Tohoku proportional representation block
Proportional representational block for Tohoku, Japan
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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]
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 along 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
LDP
DPJ
Kōmeitō
JCP
SDP
NFP ('96)/LP ('00)/TPJ ('12)/PLP ('14)
JRP ('12)/JIP ('14)
YP
Others
Votes
%
Seats
Votes
%
Seats
Votes
%
Seats
Votes
%
Seats
Votes
%
Seats
Votes
%
Seats
Votes
%
Seats
Votes
%
Seats
Votes
%
Seats
1996
1,630,777
35.3
6
513,410
11.1
2
–
442,790
9.6
1
382,271
8.3
1
1,532,987
33.2
6
–
121,828
2.6
0
2000
1,545,028
32.0
5
1,024,253
21.2
3
474,238
9.8
1
391,055
8.1
1
517,267
10.7
1
786,751
16.3
3
–
96,174
2.0
0
2003
1,794,284
37.6
6
1,784,768
37.4
5
565,179
11.9
1
313,290
6.6
1
310,187
6.5
1
–
–
–
2005
1,901,595
36.5
6
1,748,165
33.6
5
620,638
11.9
1
325,176
6.2
1
362,523
7.0
1
–
–
244,933
4.7
0
2009
1,491,761
27.9
4
2,433,836
45.5
7
516,688
9.7
1
315,201
5.9
1
316,635
5.9
1
–
–
241,445
4.5
0
36,295
0.7
0
2012
1,238,716
28.6
5
805,709
18.6
3
398,131
9.2
1
256,838
5.9
1
160,367
3.7
0
391,216
9.0
1
725,006
16.7
2
306,102
7.1
1
56,412
1.3
0
2014
1,265,372
32.9
5
863,539
22.5
4
431,169
11.2
2
379,811
9.9
1
131,857
3.4
0
181,487
4.7
0
499,437
13.0
2
–
89,227
2.3
0
List of representatives
Recent results
#: List rank assigned by the party
District column: For double candidates who concurrently ran in a single-member electoral district, the district column contains the electoral district where they stood and the sekihairitsu (lit. "narrow defeat ratio"), the ratio of margin of defeat. It determines the ranking of candidates who are put on the same list rank by their party.
(in parentheses): Double candidates who are not eligible for election in the proportional block either because they won their district races or were disqualified for having received less than 10% of the vote in the district race (also the threshold for losing the deposit)
2014
Tōhoku block results in the 2014 general House of Representatives election [ 2]
#
Candidate
District
Status
#
Candidate
District
Status
#
Candidate
District
Status
LDP: 1,265,372 votes (32.9%), 5 seats
DPJ: 863,539 votes (22.5%), 4 seats
JIP: 499,437 votes (13.0%), 2 seats
1
(Jun Tsushima )
Aomori 1 (won)
1
(Takeshi Shina )
Iwate 1 (won)
1
(Shinji Oguma )
Fukushima 4 (won)
(Akinori Eto )
Aomori 2 (won)
(Tōru Kikawada )
Iwate 3 (won)
Sekio Masuta
Aomori 1 (94.2%)
