The Northern Kanto proportional representation block (北関東比例ブロック, ''Kantō hokubu hirei burokku'') is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) blocks 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 the northern part of the
Kanto
Kantō (Japanese)
Kanto is a simplified spelling of , a Japanese word, only omitting the diacritics.
In Japan
Kantō may refer to:
*Kantō Plain
*Kantō region
*Kantō-kai, organized crime group
*Kanto (Pokémon), a geographical region in the ' ...
region, and consists of the
prefectures of
Gunma,
Tochigi,
Saitama and
Ibaraki. Proportional voting blocks were first introduced in the
1996 General Election
The following elections occurred in the year 1996.
* 1995–1996 Azerbaijani parliamentary election
* 1996 Beninese presidential election
* 1996 Comorian presidential election
* 1996 New Zealand general election
* 1996 Nicaraguan general election ...
.
The block elects 19 members to the House of Representatives.
See also
*
List of districts of the House of Representatives of Japan
, the House of Representatives of Japan is elected from a combination of multi-member districts and single-member districts, a method called Parallel voting. Currently, 176 members are elected from 11 multi-member districts (called proportional r ...
References
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