The is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) blocks for the

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in the

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. It consists of the

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, namely the prefectures of

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, Iwate,

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, Yamagata and

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. 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. MIC
2017 changes to House of Representatives electoral districts

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

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, 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

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

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(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)

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References

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, The Senkyo
Results of general and by-elections for the House of Representatives 1890–2010
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