Kyushu proportional representation block

Representation block in the Japan House of Representatives

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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-4, Komeito-3, DPP-2, JCP-1, Reiwa-1, JIP-1, Sanseitō-1)

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.[3][4] 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.[5][6] Proportional voting blocks were first introduced in the 1996 General Election.[7] The block elects 20 members to the House of Representatives.

## References

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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. ^ "Changes to Voting Age? 20 or 18?". www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
4. ^ Berman, Daniel (2010-07-21). "In Recent Japanese Elections An Unequal Electoral System Explains the Government's Defeat". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
5. ^ "Kyushu | Facts, History, & Points of Interest". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
6. ^ "Ryukyu Islands | archipelago, Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
7. ^ 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.

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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|

Block
8 seats
Hokkaidō

Tōhoku|

Block
12 seats
Aomori

Iwate

Miyagi

Akita

Yamagata

Fukushima

Kita- (North) Kantō|

Block
19 seats
Ibaraki

Tochigi

Gunma

Saitama

Minami- (South) Kantō|

Block
23 seats
Chiba

Kanagawa

Yamanashi

Tokyo|

Block
19 seats
Tokyo

Hokuriku-Shin'etsu|

Block
10 seats
Niigata

Toyama

Ishikawa

Fukui

Nagano

Tōkai|

Block
21 seats
Gifu

Shizuoka

Aichi

Mie

Kinki|

Block
28 seats
Shiga

Kyoto

Osaka

Hyōgo

Nara

Wakayama

Chūgoku|

Block
10 seats
Tottori

Shimane

Okayama

Hiroshima

Yamaguchi

Shikoku|

Block
6 seats
Tokushima

Kagawa

Ehime

Kōchi

Kyūshū|

Block
20 seats
Fukuoka

Saga

Nagasaki

Kumamoto

Ōita

Miyazaki

Kagoshima

Okinawa

Former districts|

Abolished in 2002
Hokkaido 13
Yamagata 4
Shizuoka 9
Shimane 3
Oita 4

Abolished in 2013
Fukui 3
Yamanashi 3
Tokushima 3
Kochi 3
Saga 3

Abolished in 2017
Aomori 4
Iwate 4
Mie 5
Nara 4
Kumamoto 5
Kagoshima 5

Abolished in 2022
Miyagi 6
Fukushima 5
Niigata 6
Shiga 4
Wakayama 3
Okayama 5
Hiroshima 7
Yamaguchi 4
Ehime 4
Nagasaki 4

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