Kyushu proportional representation block explained
| Kyushu Proportional Representation Block |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Parl Name: | Japanese House of Representatives |
| District Label: | Prefectures |
| District: | Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, and Okinawa |
| Population: | 14,257,000 (October 2019 estimate)[1] |
| Electorate: | 11,905,965[2] |
| Members Label: | Representatives |
| Members: | 20 [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
- Web site: Population by Sex for Prefectures - Total population, Japanese population, October 1, Each Year. e-stat.go.jp . Government of Japan. 5 August 2021.
- Web site: Number of registered electoral rolls and overseas electoral rolls for each constituency, etc. . soumu.go.jp . Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan . 5 August 2021.
- Web site: Results of the 2017 Japanese General Election . Daily Yomiuri . 19 August 2020 . Yomiuri Shimbun . 5 August 2021.
- Web site: Changes to Voting Age? 20 or 18?. 2021-08-05. www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp.
- Web site: Berman. Daniel. 2010-07-21. In Recent Japanese Elections An Unequal Electoral System Explains the Government's Defeat. 2021-08-05. FiveThirtyEight. en-US.
- Web site: Kyushu Facts, History, & Points of Interest. 2021-08-06. Encyclopedia Britannica. en.
- Web site: Ryukyu Islands archipelago, Japan. 2021-08-06. Encyclopedia Britannica. en.
- Christensen . Raymond V. . Electoral Reform in Japan: How It was Enacted and Changes It May Bring . Asian Survey . 1994 . 34 . 7 . 589–605 . 10.2307/2645370 . 2645370 . 6 August 2021 . 0004-4687 . JSTOR.