Elected
(Tadamori Ōshima )
Aomori 3 (won)
(Jun Azumi )
Miyagi 5 (won)
Toshihide Muraoka
Akita 3 (94.0%)
Elected
(Tarō Kumura )
Aomori 4 (won)
(Kōichirō Genba )
Fukushima 3 (won)
Hiroki Hayashi
Miyagi 2 (66.4%)
–
(Shun'ichi Suzuki )
Iwate 2 (won)
Emi Kaneko
Fukushima 1 (94.8%)
Elected
Noriko Nakanowatari
Aomori 2 (34.8%)
–
(Tōru Doi )
Miyagi 1 (won)
Yōsuke Kondō
Yamagata 2 (92.3%)
Elected
Kōmeitō: 431,169 votes (11.2%), 2 seats
(Ken'ya Akiba )
Miyagi 2 (won)
Manabu Terata
Akita 1 (87.0%)
Elected
1
Yoshihisa Inoue
–
Elected
(Akihiro Nishimura )
Miyagi 3 (won)
Kazuko Kōri
Miyagi 1 (86.8%)
Elected
2
Yūichi Mayama
–
Elected
(Shintarō Itō )
Miyagi 4 (won)
Izumi Yoshida
Fukushima 5 (84.4%)
–
JCP: 379,811 votes (9.9%), 1 seat
(Itsunori Onodera )
Miyagi 6 (won)
Masayo Tanabu
Aomori 3 (82.8%)
–
1
Chizuko Takahashi
–
Elected
(Hiroyuki Togashi )
Akita 1 (won)
Takashi Midorikawa
Akita 2 (69.1%)
–
2
Tomo Iwabuchi
–
–
(Katsutoshi Kaneda )
Akita 2 (won)
Kiyohito Hashimoto
Miyagi 3 (64.2%)
–
PLP: 181,487 votes (4.7%), no seat
(Nobuhide Minorikawa )
Akita 3 (won)
Mitsunori Akabe
Fukushima 2 (63.6%)
–
1
(Ichirō Ozawa )
Iwate 4 (won)
(Toshiaki Endō )
Yamagata 1 (won)
Masae Ido
Miyagi 4 (51.2%)
–
Kōji Hata
Iwate 2 (84.1%)
-
(Norikazu Suzuki )
Yamagata 2 (won)
Takashi Yamauchi
Aomori 4 (48.1%)
–
3
Sadao Hirano
–
–
(Ayuko Katō )
Yamagata 3 (won)
Masahiro Harada
Yamagata 1 (46.7%)
–
PFG: 71,026 votes (1.8%), no seat
(Yoshitami Kameoka )
Fukushima 1 (won)
Sayuri Kamata
Miyagi 6 (32.4%)
–
1
(Teruaki Masumoto)
Miyagi 2 (16.7%)
DQ
(Takumi Nemoto )
Fukushima 2 (won)
(Taisei Yoshida)
Yamagata 3 (20.0%)
DQ
2
Nakako Uda
–
–
(Masayoshi Yoshino )
Fukushima 5 (won)
19
Yoshiaki Kobayashi
–
–
HRP: 18,201 votes (0.5%), no seat
Ichirō Kanke
Fukushima 4 (99.2%)
Elected
SDP: 131,857 votes (3.4%), no seat
1
Hisshō Yanai
–
–
Takashi Fujiwara
Iwate 4 (76.7%)
Elected
1
(Uzen Ogawa)
Fukushima 4 (17.8%)
DQ
2
Ryōta Shirotori
–
–
Hinako Takahashi
Iwate 1 (60.4%)
Elected
(Takashi Kuwajima)
Miyagi 2 (12.8%)
DQ
3
Tetsushi Yui
–
–
Hidenori Hashimoto
Iwate 3 (57.4%)
Elected
(Mitsumasa Hosokawa)
Iwate 1 (11.7%)
DQ
Shigeaki Katsunuma
Miyagi 5 (52.9%)
Elected
(Masamichi Itō)
Akita 1 (8.1%)
DQ
Kentarō Uesugi
Fukushima 3 (52.0%)
5
Masahiro Kimura
–
–
26
Sachiko Kanno
–
–
27
Osamu Yoshida
–
–
28
Fumito Murakami
–
–
2012
Tōhoku block results in the 2012 general House of Representatives election [ 3]
#
Candidate
District
Status
#
Candidate
District
Status
#
Candidate
District
