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比例選
ひれいせん
1. [n]
▶ proportional representation section (of an election)
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1483700 比例【ひれい】 2. proportional representation section (of an election)



History:
2. A 2021-11-01 08:42:46  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Uniquely Japanese.
1. A* 2021-11-01 02:06:02  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/20211030-OYT1T50204/
衆院選は31日に投開票されます。衆院選には、小選挙区で落選した候補者が、比例選で復活当選する仕組みがあります。「比例復活」のポイントや「惜敗率」について解
説します。

現在の衆院選の選挙制度は小選挙区比例代表並立制です。有権者は小選挙区選(定数289)と比例選(定数176)に1票ずつを投じます。

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/11/84f46b582544-kishida-gets-mandate-as-ruling-bloc-keeps-majority-in-japan-election.html
Of the lower house seats, 289 were decided in single-member constituencies under a first-past-the-post system. Another 176 were filled by 
proportional representation, in which parties are awarded seats based on how many votes they get in 11 regional blocks.

Amari lost the single-member district seat in his constituency in Kanagawa Prefecture to the CDPJ's Hideshi Futori, but he will remain in the 
lower house by taking a seat through proportional representation.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/10/25/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-ldp-general-election-poll/
"Nearly 30% of voters plan to cast ballots for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the proportional representation section of Sunday’s 
general election, compared with just over 11% for the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), according to the latest 
Kyodo News survey."

比例選	23292
比例選挙	2476
比例選区	No matches
比例区選	33

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