The Southern Kantō proportional representation block () is one of eleven
proportional representation (PR) "blocks", multi-member constituencies for the
House of Representatives in the
Diet of Japan
The is the national legislature of Japan. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives (, ''Shūgiin''), and an upper house, the House of Councillors (, '' Sangiin''). Both houses are directly elected under a paralle ...
. It consists of Southern parts of the
Kantō region
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covering
Chiba
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* (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei
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* Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture
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,
Kanagawa and
Yamanashi prefectures. Following the introduction of proportional voting it initially elected 23 representatives in the 1996 general election, then 21 after the total number of PR seats had been reduced from 200 to 180, and 22 representatives since the reapportionment of 2002.
Summary of results
With a district magnitude of 22, Southern Kantō is the second largest PR block behind
Kinki and gives smaller parties an opportunity to pick up seats.
Party names are abbreviated as follows (format: abbreviation, translated name, Japanese name, English name):
* DPJ "Democratic Party", ''Minshutō'',
Democratic of Japan
* LDP
Liberal Democratic Party, ''Jiyūminshutō''
* Kōmeitō "Justice Party", ''Kōmeitō'',
New Justice Party Party
* JCP
Japanese Communist Party, ''Nihon Kyōsantō''
* SDP
Social Democratic Party, ''Shakaiminshutō''
* NFP
New Frontier Party, ''Shinshintō''
* LP
Liberal Party, ''Jiyūtō''
* NSP
New Socialist Party, ''Shin-shakaitō''
* LL
Liberal League, ''Jiyū-rengō''
* HRP
Happiness Realization Party, ''Kōfuku-jitsugen-tō''
List of representatives
''Note: Party affiliations as of election day.''
Election result 2009
References
* The Senkyo
Results of general and by-elections for the House of Representatives since 1890* Yomiuri Shimbun: Southern Kantō result
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