is one of eleven proportional representation (PR) "blocks", multi-member constituencies for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists of the Kinki (or Kansai) region, and consists of the prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto, Hyōgo, Shiga, Nara, and Wakayama. Following the introduction of proportional voting, Kinki elected 33 representatives by PR in the 1996 general election, reduced to 30 in the election of 2000 when the total number of PR seats was reduced from 200 to 180. Kinki was reduced to 29 seats in 2003, and again to 28 in 2017.
Overview Kinki is usually defined as comprising the following regions: Osaka Prefecture, Hyōgo Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, and Mie Prefecture. While Wakayama is in the Kinki proportional representation block, Mie is in the Tōkai proportional representation block.
This block, comprising 20.7 million people and 28 seats, is the largest proportional representation group in Japan by both population and the number of seats. As it holds the most seats, the required vote quota to secure a seat here is lower than in other blocks. Nevertheless, political parties must nominate more candidates than 10% of the total seats to comply with the Public Offices Election Law.
Results timeline Vote share Party 1996 2000 2003 2005 2009 2012 2014 2017 2021 2024 2026 NFP 33.04 LDP 28.37 23.68 30.69 36.79 23.23 23.86 28.91 30.62 25.67 20.72 30.41 JCP 17.48 15.81 10.75 9.67 9.56 7.52 12.84 9.31 7.85 7.32 5.14 DPJ 13.89 23.34 37.11 29.02 42.41 12.03 12.40 SDP 6.16 9.13 4.07 5.70 3.68 1.36 1.47 0.93 1.08 1.12 0.80 NPS 2.67 Komeito 16.07 17.39 14.95 12.98 12.66 14.64 13.79 12.32 11.62 LP 9.52 Nippon 3.87 1.20 Your 4.17 6.52 PNP 1.56 Ishin 30.76 26.08 18.29 33.91 23.34 23.20 TPJ 4.94 PLP 1.15 CDP 15.81 11.63 14.06 KnT 10.82 DPFP 3.24 8.34 6.97 Reiwa 3.12 6.29 2.64 Sanseitō 3.95 6.75 CPJ 3.25 2.77 Centrist Reform Alliance 14.26 Mirai 5.92 Others 2.27 2.44 1.24 0.34 2.50 0.44 1.19 1.13 Turnout 59.05 57.42 66.61 67.82 59.11 51.32 50.00 56.06 53.69 56.45
Seat distribution Election Distribution Seats 1996 33 2000 30 2003 29 2005 29 2009 29 2012 29 2014 29 2017 28 2021 28 2024 28 2026 28
MPs elected 選挙回199620002003200520092012201420172021#1Yasuko Ikenobō(New Frontier)Sanae Takaichi(LDP)Kazuya Tamaki(DPJ)Mitsue Kondo(LDP)Takanori Ohnishi(DPJ)Hideo Higashikokubaru→Koichiro Shimizu(Restoration)Takashi Nagao(LDP)Shinsuke Ono(LDP)Kee Miki(Ishin)#2Ryotaro Tanose(LDP)Kazunori Yamanoi(DPJ)Takuji Yanagimoto(LDP)Shingo Nishimura(DPJ)Mitsue Kondo(LDP)Hirofumi Kado(LDP)Sakihito Ozawa(Innovation)Natsue Mori(Ishin)Shinsuke Okuno(LDP)#3Mitsuo Higashinaka(JCP)Yasuko Ikenobo(Kōmeitō)Hajime Ishii(DPJ)Nobuko Iwaki(LDP)Mai Ohara(DPJ)Shingo Nishimura（Restoration）Yuzuru Takeuchi(Kōmeitō)Hiroyuki Moriyama(CDP)Yuichiro Wada(Ishin)#4Mikio Omi(New Frontier)Keiji Kokuta(JCP)Yasuko Ikenobo(Kōmeitō)Yasuko Ikenobo(Kōmeitō)Kimiyoshi Tamaki(DPJ)Yuzuru