Status
LDP: 1,238,716 votes (28.6%), 5 seats
DPJ: 805,709 votes (18.6%), 3 seats
JRP: 725,006 votes (16.7%), 2 seats
1
(Jun Tsushima )
Aomori 1 (won)
1
(Takeshi Shina )
Iwate 1 (won)
1
Shinji Oguma
Fukushima 4 (69.7%)
Elected
(Akinori Eto )
Aomori 2 (won)
(Tōru Kikawada )
Iwate 3 (won)
2
Toshihide Muraoka
Akita 3 (76.5%)
Elected
(Tadamori Ōshima )
Aomori 3 (won)
(Jun Azumi )
Miyagi 5 (won)
Sekio Masuta
Aomori 1 (64.7%)
–
(Tarō Kimura )
Aomori 4 (won)
(Kōichirō Genba )
Fukushima 3 (won)
4
Masashi Nakano
Miyagi 2 (59.1%)
–
(Shun'ichi Suzuki )
Iwate 2 (won)
Izumi Yoshida
Fukushima 5 (88.7%)
Elected
Noboru Usami
Fukushima 5 (42.8%)
–
(Tōru Doi )
Miyagi 1 (won)
Yōsuke Kondō
Yamagata 2 (81.2%)
Elected
Masaki Hatakeyama
Miyagi 4 (38.2%)
–
(Ken'ya Akiba )
Miyagi 2 (won)
Kazuko Kōri
Miyagi 1 (69.6%)
Elected
Takeaharu Satō
Yamagata 3 (35.2%)
–
(Akihiro Nishimura )
Miyagi 3 (won)
Michihiko Kano
Yamagata 1 (68.9%)
–
Kazunori Midorikawa
Fukushima 2 (27.9%)
–
(Shintarō Itō )
Miyagi 4 (won)
Keiki Ishiyama
Miyagi 4 (67.6%)
–
Hiroaki Kawano
Yamagata 2 (26.1%)
–
(Itsunori Onodera )
Miyagi 6 (won)
Manabu Terata
Akita 1 (67.1%)
–
(Nobuhiro Ōmiya )
Akita 1 (20.9%)
DQ
(Hiroyuki Togashi )
Akita 1 (won)
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Akita 2 (62.5%)
–
Kōmeitō: 398,131 votes (9.2%), 1 seat
(Katsutoshi Kaneda )
Akita 2 (won)
Masayo Tanabu
Aomori 3 (61.6%)
–
1
Yoshihisa Inoue
–
Elected
(Nobuhide Minorikawa )
Akita 3 (won)
Kiyohito Hashimoto
Miyagi 3 (53.2%)
–
2
Yūichi Mayama
–
–
(Toshiaki Endō )
Yamagata 1 (won)
Azuma Konno
Miyagi 2 (45.8%)
–
TPJ : 391,216 votes (9.0%), 1 seat
(Norikazu Suzuki )
Yamagata 2 (won)
Hideki Ōba
Fukushima 1 (36.7%)
–
1
Kōji Hata
Iwate 2 (65.9%)
Elected
(Yoshitami Kameoka )
Fukushima 1 (won)
Toshiaki Oikawa
Iwate 4 (36.6%)
–
Yasunori Saitō
Miyagi 2 (44.8%)
–
(Takumi Nemoto )
Fukushima 2 (won)
Kyōichi Tsushima
Aomori 4 (33.6%)
–
Hokuto Yokoyama
Aomori 1 (43.7%)
–
(Ichirō Kanke )
Fukushima 4 (won)
Yasuo Saitō
Fukushima 2 (26.4%)
–
Yōzaburō Ishihara
Fukushima 1 (41.3%)
–
(Gōji Sakamoto )
Fukushima 5 (won)
Mariko Mitsui
Akita 3 (24.3%)
–
Kazumi Ōta
Fukushima 2 (27.1%)
–
Hinako Takahashi
Iwate 1 (78.7%)
Elected
Tomonobu Nakamura
Aomori 2 (22.9%)
–
Kimiko Kyōno
Akita 3 (25.9%)
–
Takashi Fujiwara
Iwate 4 (61.3%)
Elected
Sayuri Kamata
Miyagi 6 (21.5%)
–
(Kazuo Takamatsu )
Akita 1 (13.2%)
DQ
Hidenori Hashimoto
Iwate 3 (57.8%)
Elected
(Rina Hatano)
Aomori 1 (23.3%)
DQ
8
Chōuemon Kikuchi
–
–
Miyo Ōkubo
Miyagi 5 (47.8%)
