Tohoku proportional representation block
The Tōhoku proportional representation block is one of eleven proportional representation 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.
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.List of representatives
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| Rep. Party | Zenmei Matsumoto JCP | Zenmei Matsumoto JCP | Zenmei Matsumoto JCP | Zenmei Matsumoto JCP | Zenmei Matsumoto JCP | Zenmei Matsumoto JCP | Zenmei Matsumoto JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | Chizuko Takahashi JCP | |||
| Rep. Party | Kenjirō Hatakeyama SDP | Kenjirō Hatakeyama SDP | Kenjirō Hatakeyama SDP | Tetsuo Kanno SDP | Tetsuo Kanno SDP | Tetsuo Kanno SDP | Kiyohiro Yamamoto SDP | Kiyohiro Yamamoto SDP | Kiyohiro Yamamoto SDP | Tetsuo Kanno SDP | Tetsuo Kanno SDP | Tetsuo Kanno SDP | Hideo Yoshiizumi SDP | Hideo Yoshiizumi SDP | Hideo Yoshiizumi SDP | Kōji Hata TPJ | Kōji Hata PLP | Emi Kaneko DPJ | Emi Kaneko DP | ||||||||||
| Rep. Party | Ichirō Hino DPJ | Ichirō Hino DPJ | Ichirō Hino DPJ | Ichirō Hino DPJ | Ichirō Hino DPJ | Masayo Tanabu DPJ | Kiyohito Hashimoto DPJ | Kiyohito Hashimoto DPJ | Kiyohito Hashimoto DPJ | Masayo Tanabu DPJ | Masayo Tanabu DPJ | Masayo Tanabu DPJ | Masayo Tanabu DPJ | Masayo Tanabu DPJ | Masayo Tanabu DPJ | Masayo Tanabu DPJ | Kazuko Kōri DPJ | Kazuko Kōri DPJ | Kazuko Kōri DPJ | Kazuko Kōri DPJ | Kazuko Kōri DPJ | Kazuko Kōri DP | |||||||
| Rep. Party | Kenji Kodama DPJ | Kenji Kodama DPJ | Kenji Kodama DPJ | Takao Satō DPJ | Takao Satō DPJ | Takao Satō DPJ | Yōsuke Kondō DPJ | Yōsuke Kondō DPJ | Yōsuke Kondō DPJ | Yōsuke Kondō DPJ | Yōsuke Kondō DPJ | Yōsuke Kondō DPJ | Yōsuke Kondō DPJ | Noriko Nakanowatami DPJ | Noriko Nakanowatami DPJ | Noriko Nakanowatami DPJ | Yōsuke Kondō DPJ | Yōsuke Kondō DPJ | Yōsuke Kondō DPJ | Yōsuke Kondō DPJ | Yōsuke Kondō DPJ | Yōsuke Kondō DP | |||||||
| Rep. Party | Yasusuke Konta NFP | Yasasuke Konta DPJ | Yasasuke Konta DPJ | Yasasuke Konta DPJ | Yasasuke Konta DPJ | Yasasuke Konta DPJ | Izumi Yoshida DPJ | Izumi Yoshida DPJ | Izumi Yoshida DPJ | Izumi Yoshida DPJ | Izumi Yoshida DPJ | Izumi Yoshida DPJ | Izumi Yoshida DPJ | Kazuo Takamatsu DPJ | Kazuo Takamatsu DPJ | Kazuo Takamatsu DPJ | Izumi Yoshida DPJ | Izumi Yoshida DPJ | Izumi Yoshida DPJ | Manabu Terata DPJ | Manabu Terata DP | ||||||||
| Rep. Party | Kijūrō Sugahara NFP | Kijūrō Sugahara Lib. | Kijūrō Sugahara Lib. | Kijūrō Sugahara Lib. | Kentarō Ishihara Lib. | Michihiko Kano DPJ | Michihiko Kano DPJ | Michihiko Kano DPJ | Kazuko Kōri DPJ | Kazuko Kōri DPJ | Kazuko Kōri DPJ | Kazuyuki Yamaguchi DPJ | Kazuyuki Yamaguchi DPJ | Kazuyuki Yamaguchi DPJ | Shinji Oguma JRP | Shinji Oguma JIP | Sekio Masuta JIP | Sekio Masuta DP | |||||||||||
| Rep. Party | Tatsuo Sasayama NFP | Tatsuo Sasayama Lib. | Kentarō Kudō Lib. | Kentarō Kudō Lib. | Kentarō Kudō Lib. | Teruhiko Mashiko DPJ | Teruhiko Mashiko DPJ | Teruhiko Mashiko DPJ | Hokuto Yokoyama DPJ | Hokuto Yokoyama DPJ | Hokuto Yokoyama DPJ | Kyōichi Tsushima DPJ | Kyōichi Tsushima DPJ | Kyōichi Tsushima DPJ | Toshihide Muraoka JRP | Toshihide Muraoka JRP | Toshihide Muraoka Vision of Reform | Toshihide Muraoka DP | |||||||||||
| Rep. Party | Yoshihisa Inoue NFP | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | Yoshihisa Inoue Komeito | |||