Takeuchi(Kōmeitō)Hiroyuki Ōnishi(LDP)Noboru Kamitani(LDP)Akira Yanagimoto(LDP)#5Shigehiko Okuyama(LDP)Takuji Yanagimoto(LDP)Masahiro Morioka(LDP)Takeaki Matsumoto(DPJ)Yasuko Ikenobo(Kōmeitō)Kenta Izumi(DPJ)Yasushi Adachi(Innovation)Yuzuru Takeuchi(Kōmeitō)Yuzuru Takeuchi(Kōmeitō)#6Satoru Ienishi(Democratic)Tsutomu Yamamoto(DPJ)Yasuhiro Kajiwara(DPJ)Takuji Yanagimoto (LDP)Takui Yanagimoto(LDP)Naokazu Takemoto(LDP)Keiji Kokuta(JCP)Shinji Tarutoko→Sumio Mabuchi(Kibō)Shū Sakurai(CDP)#7Tetsushi Kubo(New Frontier)Shingo Nishimura(Liberal)Ikuko Ishii(JCP)Keiro Kitagami(DPJ)Hideko Muroi(DPJ)Naoto Sakaguchi(Restoration)Kenta Izumi→Yoshiro Kitagami(DPJ)Yukari Sato(LDP)Hiroki Sumiyoshi(Ishin)#8Keisuke Sunada(LDP)Tomoko Nakagawa(SDP)Yuriko Koike(LDP)Ikuko Ishii(JCP)Keiji Kokuta(JCP)Yasuhide Nakayama(LDP)Noboru Kamitani(LDP)Keiji Kokuta(JCP)Masaki Ōgushi(LDP)#9Keiji Kokuta(JCP)Nishi Hiroyoshi(Kōmeitō)Fusaho Izumi(DPJ)Osamu Uno(LDP)Sadatoshi Kumagai(DPJ)Kee Miki(Restoration)Tomohiko Kinoshita(Innovation)Hidetaka Inoue(Ishin)Kenji Horii(Ishin)#10Masao Akamatsu(New Frontier)Ikuko Ishii(JCP)Masao Akamatsu(Kōmeitō)Masao Akamatsu(Kōmeitō)Sanae Takaichi(LDP)Keiji Kokuta(JCP)Tomoko Ukishima(Kōmeitō)Shū Sakurai(CDP)Keiji Kokuta(JCP)#11Makoto Mekata(LDP)Yoshihide Sakagami(LDP)Tomokatsu Kitagawa(LDP)Koichiro Shimizu(LDP)Hiroshi Hamamoto(DPJ)Nobuhiko Isaka(Your Party)Hiroshi Ando(LDP)Yayoi Kimura(LDP)Sachiko Horiba(Ishin)#12Miyoko Hida(Democratic)Setsuya Kagita(DPJ)Tenzo Okumura(DPJ)Tatsui Kawabata(DPJ)Nishi Hiroyoshi(Kōmeitō)Tomoko Ukishima(Kōmeitō)Hirofumi Yoshimura→ Tamotsu Shiiki(Innovation)Tomoko Ukishima(Kōmeitō)Shigeki Kobayashi(LDP)#13Kiyomi Tsujimoto(SDP)Akira Nishino(LDP)Tetsuo Inami(DPJ)Tomohiro Yamamoto(LDP)Yoshihiko Watanabe(DPJ)Hiroshi Miyake(Restoration)Takeshi Miyamoto(JCP)Shōhei Okashita(LDP)Tomoko Ukishima(Kōmeitō)#14Hiroyoshi Nishi(New Frontier)Satoru Ienishi(DPJ)Takeshi Nishida(LDP)Kiyomi Tsujimoto(SDP)Naokazu Takemoto(LDP)Taizō Mikazuki→Tatsuo Kawabata(DPJ)Tatsuo Kawabata(DPJ)Takashi Tanihata→ Teruo Minobe(Ishin)Hiroyuki Moriyama(CDP)#15Ikuko Ishii(JCP)Yasuhide Yamana(Kōmeitō)Nishi Hiroyoshi(Kōmeitō)Ryuichi Doi(DPJ)Mitsuei Kawakami→Vacant(DPJ)Takashi Ōtsuka(LDP)Tomu Tanigawa(LDP)Kazunori Inoue(Kibō)Ryota Endo(Ishin)#16Takashi Tanihata(LDP)Hidekatsu Yoshii(JCP)Keiji Kokuta(JCP)Kyoko Izawa(LDP)Hidekatsu Yoshii(JCP)Sayuri Uenishi(Restoration)Yasuto Urano(Innovation)Fumiyoshi Murakami(CDP)Hideyuki Tanaka(LDP)#17Takashi Yamamoto(New Frontier)Susumu Shiota(Liberal)Yoshikazu Tarui(DPJ)Shigeki Sato(Kōmeitō)Hirotaka Matsuoka(DPJ)Fumiyoshi Murakami(Tomorrow)Naoya Higuchi(Kōmeitō)Tomu Tanigawa(LDP)Yuichirō Ichitani(Ishin)#18Takuji Yanagimoto(LDP)Okutani Toru→Tomokatsu Kitagawa(LDP)Yasuhide Nakayama(LDP)Keiji Kokuta(JCP)Masatoshi Ishida(LDP)Hiroshi Ando(LDP)Shōhei Okashita(LDP)Takeshi Miyamoto→ Tadashi Shimizu(JCP)Kōichi Munekiyo(LDP)#19Issei Inoue(Democratic)Miyoko Hida(DPJ)Kunihiko