Elected
YP : 306,102 votes (7.1%), 1 seat
9
Yōko Tasso
Iwate 1 (74.5%)
–
Sachiko Kanno
Fukushima 3 (45.2%)
Elected
1
Hiroki Hayashi
Miyagi 1 (43.7%)
Elected
Naomi Satō
Iwate 3 (69.4%)
–
25
Osamu Yoshida
–
–
Fumihiro Kikuchi
Miyagi 2 (30.2%)
–
Noriko Nakanowatari
Aomori 2 (22.1%)
–
26
Fumito Murakami
–
–
(Kazumasa Sugamoto)
Fukushima 5 (16.5%)
DQ
(Masato Yokota)
Miyagi 1 (18.9%)
DQ
JCP: 256,838 votes (5.9%), 1 seat
SDP: 160,367 votes (3.7%), no seat
(Takashi Yamanouchi)
Aomori 3 (17.1%)
DQ
1
Chizuko Takahashi
–
Elected
1
Hideo Yoshiizumi
Yamagata 3 (31.9%)
–
(Nobuko Abe)
Miyagi 5 (12.7%)
DQ
2
Tomo Iwabuchi
–
–
Hiroshi Ishida
Akita 2 (23.4%)
–
(Kiichi Matsumoto)
Fukushima 5 (11.2%)
DQ
NRP: 41,587 votes (1.0%), no seat
Uzen Ogawa
Fukushima 4 (21.9%)
–
16
Tamikazu Kawaguchi
–
–
1
Kentarō Uesugi
–
–
(Masahiro Isawa)
Iwate 1 (17.7%)
DQ
HRP : 14,825 votes (0.3%), no seat
–
(Takashi Kuwajima)
Miyagi 1 (7.4%)
DQ
1
Hironori Matsushima
–
–
6
Fumiyo Yamana
–
–
2
Shūji Nakanishi
–
–
7
Tetsuo Kanno
–
–
3
Hidemitsu Sakai
–
–
2009
Tōhoku block results in the 2009 general election [ 4] [ 5]
LDP: 1,491,761 votes (27.9%), 4 seats
DPJ: 2,433,836 votes (45.5%), 7 seats
Kōmeitō: 516,688 votes (9.7%), 1 seat
#
Candidate
District
"Loss ratio"(sekihairitsu)
Elected
#
Candidate
District
"Loss ratio"
Elected
#
Candidate
District
"Loss ratio"
Elected
1
Masayoshi Yoshino
Fukushima 3
(35.5%)
Elected
1
Masayo Tanabu
Aomori 3
99.5%
Elected
1
Yoshihisa Inoue
PR only
Elected
2
Ken'ya Akiba
PR only
Elected
Kyōichi Tsushima
Aomori 4
86.8%
Elected
2
Kaneshige Wakamatsu
–
3
Toshiaki Endō
Yamagata 1
98.7%
Elected
Noriko Nakanowatari
Aomori 2
74.2%
Elected
3
Tetsuya Kawamata
–
Katsutoshi Kaneda
Akita 2
98.5%
Elected
Hokuto Yokoyama
Aomori 1
Won district
JCP: 315,201 votes (5.9%), 1 seat
Akinori Eto
Aomori 2
Won district
Takeshi Shina
Iwate 1
Won district
#
Candidate
District
"Loss ratio"
Elected
Tadamori Ōshima
Aomori 3
Won district
Kōji Hata
Iwate 2
Won district
1
Chizuko Takahashi
PR only
Elected
Tarō Kimura
Aomori 4
Won district
Tōru Kikawada
Iwate 3
Won district
2
Shizue Miyamoto
–
Itsunori Onodera
Miyagi 6
Won district
Kazuko Kōri
Miyagi 1
Won district
3
Satoshi Suzuki
Akita 1
17.0%
–
Kōichi Katō
Yamagata 3
Won district
Yasunori Saitō
Miyagi 2
Won district
Mikio Katō
Miyagi 4
9.9%
–
Nobuhide Minorikawa
Akita 3
88.9%
–
Kiyohito Hashimoto
Miyagi 3
Won district
Yō Yoshimata
Aomori 1
7.8%
–
Yoshitaka Kameoka
Fukushima 1
87.4%
–
Keiki Ishiyama
Miyagi 4
