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The Hokkaido proportional representation block (比例()北海道ブロック, ''Hirei () Hokkaidō burokku'') is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) blocks for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Hokkaidō and is one of two PR blocks that covers only one prefecture, the other is Tokyo. Following the introduction of proportional voting it elected nine representatives in the election of 1996. Since 2000 the Hokkaidō PR block is represented by eight representatives. == Summary of results == With eight seats, Hokkaidō is the second smallest PR block (Shikoku has only six seats), and the vote share needed to gain a seat is usually above ten percent. In 2000, when the combined vote of the two major parties reached a low of 56.8%, the Social Democratic Party managed to obtain a seat with only 8.9% of the vote (for a detailed explanation, see D'Hondt method). In addition to the five national parties that emerged from the party realignments of the 1990s, the regionalist one-man party New Party Daichi has become a contender for PR seats in Hokkaidō. In all three elections it fielded candidates, it managed to obtain the third largest vote share and one seat. Party names are abbreviated as follows (format: abbreviation, translated name, Japanese name, Engrish name): * DPJ "Democratic Party", ''Minshutō'', Democratic Party of Japan * LDP Liberal Democratic Party, ''Jiyūminshutō'' * Kōmeitō "Justice Party", ''Kōmeitō'', New Justice Party Party * JCP Japanese Communist Party, ''Nihon Kyōsantō'' * SDP Social Democratic Party, ''Shakaiminshutō'' * NFP New Frontier Party, ''Shinshintō'' * LP Liberal Party, ''Jiyūtō'' * HRP Happiness Realization Party, ''Kōfuku-jitsugen-tō'' * Honshitsu "New Party 'The Essential'", ''Shintō Honshitsu'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hokkaido proportional representation block」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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