Muroi(DPJ)Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi(DPJ)Shigeki Sato(Kōmeitō)Yuka Hayashibara(Restoration)Sayuri Uenishi(Innovation)Susumu Hamamura(Kōmeitō)Kiyoshige Maekawa(Ishin)#20Sumi Fujita(JCP)Renko Kitagawa(SDP)Osamu Konishi(LDP)Chubee Kagita→Yasuji Izumihara(LDP)Juntaro Toyoda(DPJ)Naoya Higuchi(Kōmeitō)Tadashi Shimizu(JCP)Yasushi Adachi(Ishin)Yoko Wanibuchi(Kōmeitō)#21Shigeki Sato(New Frontier)Tetsushi Kubo→Shigeki Sato(Kōmeitō)Shigeki Sato(Kōmeitō)Koichiro Ichimura(DPJ)Kenta Matsunami(LDP)Kiyomi Tsujimoto(DPJ)Hirofumi Kado(LDP)Hirofumi Kado(LDP)Takeshi Miyamoto(JCP)#22Yoshihide Sakagami(LDP)Yoko Fujiki(JCP)Osamu Nakagawa(DPJ)Kenshiro Matsunami(LDP)Shunichi Higuchi(DPJ)Shigeki Kobayashi(LDP)Issei Tajima(DPJ)Kanako Otsuji(CDP)Hisashi Tokunaga(CDP)#23Osamu Yoshida(New Frontier)Shonosuke Hayashi(LDP)Takako Doi(SDP)Makoto Taki(New Party)Ryoichi Hattori（SDP）Hiroki Iwanaga(Restoration)Kenta Matsunami(Innovation)Kazuhide Ōkuma(LDP)Kōtarō Ikehada(Ishin)#24Kenzaburo Hara(LDP)Kazuya Tamaki(DPJ)Osamu Uno(LDP)Nishi Hiroyoshi(Kōmeitō)Bunmei Ibuki(LDP)Takeshi Miyamoto(JCP)Susumu Hamamura(Kōmeitō)Yasuto Urano(Ishin)Masahito Moriyama(LDP)#25Tsuji Daiichi(JCP)Keisuke Sunada(LDP)Ken Kishimoto(DPJ)Yuji Fujii(LDP)Yuzuru Takeuchi(Kōmeitō)Hideto Shinbara(Restoration)Kazuhide Ōkuma(LDP)Kazunori Yamanoi（Kibō）Masayuki Akagi(Ishin)#26Seiji Maehara(Democratic)Tetsuji Nakamura(DPJ)Hidekatsu Yoshii(JCP)Osamu Fujimura(DPJ)Takeshi Miyamoto(JCP)Kenji Harada(LDP)Nobuhisa Itō(Innovation)Yoko Wanibuchi(Kōmeitō)Alex Saitō(DPFP)#27Setsuya Kagita(New Frontier)Masao Akamatsu(Kōmeitō)Yasuhide Yamana(Kōmeitō)Takashi Yano(LDP)Koichi Tani(LDP)Mitsunari Hatanaka(Your Party)Masahito Moriyama(LDP)Mamoru Shigemoto(LDP)Tomu Tanigawa(LDP)#28Minoru Noda→Okutani Tōru(LDP)Ikko Nakatsuka(Liberal)Makoto Taki(LDP)Okumura Tenzo(DPJ)Masao Akamatsu(Kōmeitō)Susumu Hamamura(Kōmeitō)Terufumi Horiuchi(JCP)Hideki Nagao(CDP)Akiko Oishi(Reiwa)#29Tomoko Nakagawa(SDP)Motoo Ohata(JCP)Megumi Tsuji(DPJ)Hidekatsu Yoshii (JCP)Takashi Tanihata(LDP)Mio Sugita(Innovation)Hirofumi Hirano(DPJ)#30Kyokudōzan Kazuyasu(New Frontier)Yuki Ueda(SDP)#31Yoko Fujiki(JCP)#32Masaki Nakayama(LDP)#33Tsutomu Yamamoto(Democratic)
Election results 2026 + 2026 results in the Kinki PR block Party Votes Swing % Seats +/– Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 2,842,876 30.41 9.69 10 4 Japan Innovation Party (Ishin) 2,168,635 23.20 0.14 8 1 Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA) 1,332,752 14.26 11.42 5 2 Democratic Party For the People (DPFP) 651,785 6.97 1.37 2 0 Sanseitō 631,179 6.75 2.80 2 1 Team Mirai 553,496 5.92 New 0 New Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 480,188 5.14 2.18 1 1 Conservative Party of Japan (CPJ) 259,055 2.77 0.48 0 1 Reiwa Shinsengumi (Reiwa) 247,048 2.64 3.65 0 2 Tax Cuts Japan and Yukoku Alliance (Genyu) 105,647 1.13 New 0 New Social Democratic Party (SDP) 75,014 0.80 0.32 0 0 Total 9,347,675 100.00 28 Invalid votes 113,780 1.20 Turnout 9,461,455 56.45 2.76 Registered voters 16,761,917
