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Okinawa's Diet electoral districts

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Okinawa's House of Representatives districts as of 2018[1]

Okinawa currently sends 8 elected members to the Diet of Japan, 6 to the House of Representatives and 2 to the House of Councillors.

House of Representatives

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The current House of Representatives Okinawa delegation consists of 2 members of the LDP, 1 JCP, 1 SDP, 1 LP and 1 NIK.

District seats

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District Representative Party Incumbency
1st Seiken Akamine (C-Naha) JCP 15 December 2014 – present
2nd Kunio Arakaki (SD-Ginowan) SDP 3 November 2021 – present
3rd Aiko Shimajiri (LD-Okinawa City) LDP 3 November 2021 – present
4th Kōsaburō Nishime (LD-Haebaru) LDP 1 November 2017 – present

PR seats

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Okinawa Prefecture is part of the Kyushu proportional representation block. In the current Diet, there are two Representatives from Okinawa elected through the Kyushu PR block.

Representative(s) Party District contested Incumbency
Kōnosuke Kokuba (LD-Naha) LDP Okinawa-1st 15 December 2014 – present
Masahisa Miyazaki (LD-Ginowan) LDP Okinawa-2nd 22 November 2018 – present

House of Councillors

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The current House of Councillors Okinawa delegation consists of 2 independent members. Both are members of the Okinawa Whirlwind caucus in the House. The members are elected from the Okinawa at-large district.

Party Councillors Term ends Incumbency
OW Yōichi Iha 2022 26 July 2016 – present
Tetsuo Takara 2025 29 July 2019 – present

References

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  1. ^ "沖縄県" (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved 3 February 2018.