Chūgoku proportional representation block

The Chūgoku proportional representation block (比例中国ブロック) is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) "blocks", multi-member constituencies for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists of the prefectures of Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi. Following the introduction of proportional voting, Chūgoku elected 13 representatives by PR in the 1996 general election, and 11 since the election of 2000.

Chūgoku Proportional Representation Block
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Map of House of Representatives proportional blocks, with the Chūgoku block highlighted
Prefecture	Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi
Electorate	6,134,338[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	11
Representatives	11 (LDP-6, CDP-2, Komeito-2), Ishin-1

Summary of results

general election	LDP			CDP			DPJ			Komeito			JCP			SDP			NFP			LP			Kibō			JRP ('12)/JIP ('14)/ JRP ('17)			PNP			Others
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
1996	1,578,140	43.32	6	—			464,197	12.74	2	—			356,108	9.77	1	234,642	6.44	1	883,319	24.25	3	—			—			—			—			125,825	3.45	0
2000	1,364,938		4				831,747		2	587,603		2	341,851		1	353,973		1	—			340,358		1										15,164		0
2003	1,388,768		5				1,254,880		4	657,311		2	234,359		0	176,942		0				—												—
2005	1,537,080		5				1,196,971		3	658,702		2	247,073		0	215,636		0													330,546		1
2009	1,388,451		4				1,704,242		6	555,552		1	244,761		0	156,291		0													208,208		0	32,319		0
2012	1,210,400		5				570,764		2	493,800		2	174,648		0	68,653		0										622,226		2	—			365,370		0
2014	1,183,903		5				529,819		2	516,892		2	285,224		1	65,349		0										394,306		1				127,031		0
2017	1,249,073	39.18	5	533,050	16.72	2	—			476,270	14.93	2	199,152	6.24	0	44,240	1.38	0							514,191	16.72	2	151,221	4.74	0				20,701	0.64	0

List of representatives

D'Hondt allocation order	1996	2000	2003	2005	2009	2012	2014	2017
1	Kazuko Nose [ja]	Kiichi Miyazawa	Hisaoki Kamei	Toshiko Abe	Shunji Yuhara	Toshifumi Kojima	Toshiko Abe	Toshifumi Kojima
2	Tetsuo Saito	Isao Yamauchi [ja]	Isao Yamauchi [ja]	Takashi Wada [ja]	Toshiko Abe	Kei Nakamaru	Toshifumi Kojima	Mio Sugita
3	Yoshio Sakurauchi	Yoshiro Hayashi	Katsuyuki Kawai	Katsunobu Kato	Takashi Takai	Toshiko Abe	Michiyoshi Yunoki	Akiko Kamei
4	Yoshiro Hayashi	Tetsuo Saito	Tetsuo Saito	Tetsuo Saito	Yoshitaka Murata	Michiyoshi Yunoki	Tetsuo Saito	Michiyoshi Yunoki
5	Daikichi Ishibashi	Kozo Hirabayashi [ja]	Keisuke Tsumura	Mitsuo Mitani	Hiroshi Sugakawa	Tetsuo Saito	Masayoshi Shintani	Tetsuo Saito
6	Keigo Masuya	Toshimasa Yamada [ja]	Katsunobu Kato	Yoshitake Masuhara	Tetsuo Saito	Masayoshi Yoshino	Takashi Takai	Michitaka Ikeda
7	Kazuho Tanigawa [ja]	Tetsuo Kaneko [ja]	Koji Sato	Daisuke Matsumoto	Katsuyuki Kawai	Daisuke Sakamoto	Michitaka Ikeda	Keiichi Furuta
8	Seiji Masamori [ja]	Yoshiko Nakabayashi [ja]	Kazuko Nose [ja]	Seiji Hagiwara	Hiroki Hanasaki	Mitsuhiro Uesugi	Yoshinobu Ohira	Takashi Takai
9	Kozo Hirabayashi	Kazuho Tanigawa [ja]	Keigo Masuya	Hisaoki Kamei	Hidenao Nakagawa	Keisuke Tsumura	Keisuke Tsumura	Keisuke Tsumura
10	Mutsuki Kato	Koji Sato	Takashi Wada [ja]	Keigo Masuya	Noboru Miura	Keigo Masuya	Keigo Masuya	Shogo Nemoto
11	Hinokita Hitoshi [ja]	Keigo Masuya	Shinji Sato	Gaku Hashimoto	Toshiaki Komuro	Michitaka Ikeda	Keiichi Furuta	Keigo Masuya
12	Tadatoshi Akiba	Seats abolished
13	Shingo Nakagiri [ja]