2024 + 2024 results in the Kinki PR block Party Votes Swing % Seats +/– Japan Innovation Party (Ishin) 2,069,796 23.34 10.57 7 3 Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 1,837,859 20.72 4.95 6 2 Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) 1,247,328 14.06 2.43 4 1 Komeito 1,030,324 11.62 0.71 3 0 Democratic Party For the People (DPFP) 739,441 8.34 5.10 2 1 Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 649,195 7.32 0.53 2 0 Reiwa Shinsengumi (Reiwa) 557,899 6.29 3.17 2 1 Sanseitō 350,211 3.95 New 1 New Conservative Party of Japan (CPJ) 288,326 3.25 New 1 New Social Democratic Party (SDP) 99,161 1.12 0.04 0 0 Total 8,869,540 100.00 28 Invalid votes 182,255 2.01 Turnout 9,051,795 53.69 2.37 Registered voters 16,858,894
2021 + 2021 results in the Kinki PR block Party Votes Swing % Seats +/– Japan Innovation Party (Ishin) 3,180,219 33.91 15.62 10 5 Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 2,407,699 25.67 4.95 8 1 Komeito 1,155,683 12.32 1.47 3 1 Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) 1,090,666 11.63 4.18 3 2 Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 736,156 7.85 1.46 2 0 Democratic Party For the People (DPFP) 303,480 3.24 New 1 New Reiwa Shinsengumi (Reiwa) 292,483 3.12 New 1 New NHK Party 111,539 1.19 New 0 New Social Democratic Party (SDP) 100,980 1.08 0.14 0 0 Total 9,378,905 100.00 28 Invalid votes 197,724 2.06 Turnout 9,576,629 56.06 6.06 Registered voters 17,081,677
2017 + 2017 results in the Kinki PR block Party Votes Swing % Seats +/– Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 2,586,424 30.62 1.70 9 0 Japan Innovation Party (Ishin) 1,544,821 18.29 New 5 New Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) 1,335,360 15.81 New 5 New Komeito 1,164,995 13.79 0.85 4 0 Kibō no Tō 913,860 10.82 New 3 New Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 786,158 9.31 3.53 2 2 Social Democratic Party (SDP) 78,702 0.93 0.54 0 0 Happiness Realization Party (HRP) 36,774 0.44 0.01 0 0 Total 8,447,094 100.00 28 1 Invalid votes 150,474 1.75 Turnout 8,597,568 50.00 1.32 Registered voters 17,194,606
2014 + 2014 results in the Kinki PR block Party Votes Swing % Seats +/– Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 2,442,006 28.91 5.06 9 2 Japan Innovation Party (JIP) 2,202,932 26.08 4.68 8 2 Komeito 1,236,217 14.64 1.98 4 0 Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 1,084,154 12.84 5.32 4 2 Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) 1,047,361 12.40 0.37 4 1 Party for Future Generations 175,279 2.08 New 0 New Social Democratic Party (SDP) 124,494 1.47 0.11 0 0 People's Life Party (PLP) 97,398 1.15 New 0 New Happiness Realization Party (HRP) 35,830 0.42 0.08 0 0 Total 8,445,671 100.00 29 Invalid votes 192,636 2.23 Turnout 8,638,307 51.32 7.79 Registered voters 16,832,477
2012