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This is a list of members of the Diet of Japan . The Diet has two chambers: the House of Councillors (upper house) and the House of Representatives (lower house). Councillors serve six year terms, with half being elected every three years. Representatives serve terms of up to four years, but the House of Representatives can be dissolved, causing a shorter term (snap election).
Below are lists of representatives elected in Japanese general elections since 2003.
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Parliamentary groups/caucuses | Parties | Seats | ||
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Liberal Democratic Party/Assembly of independents Jiyūminshutō・mushozoku no kai | Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Independents | 196 | ||
Constitutional Democratic Party/Independents Rikken Minshutō・mushozoku | Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) Social Democratic Party (SDP) | 148 | ||
Nippon Ishin no Kai Nippon Ishin no Kai | Nippon Ishin no Kai | 38 | ||
Democratic Party for the People/Independent club Kokumin Minshutō・mushozoku club | Democratic Party For the People (DPFP) | 28 | ||
Komeito Kōmeitō | Komeito | 24 | ||
Reiwa Shinsengumi Reiwa Shinsengumi | Reiwa Shinsengumi | 9 | ||
Japanese Communist Party Nihon Kyōsantō | Japanese Communist Party (JCP) | 8 | ||
Yūshi no Kai Yūshi no kai | Independents | 4 | ||
Sanseitō Sanseitō | Sanseitō | 3 | ||
Conservative Party of Japan Nippon Hoshutō | Conservative Party of Japan | 3 | ||
Independents (not member of a caucus) Mushozoku | Independents (not member of a party) LDP (Speaker) CDP (Vice-Speaker) | 4 | ||
Total | 465 | |||
List of members by parliamentary group and constituency. There are usually translations and abbreviations for parliamentary groups (会派, kaiha, current House of Representatives website translation: "In-House Group") used on the English pages of the House of Representatives website, [2]
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Caucus (English name) [52] (domestic name) | Parties | Members | |||||||
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Term | Total | ||||||||
29 July 2019 – 28 July 2025 (elected 2019, up 2025) | 26 July 2022 – 25 July 2028 (elected 2022, up 2028) | ||||||||
PR | SNTV/FPTP | Subtotal | PR | SNTV/FPTP | Subtotal | ||||
Government | 140 | ||||||||
Liberal Democratic Party Jiyūminshutō | Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) | 19 | 33 | 52 | 18 | 43 | 61 | 113 | |
Komeito Kōmeitō | Komeito | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 27 | |
Opposition | 91 | ||||||||
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Social Democratic Party Rikken-minshu / Shamin / Mushozoku | Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) Social Democratic Party (SDP) Independents | 9 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 42 | |
Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) Nippon Ishin no Kai | Nippon Ishin no Kai | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |
Democratic Party For the People and The Shin-Ryokufukai Kokumin-minshutō / Shin-Ryokufūkai | Democratic Party For the People (DPFP) Independents | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |
Japanese Communist Party Nihon Kyōsantō | Japanese Communist Party (JCP) | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
Reiwa Shinsengumi Reiwa Shinsengumi | Reiwa Shinsengumi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
The Party to Protect People from NHK NHK kara kokumin o mamoru tō | The Party to Protect the People from NHK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Okinawa Whirlwind Okinawa no Kaze | Okinawa Social Mass Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Independents (government & opposition) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||
Independents Members not affiliated with any parliamentary caucus | LDP 1 (President) CDP 1 (Vice President) Sanseitō 1 Independents | ||||||||
Total | 50 | 67 | 117 | 50 | 73 | 123 | 240 | ||
Vacant: 8 majoritarian seats, three from Tokyo and one each from Kanagawa, Aichi, Osaka, Hyōgo and Wakayama (no by-elections before 2025 regular election without additional vacancies; Tokyo will hold an integrated by- and regular election) [53] | N/A | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
List of members by parliamentary group and constituency. There are usually translations and abbreviations for parliamentary groups (会派 kaiha, current House of Councillors website translation: "In-House Group") used on the English pages of the House of Representatives website [54] The official caucus names [55] are transcribed to Latin here:
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