Kyushu Proportional Representation Block

Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives

Map of House of Representatives proportional blocks, with the Kyūshū block highlighted

Prefectures| Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, and Okinawa
Population| 14,257,000 (October 2019 estimate)[1]
Electorate| 11,905,965[2]
Current constituency
Representatives| 20 (LDP-7, CDP-3, Hope-4, Komeito-3,JCP-1, SDP-1, Nippon Ishin no Kai-1)[3]

The Kyushu proportional representation block (九州比例ブロック, Kyūshū hirei burokku) is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) blocks for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan.[4][5] It consists of the Kyushu region and Okinawa prefecture (which includes Okinawa island and the Ryukyu Islands), and consists of the prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, and Okinawa.[6][7] Proportional voting blocks were first introduced in the 1996 General Election.[8] The block elects 21 members to the House of Representatives.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Population by Sex for Prefectures - Total population, Japanese population, October 1, Each Year". e-stat.go.jp. Government of Japan. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
2. ^ "Number of registered electoral rolls and overseas electoral rolls for each constituency, etc". soumu.go.jp. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
3. ^ "Results of the 2017 Japanese General Election". Daily Yomiuri. Yomiuri Shimbun. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
4. ^ "Changes to Voting Age? 20 or 18?". www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
5. ^ Berman, Daniel (2010-07-21). "In Recent Japanese Elections An Unequal Electoral System Explains the Government's Defeat". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
6. ^ "Kyushu | Facts, History, & Points of Interest". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
7. ^ "Ryukyu Islands | archipelago, Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
8. ^ Christensen, Raymond V. (1994). "Electoral Reform in Japan: How It was Enacted and Changes It May Bring". Asian Survey. 34 (7): 589–605. doi:10.2307/2645370. ISSN 0004-4687. JSTOR 2645370. Retrieved 6 August 2021 - via JSTOR.

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First-past-the-post (FPTP) districts and proportional representation (PR) "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives of the National Diet (1996–present)

Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Fukushiro Nukaga, Ibaraki 2nd
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Banri Kaieda, Tokyo PR

Hokkaidō
(8 block seats, 12 district seats)|

Hokkaidō

Tōhoku
(12 block seats, 23 district seats)|

Aomori

Iwate

Miyagi

Akita

Yamagata

Fukushima

Kita- (North) Kantō
(19 block seats, 32 district seats)|

Ibaraki

Tochigi

Gunma

Saitama

Minami- (South) Kantō
(23 block seats, 33 district seats)|

Chiba

Kanagawa

Yamanashi

Tokyo
(19 block seats, 25 district seats)|

Tokyo

Hokuriku-Shin'etsu
(10 block seats, 19 district seats)|

Niigata

Toyama

Ishikawa

Fukui

Nagano

Tōkai
(21 block seats, 32 district seats)|

Gifu

Shizuoka

Aichi

Mie

Kinki
(28 block seats, 47 district seats)|

Shiga

Kyoto

Osaka

Hyōgo

Nara

Wakayama

Chūgoku
(10 block seats, 20 district seats)|

Tottori

Shimane

Okayama

Hiroshima

Yamaguchi

Shikoku
(6 block seats, 11 district seats)|

Tokushima

Kagawa

Ehime

Kōchi

Kyūshū
(20 block seats, 35 district seats)|

Fukuoka

Saga

Nagasaki

Kumamoto

Ōita

Miyazaki

Kagoshima

Okinawa

Districts eliminated
in the 2002 reapportionments|

Hokkaido 13
Yamagata 4
Shizuoka 9
Shimane 3
Oita 4

Districts eliminated
in the 2013 reapportionments|

Fukui 3
Yamanashi 3
Tokushima 3
Kochi 3
Saga 3

Districts eliminated
in the 2017 reapportionments|

Aomori 4
Iwate 4
Mie 5
Nara 4
Kumamoto 5
Kagoshima 5

Districts eliminated
in the 2022 reapportionments|

Miyagi 6
Fukushima 5
Niigata 6
Shiga 4
Wakayama 3
Okayama 5
Hiroshima 7
Yamaguchi 4
Ehime 4
Nagasaki 4

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