House of Councillors constituencies of Japan

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The House of Councillors constituencies of Japan are the electoral districts used to choose members of the upper house of Japan’s national legislature, the National Diet.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral district system ⓘ
political subdivision ⓘ
appliesTo upper house elections in Japan ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Japan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
createdAfter 1947 Constitution of Japan ⓘ
electoralSystemIncludes open list proportional representation ⓘ
single non-transferable vote ⓘ
elects Councillors ⓘ
electsBody House of Councillors ⓘ
electsChamberOf National Diet of Japan ⓘ
linked to: National Diet
governingBody House of Councillors ⓘ
hasApportionmentBasis population by prefecture ⓘ
hasComponent nationwide PR district ⓘ
prefectural electoral districts ⓘ
hasElectionCycle staggered elections every 3 years ⓘ
hasElectorate Japanese citizens aged 18 or over ⓘ
hasHistoricalPrecursor Imperial Diet House of Peers constituencies ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Diet
hasLanguage Japanese ⓘ
hasLevel national ⓘ
hasNumberOfSeats varies by constituency ⓘ
hasPart at-large constituencies ⓘ
multi-member constituencies ⓘ
prefectural constituencies ⓘ
single-member constituencies ⓘ
hasTermLengthForElectedMembers 6 years ⓘ
hasVotingMethod secret ballot ⓘ
includes Aichi at-large constituency ⓘ
Chiba at-large constituency ⓘ
Fukuoka at-large constituency ⓘ
Hokkaido at-large constituency ⓘ
Hyogo at-large constituency ⓘ
Kanagawa at-large constituency ⓘ
Kyoto at-large constituency ⓘ
Miyagi at-large constituency ⓘ
Okinawa at-large constituency ⓘ
Osaka at-large constituency ⓘ
Saitama at-large constituency ⓘ
Shizuoka at-large constituency ⓘ
Tokyo at-large constituency ⓘ
isDistinctFrom House of Representatives constituencies of Japan ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Councillors ⓘ
partOf National Diet of Japan electoral system ⓘ
regulatedBy Public Offices Election Act of Japan ⓘ
startTime 1947 ⓘ
subjectTo malapportionment debates ⓘ
periodic redistricting ⓘ
usedFor election of members of the House of Councillors ⓘ
usedInElection House of Councillors election ⓘ

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House of Representatives constituencies of Japan → relatedTo → House of Councillors constituencies of Japan ⓘ
Komae → belongsTo → Japan National Diet electoral districts ⓘ
linked to: House of Councillors constituencies of Japan