as weak opposition. The PM won his fourth term in office and held on to the two-thirds supermajority in order to implement policies on revising the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Japanese House of Councillors election</span>

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on Sunday 10 July 2016 to elect 121 of the 242 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the National Diet, for a term of six years. As a result of the election, the Liberal Democratic Party–Komeito coalition gained ten seats for a total of 145, the largest coalition achieved since the size of the house was set at 242 seats.

The Democratic Party, abbreviated as DP, was a political party in Japan. It was the largest opposition political party in Japan from 2016 until its marginalization in the House of Representatives in 2017. The party was founded on 27 March 2016 from the merger of the Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Innovation Party. The majority of the party split on 28 September 2017, before the 2017 general election. Many of its members contesting the election as candidates for the Party of Hope, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan or as party members without nomination. On 7 May 2018 the DP merged with the Party of Hope to form the Democratic Party For the People.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kenji Nakanishi</span> Japanese politician

Kenji Nakanishi is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 Tokyo prefectural election</span> Election in Japan

Prefectural elections for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly were held on 2 July 2017. The 127 members were elected in forty-two electoral districts, seven returning single members elected by first-past-the-post, and thirty-five returning multiple members under single non-transferable vote. Four districts had their magnitude adjusted in this election to match population changes.

The Japanese National Proportional Representation Block, known in Japan as the House of Councillors proportional district is an electoral district for the House of Councillors, the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. It consists of the whole nation and elects 50 members per election, 100 in total, by D'Hondt method proportional representation (PR).

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