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House of Representatives 衆議院 Shūgiin | |
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| 213th Session of the National Diet | |
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| Type | of the National Diet |
| Leadership | |
Leader of the Opposition | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 465 |
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Political groups | Government (291)
Opposition (165) Unaffiliated (6)
Vacant (3)
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| Committees | 17 committees |
Length of term | Up to 4 years |
| Salary | Speaker: ¥2,170,000/m Vice Speaker: ¥1,584,000/m Members: ¥1,294,000/m |
| Elections | |
| Parallel voting: First-past-the-post voting (289 seats) Party-list proportional representation (176 seats) | |
First election | 1 July 1890 |
Last election | 31 October 2021 |
Next election | On or before 30 October 2025 |
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The House of Representatives (衆議院, Shūgiin) is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors is the upper house. The composition of the House is established by Article 41 and Article 42 of the Constitution of Japan.[1] The House of Representatives has 465 members, elected for a four-year term. Of these, 176 members are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a party-list system of proportional representation, and 289 are elected from single-member constituencies.
The overall voting system used to elect the House of Representatives is a parallel system, a form of semi-proportional representation. Under a parallel system, the allocation of list seats does not take into account the outcome in the single seat constituencies. Therefore, the overall allocation of seats in the House of Representatives is not proportional, to the advantage of larger parties. In contrast, in bodies such as the German Bundestag or the New Zealand Parliament the election of single-seat members and party list members is linked, so that the overall result respects proportional representation fully or to some degree.[citation needed]
The House of Representatives is the more powerful of the two houses, able to override vetoes on bills imposed by the House of Councillors with a two-thirds majority.[2][3][4]
The last election for the House of Representatives was held on 31 October 2021 in which the Liberal Democratic Party won a majority government with 261 seats. Along with their coalition partner, Komeito which won 32 seats, the governing coalition holds 293 seats in total.[5]
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- ^ "The Constitution of Japan". Japanese Law Translation. Archived from the original on January 5, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ^ "Japan election: PM Shinzo Abe dissolves parliament". BBC News. 28 September 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ Takenaka, Linda Sieg (28 September 2017). "Japan calls snap election as new party roils outlook". Reuters. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Democratic Party effectively disbands, throwing support behind Koike's party for Lower House poll". 28 September 2017. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "衆議院選挙2021特設サイト". NHK. 1 November 2021. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.