Won district
Sadakiyo Segawa
Iwate 4
6.1%
–
Takumi Nemoto
Fukushima 2
84.9%
–
Jun Azumi
Miyagi 5
Won district
Masayuki Satō
Yamagata 1
5.6%
–
Shun'ichi Suzuki
Iwate 2
82.1%
–
Manabu Terata
Akita 1
Won district
SDP: 316,635 votes (5.9%), 1 seat
Akihiro Nishimura
Miyagi 3
79.0%
–
Mikiko Kyōno
Akita 3
Won district
#
Candidate
District
"Loss ratio"
Elected
Shintarō Itō
Miyagi 4
77.2%
–
Michihiko Kano
Yamagata 1
Won district
1
Hideo Yoshiizumi
Yamagata 3
61.5%
Elected
Masami Saitō
Miyagi 5
70.7%
–
Yōsuke Kondō
Yamagata 2
Won district
Tetsuo Kanno
Miyagi 6
53.6%
–
Kōji Futada
Akita 1
66.3%
–
Yōsaburō Ishihara
Fukushima 1
Won district
Kiyohiro Yamamoto
Akita 2
25.2%
–
Kōji Sakamoto
Fukushima 5
65.5%
–
Kazumi Ōta
Fukushima 2
Won district
Senryō Obara
Iwate 4
21.5%
–
Masashi Nakano
Miyagi 2
62.3%
–
Kōichirō Genba
Fukushima 3
Won district
Hidehiko Watanabe
Aomori 1
12.6%
–
Tōru Doi
Miyagi 1
58.2%
–
Kōzō Watanabe
Fukushima 4
Won district
Masahiro Isawa
Iwate 1
11.2%
–
Atsushi Watanabe
Fukushima 4
53.8%
–
Izumi Yoshida
Fukushima 5
Won district
YP: 241,445 votes (4.5%), no seat
Hironori Suzuki
Yamagata 2
48.7%
–
22
Miki Wajima
PR only
Elected
#
Candidate
District
"Loss ratio"
Elected
Hidenori Hashimoto
Iwate 3
46.9%
–
23
Kazuo Takamatsu
Elected
1
Shinji Oguma
Fukushima 4
46.7%
–
Hinako Takahashi
Iwate 1
43.4%
–
24
Chōuemon Kikuchi
Elected
Shigehito Sasaki
Akita 2
9.2%
–
Yoshinobu Takahashi
Iwate 4
31.1%
–
25
Kazuyuki Yamaguchi
Elected
HRP: 36,295 votes (0.7%), no seat
26
Nobuhiro Ōmiya
PR only
–
26
Tamikazu Kawaguchi
– (removed)
#
Candidate
District
"Loss ratio"
Elected
27
Shigeyo Nagaoka
–
27
Ippu Watanabe
– (in 2012)
1
Hironori Matsushima
PR only
–
28
Hisataka Satō
–
28
Hisashi Suzuki
–
2
Yukiya Uejō
–
–
3
Maki Akimoto
–
References
Hokkaidō (8 block seats , 12 district seats)Tōhoku (12 block seats , 23 district seats)Kita- (North) Kantō (19 block seats , 32 district seats) Minami- (South) Kantō (23 block seats , 33 district seats) Tokyo (19 block seats , 25 district seats)Hokuriku -Shin'etsu (10 block seats , 19 district seats)Tōkai (21 block seats , 32 district seats)Kinki (28 block seats , 47 district seats)Chūgoku (10 block seats , 20 district seats)Shikoku (6 block seats , 11 district seats)Kyūshū (20 block seats , 35 district seats)Districts eliminated in the 2002 reapportionments Districts eliminated in the 2013 reapportionments Districts eliminated in the 2017 reapportionments Districts eliminated in the 2022 reapportionments