Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats)

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House of Representatives electoral district of Japan multi-member electoral district proportional representation electoral district

The Kanagawa proportional representation block is a multi-member electoral district in Japan’s House of Representatives where parties receive seats in proportion to their share of the vote within Kanagawa Prefecture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Japan House of Representatives PR blocks	1
Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2259048 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats)
Context triple: [Kanagawa 2nd district, belongsTo, Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats)]

A. Kanagawa 2nd district
Kanagawa 2nd district is a Japanese House of Representatives electoral district in Kanagawa Prefecture, best known as the long-time constituency of former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
B. Kanagawa 11th district
Kanagawa 11th district is a Japanese electoral district in Kanagawa Prefecture best known as the long-time stronghold of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
C. Kagawa 1st district
Kagawa 1st district is a Japanese electoral district in Kagawa Prefecture that elects members to the national legislature’s House of Representatives.
D. Hokkaido 9th district
Hokkaido 9th district is a single-member electoral district for Japan’s House of Representatives located in Hokkaido Prefecture.
E. Yamaguchi 4th district
Yamaguchi 4th district is a Japanese electoral district in Yamaguchi Prefecture, best known as the long-time stronghold and constituency of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats)
Target entity description: The Kanagawa proportional representation block is a multi-member electoral district in Japan’s House of Representatives where parties receive seats in proportion to their share of the vote within Kanagawa Prefecture.

A. Kanagawa 2nd district
Kanagawa 2nd district is a Japanese House of Representatives electoral district in Kanagawa Prefecture, best known as the long-time constituency of former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
B. Kanagawa 11th district
Kanagawa 11th district is a Japanese electoral district in Kanagawa Prefecture best known as the long-time stronghold of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
C. Kagawa 1st district
Kagawa 1st district is a Japanese electoral district in Kagawa Prefecture that elects members to the national legislature’s House of Representatives.
D. Hokkaido 9th district
Hokkaido 9th district is a single-member electoral district for Japan’s House of Representatives located in Hokkaido Prefecture.
E. Yamaguchi 4th district
Yamaguchi 4th district is a Japanese electoral district in Yamaguchi Prefecture, best known as the long-time stronghold and constituency of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	House of Representatives electoral district of Japan ⓘ multi-member electoral district ⓘ proportional representation electoral district ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ
ballotType	party list ballot ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
electoralCompetitionBetween	political parties ⓘ
electoralFormula	proportional representation ⓘ
electoralPurpose	allocation of proportional representation seats ⓘ
electoralSystem	party-list proportional representation ⓘ
electorateIncludes	eligible voters residing in Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ
elects	multiple representatives ⓘ
hasBoundaryBasis	prefectural boundaries of Kanagawa ⓘ
hasElectoralOutcome	distribution of PR seats among parties in Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ
hasElectorateType	parliamentary electorate ⓘ
isComponentOf	Japan House of Representatives PR blocks ⓘ linked to: Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats)
isPartOfElectoralTier	proportional representation tier of the House of Representatives ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	Japanese ⓘ
legislativeBody	House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	national ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ
numberOfMembers	multi-member ⓘ
parliamentaryChamber	House of Representatives ⓘ
partOf	national electoral system of Japan ⓘ linked to: Public Offices Election Act of Japan
representationType	party representation ⓘ
seatAllocationMethod	D'Hondt method ⓘ linked to: d’Hondt method
seatType	proportional representation seat ⓘ
usedForElectionOf	members of the House of Representatives ⓘ
usedInConjunctionWith	single-member districts in Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ
voteCountingUnit	prefecture-wide vote totals ⓘ
voteWeighting	proportional to party vote share ⓘ
votingMethod	open-list proportional representation ⓘ