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| 44th House of Representatives | (2005) |
| 45th House of Representatives | (2009) |
| 46th House of Representatives | (2012) |
This is a list of Representatives elected to the House of Representatives at the 2009 general election, held on 30 August 2009, for the Forty-Fifth election period of the House of Representatives beginning with the 172nd session of the National Diet of Japan.
(as of September 12, 2012)
Note: This list includes not only the net result, but all gains and losses by parliamentary group except for very short transitional periods as an independent. Example: Kaoru Yosano who was a Liberal Democrat in the opening session and is an independent as of April 2012 shows up eight times: he (1.) left the LDP, (2.) co-founded the SPJ, (3.) left the SPJ, (4.) became an independent, (5.) stopped being an independent, (6.) joined the DPJ group, (7.) left the DPJ group and (8.) became an independent.
As of 16 September 2009 (opening session of the 172nd (special) Diet after election of House of Representatives Speaker, Vice-Speaker and Prime Minister)
Note: Affiliation among Representatives elected may change at any given time.
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