Tohoku proportional representation block

The Tōhoku proportional representation block (比例[代表]東北ブロック, Hirei [daihyō] Tōhoku burokku) is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) blocks for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists of the Tōhoku region, namely the prefectures of Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata and Fukushima. Upon the introduction of proportional voting at the 1996 general election, the block elected 16 Representatives to the House. The block's representation was reduced to 14 Representatives at the 2000 general election, and to 13 in the 2017 election.[1]

Tōhoku Proportional Representation Block
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives

Map of House of Representatives proportional blocks, with an arrow pointing to the Tōhoku block
PrefecturesAomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, and Fukushima
Electorate7,538,808
Current constituency
Created1994
Number of members13

Summary of results

All major national parties have managed to obtain at least one of the PR seats in Tōhoku since the introduction of proportional voting in 1996. The region also contains several strongholds: Aomori in particular is a typical "conservative kingdom" and leans towards the LDP alongside with the Western prefectures along the Sea of Japan coast; Iwate is the home of Ichirō Ozawa, former NFP, LP and DPJ president and a "Democratic kingdom" having also the first prefectural parliament in Japan where the Democrats managed to obtain the status of strongest party in 2007.

General election LDPDPJ KōmeitōJCP SDPNFP ('96)/
LP ('00)/
TPJ ('12)/
PLP ('14)
JRP ('12)/
JIP ('14)
YP Others
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats Votes%Seats
1996 1,630,77735.36513,41011.12 442,7909.61 382,2718.311,532,98733.26 121,8282.60
2000 1,545,02832.051,024,25321.23 474,2389.81391,0558.11 517,26710.71786,75116.33 96,1742.00
2003 1,794,28437.661,784,76837.45 565,17911.91313,2906.61 310,1876.51
2005 1,901,59536.561,748,16533.65 620,63811.91325,1766.21 362,5237.01 244,9334.70
2009 1,491,76127.942,433,83645.57 516,6889.71315,2015.91 316,6355.91 241,4454.50 36,2950.70
2012 1,238,71628.65805,70918.63 398,1319.21256,8385.91 160,3673.70391,2169.01 725,00616.72306,1027.11 56,4121.30
2014 1,265,37232.95863,53922.54 431,16911.22379,8119.91 131,8573.40181,4874.70 499,43713.02 89,2272.30

List of representatives

Elected Representatives
Tenure 1996-2000 2000-03 2003-05 2005-09 2009-12 2012-14 2014-pres.
Rep.
Party
Zenmei Matsumoto
JCP
Chizuko Takahashi
JCP
Rep.
Party
Kenjirō Hatakeyama
SDP
Tetsuo Kanno
SDP
Kiyohiro Yamamoto
SDP
Tetsuo Kanno
SDP
Hideo Yoshiizumi
SDP
Kōji Hata
TPJ
Kōji Hata
PLP (from 2013)
Emi Kaneko
DPJ
Emi Kaneko
DP (from 2016)
Rep.
Party
Ichirō Hino (died 2003)
DPJ
Masayo Tanabu
DPJ
Kiyohito Hashimoto
DPJ
Masayo Tanabu
DPJ
Kazuko Kōri
DPJ
Kazuko Kōri
DP (from 2016)
Rep.
Party
Kenji Kodama
DPJ
Takao Satō
DPJ
Yōsuke Kondō
DPJ
Noriko Nakanowatami
DPJ
Yōsuke Kondō
DPJ
Yōsuke Kondō
DP (from 2016)
Rep.
Party
Yasusuke Konta
NFP
Yasasuke Konta
DPJ (from 1998)
Izumi Yoshida
DPJ
Kazuo Takamatsu
DPJ
Izumi Yoshida
DPJ
Manabu Terata
DPJ
Manabu Terata
DP (from 2016)
Rep.
Party
Kijūrō Sugahara
NFP
Kijūrō Sugahara (resigned 2001)
Lib. (from 1998)
Kentarō Ishihara
Lib.
Michihiko Kano
DPJ
Kazuko Kōri
DPJ
Kazuyuki Yamaguchi
DPJ
Shinji Oguma
JRP
Shinji Oguma
JIP (from 2014)
Sekio Masuta
JIP
Sekio Masuta
DP (from 2016)
Rep.
Party
Tatsuo Sasayama
NFP
Tatsuo Sasayama
Lib. (from 1998)
Kentarō Kudō
Lib.
Teruhiko Mashiko
DPJ
Hokuto Yokoyama
DPJ
Kyōichi Tsushima
DPJ
Toshihide Muraoka
JRP (until 2014)
Toshihide Muraoka
JRP (2014-15)
Toshihide Muraoka
Vision of Reform (2015-16)
Toshihide Muraoka
DP (from 2016)
Rep.
Party
Yoshihisa Inoue
NFP
Yoshihisa Inoue
Komeito (from 1998)
Rep.
Party
Kōdō Kohata
NFP
Kōdō Kohata
DPJ (from 1998)
Yoshinobu Takahashi
Lib.
Masashi Nakano
LDP
Miki Wajima (resigned in 2012)
DPJ
Ippu Watanabe
DPJ
Hiroki Hayashi
YP
Hiroki Hayashi
Unity Party (2013-14); member of JIP for 2 months in 2014
Yūichi Mayama
Komeito
Rep.
Party
Kōki Hagino
NFP
Kōki Hagino
LDP (from 1998)
Atsushi Watanabe
LDP
Chōuemon Kikuchi
DPJ
Sachiko Kanno
LDP
Ichirō Kanke
LDP
Rep.
Party
Hidefumi Minorikawa (died 2003)
LDP
Kyōichi Tsushima
LDP
Tatsuo Satō
LDP
Katsutoshi Kaneda
LDP
Miyo Ōkubo
LDP
Shigeaki Katsunama
LDP
Rep.
Party
Ichio Kumagai
LDP
Tokuichirō Tamazawa
LDP
Kenya Akiba
LDP
Hinako Takahashi
LDP
Rep.
Party
Kōji Futada
LDP
Hiroyuki Arai
LDP
Kōji Futada
LDP
Masayoshi Yoshino
LDP
Hidenori Hashimoto
LDP
Rep.
Party
Toshiaki Endō
LDP
Kōji Sakamoto
LDP
Masayoshi Yoshino
LDP
Kōji Sakamoto
LDP
Toshiaki Endō
LDP
Takashi Fujiwara
LDP
Rep.
Party
Tokuichirō Tamazawa
LDP
Seat abolished
Rep.
Party
Yoshiyuki Hozumi
LDP
Seat abolished

References

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