Hokkaido proportional representation block
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The Hokkaido proportional representation block is a multi-member electoral district used to allocate seats in Japan’s House of Representatives based on party-list proportional representation within the Hokkaido region.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Japanese electoral district
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proportional representation block ⓘ |
| administrativeArea | Hokkaido Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allocationMethod | D'Hondt method NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToChamber | lower house of the National Diet of Japan ⓘ |
| appliesToCitizens | Japanese citizens registered in Hokkaido ⓘ |
| ballotCountingAuthority | Japanese election administration authorities ⓘ |
| ballotStructure | separate ballot from single-member districts ⓘ |
| ballotType | party name and/or party list ⓘ |
| coexistsWith | single-member districts in Hokkaido ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| electoralReformContext | 1994 Japanese electoral reform ⓘ |
| electoralSystem | party-list proportional representation ⓘ |
| electoralTier | upper (proportional) tier of mixed-member majoritarian system ⓘ |
| elects | members of the House of Representatives ⓘ |
| firstUsedInElection | 1996 Japanese general election ⓘ |
| geographicalClassification | northern Japan electoral district ⓘ |
| governingLaw | Public Offices Election Act of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasElectionResults | 1996–present House of Representatives elections ⓘ |
| hasElectoralThreshold | no formal legal threshold ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfRepresentation | regional party-list representation ⓘ |
| inception | 1994 ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Japanese general election system
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proportional representation tier of the House of Representatives ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Hokkaido region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | House of Representatives of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainPartiesContesting |
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
NERFINISHED
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Democratic Party (historical, various iterations) NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese Communist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Komeito NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberal Democratic Party of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalParliament | National Diet of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | multi-member district ⓘ |
| numberOfSeats |
10
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8 ⓘ 9 ⓘ |
| previousSystem | single non-transferable vote in multi-member districts ⓘ |
| regionRepresented | Hokkaido NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | nationwide proportional representation constituency of the House of Representatives ⓘ |
| representationLevel | regional level within Japan ⓘ |
| scope | subnational electoral district ⓘ |
| seatDistributionBasis | proportion of party votes in the block ⓘ |
| seatReapportionmentPossible | true ⓘ |
| usedFor |
general elections to the House of Representatives
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snap elections to the House of Representatives ⓘ |
| usesClosedList | true ⓘ |
| voters | eligible voters residing in Hokkaido ⓘ |
| votingMethod | party-list vote ⓘ |
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House of Representatives constituencies of Japan
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Hokkaido proportional representation block
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