Okinawa's Diet electoral districts
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Okinawa currently sends 8 elected members to the Diet of Japan, 6 to the House of Representatives and 2 to the House of Councillors.
House of Representatives
The current House of Representatives Okinawa delegation consists of 2 members of the LDP, 1 JCP, 1 SDP, 1 LP and 1 NIK.
District seats
District | Representative | Party | Incumbency |
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1st | Seiken Akamine (C-Naha) | JCP | 15 December 2014 – present |
2nd | Kantoku Teruya (SD-Ginowan) | SDP | 10 November 2003 – present |
3rd | Denny Tamaki (L-Okinawa City) | LP | 15 December 2014 – present |
4th | Kōsaburō Nishime (LD-Haebaru) | LDP | 1 November 2017 – present |
PR seats
Okinawa Prefecture is part of the Kyushu proportional representation block. In the current Diet, there are two Representatives from Okinawa elected through the Kyushu PR block.
Representative(s) | Party | District contested | Incumbency |
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LDP | Okinawa-1st | 15 December 2014 – present | |
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NIK |
House of Councillors
The current House of Councillors Hokkaido delegation consists of 2 independent members. Both are members of the Okinawa Whirlwind caucus in the House. The members are elected from the Okinawa at-large district.
Party | Councillors | Term ends | Incumbency |
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OW | Keiko Itokazu | 2019 | 26 July 2004 – present |
2022 | 26 July 2016 – present |
References
- ^ "沖縄県" (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved 3 February 2018.