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Chūgoku proportional representation block

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Chūgoku Proportional Representation Block
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Map of House of Representatives proportional blocks, with the Chūgoku block highlighted
PrefectureTottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi
Electorate6,134,338[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
Seats11
Representatives11 (LDP-6, CDP-2, Komeito-2), Ishin-1

The Chūgoku proportional representation block (比例中国ブロック) is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) "blocks", multi-member constituencies for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists of the prefectures of Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi. Following the introduction of proportional voting, Chūgoku elected 13 representatives by PR in the 1996 general election, and 11 since the election of 2000.

Summary of results

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general election LDP CDP DPJ Komeito JCP SDP NFP LP Kibō JRP ('12)/JIP ('14)/
JRP ('17)
PNP Others
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
1996 1,578,140 43.32 6 464,197 12.74 2 356,108 9.77 1 234,642 6.44 1 883,319 24.25 3 125,825 3.45 0
2000 1,364,938 4 831,747 2 587,603 2 341,851 1 353,973 1 340,358 1 15,164 0
2003 1,388,768 5 1,254,880 4 657,311 2 234,359 0 176,942 0
2005 1,537,080 5 1,196,971 3 658,702 2 247,073 0 215,636 0 330,546 1
2009 1,388,451 4 1,704,242 6 555,552 1 244,761 0 156,291 0 208,208 0 32,319 0
2012 1,210,400 5 570,764 2 493,800 2 174,648 0 68,653 0 622,226 2 365,370 0
2014 1,183,903 5 529,819 2 516,892 2 285,224 1 65,349 0 394,306 1 127,031 0
2017 1,249,073 39.18 5 533,050 16.72 2 476,270 14.93 2 199,152 6.24 0 44,240 1.38 0 514,191 16.72 2 151,221 4.74 0 20,701 0.64 0

List of representatives

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D'Hondt allocation order 1996 2000 2003 2005 2009 2012 2014 2017
1 Kazuko Nose [ja] Kiichi Miyazawa Hisaoki Kamei Toshiko Abe Shunji Yuhara Toshifumi Kojima Toshiko Abe Toshifumi Kojima
2 Tetsuo Saito Isao Yamauchi [ja] Isao Yamauchi [ja] Takashi Wada [ja] Toshiko Abe Kei Nakamaru Toshifumi Kojima Mio Sugita
3 Yoshio Sakurauchi Yoshiro Hayashi Katsuyuki Kawai Katsunobu Kato Takashi Takai Toshiko Abe Michiyoshi Yunoki Akiko Kamei
4 Yoshiro Hayashi Tetsuo Saito Tetsuo Saito Tetsuo Saito Yoshitaka Murata Michiyoshi Yunoki Tetsuo Saito Michiyoshi Yunoki
5 Daikichi Ishibashi Kozo Hirabayashi [ja] Keisuke Tsumura Mitsuo Mitani Hiroshi Sugakawa Tetsuo Saito Masayoshi Shintani Tetsuo Saito
6 Keigo Masuya Toshimasa Yamada [ja] Katsunobu Kato Yoshitake Masuhara Tetsuo Saito Masayoshi Yoshino Takashi Takai Michitaka Ikeda
7 Kazuho Tanigawa [ja] Tetsuo Kaneko [ja] Koji Sato Daisuke Matsumoto Katsuyuki Kawai Daisuke Sakamoto Michitaka Ikeda Keiichi Furuta
8 Seiji Masamori [ja] Yoshiko Nakabayashi [ja] Kazuko Nose [ja] Seiji Hagiwara Hiroki Hanasaki Mitsuhiro Uesugi Yoshinobu Ohira Takashi Takai
9 Kozo Hirabayashi Kazuho Tanigawa [ja] Keigo Masuya Hisaoki Kamei Hidenao Nakagawa Keisuke Tsumura Keisuke Tsumura Keisuke Tsumura
10 Mutsuki Kato Koji Sato Takashi Wada [ja] Keigo Masuya Noboru Miura Keigo Masuya Keigo Masuya Shogo Nemoto
11 Hinokita Hitoshi [ja] Keigo Masuya Shinji Sato Gaku Hashimoto Toshiaki Komuro Michitaka Ikeda Keiichi Furuta Keigo Masuya
12 Tadatoshi Akiba
Seats abolished
13 Shingo Nakagiri [ja]

References

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  1. ^ "Ministry of Internal Affairs". September 2019.