Aichi Prefecture currently sends 36 elected members to the Diet of Japan, 29 to the House of Representatives and 7 to the House of Councillors.
Aichi Prefecture currently sends 36 elected members to the Diet of Japan, 29 to the House of Representatives and 7 to the House of Councillors.
The current House of Representatives Aichi delegation consists of 14 members of the LDP, 6 DPFP, 5 CDP, 1 Komeito, 1 JCP, 1 NIK and 1 independent.
| District | Representative | Party | Incumbency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hiromichi Kumada (LD-Nishi-ku, Nagoya) | LDP | 26 December 2012 – present |
| 2nd |  Motohisa Furukawa (D-Chikusa-ku, Nagoya) | DPFP | 2000 – present |
| 3rd |  Shōichi Kondō (CD-Tenpaku-ku, Nagoya) | CDP | 24 December 2014 – present |
| 4th | Shōzō Kudō (LD-Atsuta-ku, Nagoya) | LDP | 26 December 2012 – present |
| 5th |  Hirotaka Akamatsu (CD-Nakamura-ku, Nagoya) | CDP | 24 December 2014 – present |
| 6th | Hideki Niwa (LD-Kasugai) | LDP | 2011 – present |
| 7th |  Shiori Yamao (CD-Owariasahi) | CDP | 24 December 2014 – present |
| 8th |  Tadahiko Itō (LD-Chita) | LDP | 26 December 2012 – present |
| 9th | Yasumasa Nagasaka (LD-Tsushima) | LDP | 26 December 2012 – present |
| 10th |  Tetsuma Esaki (LD-Ichinomiya) | LDP | 26 December 2012 – present |
| 11th | Shinichirō Furumoto (D-Toyota) | DPFP | 9 November 2003 – present |
| 12th |  Kazuhiko Shigetoku (I-Okazaki) | Ind | 24 December 2014 – present |
| 13th | Kensuke Ōnishi (D-Anjō) | DPFP | 30 August 2009 – present |
| 14th |  Sōichirō Imaeda (LD-Toyokawa) | LDP | 26 December 2012 – present |
| 15th |  Yukinori Nemoto (LD-Toyohashi) | LDP | 26 December 2012 – present |
Aichi Prefecture is part of the Tokai proportional representation block. In the current Diet, there are 14 Representatives from Aichi elected through the Tokai PR block.
| Representative | Party | District contested | Incumbency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junji Suzuki (LD-Seto) | LDP | Aichi-7th | 24 December 2014 – present |
| Sei Ōmi (LD-Anjō) | Aichi-13th | ||
| Kenji Kanda (LD-Nakamura-ku, Nagoya) | Aichi-5th | ||
| Yoshitaka Ikeda (LD-Tenpaku-ku, Nagoya) | Aichi-3rd | ||
| Tetsuya Yagi (LD-Toyota) | Aichi-11th | 26 December 2012 – present | |
| Tsuyoshi Tabata (LD-Chikusa-ku, Nagoya) | Aichi-2nd | 19 October 2016 – present | |
| Mitsunori Okamoto (D-Inazawa) | DPFP | Aichi-9th | 24 December 2014 – present |
 Yoshio Maki (D-Atsuta-ku, Nagoya) | Aichi-4th | 24 December 2014 – present | |
 Kenichirō Seki (D-Toyohashi) | Aichi-15th | 1 November 2017 – present | |
| Tsunehiko Yoshida (CD-Kita-ku, Nagoya) | CDP | Aichi-1st | 1 November 2017 – present |
| Ichio Matsuda (CD-Kitanagoya) | None | ||
| Wataru Itō (K-Minami-ku, Nagoya) | Komeito | None | 26 December 2012 – present |
| Nobuko Motomura (C-Naka-ku, Nagoya) | JCP | None | 24 December 2014 – present |
| Kazumi Sugimoto (Is-Ichinomiya) | NIK | Aichi-10th | 1 November 2017 – present |
The current House of Councillors Tokyo delegation consists of 2 members of the DPFP, 2 LDP, 1 CDP, 1 Komeito and 1 independent. The members are elected from the Aichi at-large district. The Aichi Councillors delegation will grow to eight after the 2019 election.
| Party | Councillors | Term ends | Incumbency |
|---|---|---|---|
| DPFP |  Kōhei Ōtsuka | 2019 | 23 July 2001 – present |
| Takae Itō | 2022 | 26 July 2016 – present | |
| LDP | Yasuyuki Sakai | 2019 | 26 July 2013 – present |
| Masahito Fujikawa | 2022 | 26 July 2010 – present | |
| CDP | Yoshitaka Saitō | 2022 | 26 July 2010 – present |
| Komeito | Ryūji Satomi | 2022 | 26 July 2016 – present |
| Ind | Michiyo Yakushiji | 2019 | 29 July 2013 – present |
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