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National election

Last update date June 29, 2023

Notice

The division of the House of Representatives small constituencies have been changed.

With the partial revision of the Public Office Election Law, the division of constituencies for the lower house constituency election has been partially changed.
The new division will be applied from the lower house general election announced on or after December 28, 2022, the effective date of this Act.
In Motoichi, Seya Ward (the fifth ward to 13th ward) and Tsuzuki Ward (from 7.8th ward to 19th ward) were changed.

After revision

Details of revision of division
Constituencies	Old constituencies	New constituency area
No. 1 District	Naka Ward, Isogo Ward, Kanazawa Ward	Naka Ward, Isogo Ward, Kanazawa Ward
No. 2 District	Nishi Ward, Minami Ward, Konan Ward	Nishi Ward, Minami Ward, Konan Ward
3rd ward	Tsurumi Ward, Kanagawa Ward	Tsurumi Ward, Kanagawa Ward
4th ward	Sakae Ward, (Kamakura, Zushi, Miura)	Sakae Ward, (Kamakura, Zushi, Miura)
5th ward	Totsuka Ward, Izumi Ward, Seya Ward	Totsuka Ward, Izumi Ward
6th ward	Hodogaya Ward, Asahi Ward	Hodogaya Ward, Asahi Ward
7th ward	Kohoku Ward, Tsuzuki Ward (Eda Higashimachi, Eda Higashi 1-4, Eda Minamimachi, Eda Minamimachi, Edaminami 1-5-chome, excluding Daimaru)	Kohoku Ward
8th ward	Midori Ward, Aoba Ward Tsuzuki Ward (areas not in District 7)	Midori Ward, Aoba Ward
13th ward	(Yamato City, Ebina City, Zama City (excluding Sagamigaoka area), Kanagawa City)	Seya Ward (Yamato City, Kanagawa City)
No. 19 Ward	－	Tsuzuki Ward , (Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki)

※Only the lower house election constituencies will change. There is no change in the constituencies in other elections.

Overseas voting and offshore voting will be possible for the Supreme Court Judge's National Examination.

With the partial revision of the Supreme Court Judge National Examination Law, it is now possible to vote abroad and offshore voting for the Supreme Court Judge National Examination.

Specifically, please see handbill (PDF: 4,230KB) made by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

About lower house general election, upper house member ordinary election

House of Representatives general election

It consists of a small constituency election in which one member of the Diet is elected from one constituency, and a proportional representative election in which a member of the Diet is selected according to the number of votes of political parties etc. for each constituency (block) that divides the whole country into 11.

●Overall constants: 465 (289 small constituencies, 176 proportional representation)
●Term of office: 4 years (with disbanded)
●Constant: Small constituencies: Kanagawa Prefecture has 20 constituencies with a fixed number of 20 people※
　　　 Proportional representative: Kanagawa Prefecture is a southern Kanto constituency consisting of Chiba Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture.※
※Applicable from the lower house general election, whose date is announced for the first time after the enforcement date of the law that partially revises the Public Office Election Law (December 28, 2022).

House of Councilors ordinary election

This is an election to select half of the members of the House of Councilors.
There is no dissolution in the House of Councilors, so it is always due to the expiration of the term (6 years). However, since the Constitution stipulates that half of the members of the House of Councilors are replaced every three years, half of the quorum will be selected once every three years.
The number of members of the House of Councilors is 248, of which 100 are members of the proportional representation and 148 are constituencies.

●Term of office: 6 years (However, half will be reelected every three years)
●Constant: Kanagawa Presidency: 8 people