| Rep. Party | Kōdō Kohata NFP | Kōdō Kohata DPJ | Yoshinobu Takahashi Lib. | Yoshinobu Takahashi Lib. | Yoshinobu Takahashi Lib. | Masashi Nakano LDP | Masashi Nakano LDP | Masashi Nakano LDP | Masashi Nakano LDP | Masashi Nakano LDP | Masashi Nakano LDP | Masashi Nakano LDP | Miki Wajima DPJ | Ippu Watanabe DPJ | Hiroki Hayashi YP | Hiroki Hayashi Unity Party ; member of JIP for 2 months in 2014 | Yūichi Mayama Komeito | Yūichi Mayama Komeito | Yūichi Mayama Komeito | ||||||||||
| Rep. Party | Kōki Hagino NFP | Kōki Hagino LDP | Kōki Hagino LDP | Kōki Hagino LDP | Kōki Hagino LDP | Kōki Hagino LDP | Kōki Hagino LDP | Kōki Hagino LDP | Kōki Hagino LDP | Kōki Hagino LDP | Atsushi Watanabe LDP | Atsushi Watanabe LDP | Atsushi Watanabe LDP | Chōuemon Kikuchi DPJ | Chōuemon Kikuchi DPJ | Chōuemon Kikuchi DPJ | Sachiko Kanno LDP | Sachiko Kanno LDP | Sachiko Kanno LDP | Ichirō Kanke LDP | Ichirō Kanke LDP | Ichirō Kanke LDP | |||||||
| Rep. Party | Hidefumi Minorikawa LDP | Hidefumi Minorikawa LDP | Hidefumi Minorikawa LDP | Hidefumi Minorikawa LDP | Hidefumi Minorikawa LDP | Kyōichi Tsushima LDP | Kyōichi Tsushima LDP | Kyōichi Tsushima LDP | Kyōichi Tsushima LDP | Kyōichi Tsushima LDP | Tatsuo Satō LDP | Tatsuo Satō LDP | Tatsuo Satō LDP | Katsutoshi Kaneda LDP | Katsutoshi Kaneda LDP | Katsutoshi Kaneda LDP | Miyo Ōkubo LDP | Miyo Ōkubo LDP | Miyo Ōkubo LDP | Shigeaki Katsunama LDP | Shigeaki Katsunama LDP | Shigeaki Katsunama LDP | |||||||
| Rep. Party | Ichio Kumagai LDP | Ichio Kumagai LDP | Ichio Kumagai LDP | Ichio Kumagai LDP | Ichio Kumagai LDP | Ichio Kumagai LDP | Ichio Kumagai LDP | Tokuichirō Tamazawa LDP | Tokuichirō Tamazawa LDP | Tokuichirō Tamazawa LDP | Tokuichirō Tamazawa LDP | Tokuichirō Tamazawa LDP | Tokuichirō Tamazawa LDP | Tokuichirō Tamazawa LDP | Kenya Akiba LDP | Kenya Akiba LDP | Kenya Akiba LDP | Hinako Takahashi LDP | Hinako Takahashi LDP | Hinako Takahashi LDP | Hinako Takahashi LDP | Hinako Takahashi LDP | Hinako Takahashi LDP | Hinako Takahashi LDP | |||||
| Rep. Party | Kōji Futada LDP | Kōji Futada LDP | Kōji Futada LDP | Hiroyuki Arai LDP | Hiroyuki Arai LDP | Hiroyuki Arai LDP | Kōji Futada LDP | Kōji Futada LDP | Kōji Futada LDP | Kōji Futada LDP | Kōji Futada LDP | Kōji Futada LDP | Kōji Futada LDP | Masayoshi Yoshino LDP | Masayoshi Yoshino LDP | Masayoshi Yoshino LDP | Hidenori Hashimoto LDP | Hidenori Hashimoto LDP | Hidenori Hashimoto LDP | Hidenori Hashimoto LDP | Hidenori Hashimoto LDP | Hidenori Hashimoto LDP | Hidenori Hashimoto LDP | ||||||
| Rep. Party | Toshiaki Endō LDP | Toshiaki Endō LDP | Toshiaki Endō LDP | Kōji Sakamoto LDP | Kōji Sakamoto LDP | Kōji Sakamoto LDP | Masayoshi Yoshino LDP | Masayoshi Yoshino LDP | Masayoshi Yoshino LDP | Kōji Sakamoto LDP | Kōji Sakamoto LDP | Kōji Sakamoto LDP | Toshiaki Endō LDP | Toshiaki Endō LDP | Toshiaki Endō LDP | Takashi Fujiwara LDP | Takashi Fujiwara LDP | Takashi Fujiwara LDP | Takashi Fujiwara LDP | Takashi Fujiwara LDP | Takashi Fujiwara LDP | Takashi Fujiwara LDP | |||||||
| Rep. Party | Tokuichirō Tamazawa LDP | Tokuichirō Tamazawa LDP | Tokuichirō Tamazawa LDP | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | |
| Rep. Party | Yoshiyuki Hozumi LDP | Yoshiyuki Hozumi LDP | Yoshiyuki Hozumi LDP | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished |