List of members of the Diet of Japan
This is a list of members of the Diet of Japan. The Diet has two chambers: the House of Councillors (upper house) and the House of Representatives (lower house). Councillors serve six year terms, with half being elected every three years. Representatives serve terms of up to four years, but the House of Representatives can be dissolved, causing a shorter term (snap election).
House of Representatives
| Members of the House of Representatives elected in the 43rd general election | (2003) |
| Members of the House of Representatives elected in the 44th general election | (2005) |
| Members of the House of Representatives elected in the 45th general election | (2009) |
| Members of the House of Representatives elected in the 46th general election | (2012) |
| Members of the House of Representatives elected in the 47th general election | (2014) |
| Members of the House of Representatives elected in the 48th general election – Current List | (2017) |
| Members of the House of Representatives elected in the 49th general election | (2021 |
Composition
| In-House Groups [innai] kaiha |
Parties | Representatives | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic Party Jiyūminshutō / Mushozoku no Kai Liberal Democratic Party | LDP | 262 | |
| The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Rikken Minshutō・Mushozoku Constitutional Democratic Party | CDP, SDP, Independents | 97 | |
| Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) Nippon Ishin no Kai・Mushozoku no Kai Nippon Ishin no Kai | Ishin | 41 | |
| Komeito Kōmeitō | Kōmeitō | 32 | |
| Democratic Party for the People Kokumin Minshutō | DPFP | 11 | |
| Japanese Communist Party Nihon Kyōsantō | JCP | 10 | |
| Yushi no Kai Yūshi no Kai | Yushi no Kai | 5 | |
| Reiwa Shinsengumi Reiwa Sinsengumi | Reiwa | 3 | |
| Independents | Independent | 4 | |
| Total | 465 | ||
List of members by parliamentary group and constituency. There are usually translations and abbreviations for parliamentary groups (会派, kaiha, current House of Representatives website translation: "In-House Group") used on the English pages of the House of Representatives website,[2]
- LDP
- Kōmeitō
- CDP
- DPFP
- JCP
- Nippon Ishin
- Group of Independents
- SDP
- Kibo
- Independents
Notes:
- Not all members of a parliamentary group are necessarily members of the associated party/parties if any, and vice versa. For example, the Speaker and Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives are independents in terms of parliamentary group membership, but not independents in terms of party membership.
- The count of terms as given by the House of Representatives follows the usual way of counting them in Japan by number of won elections (tōsen kaisū) which is not necessarily identical to election periods of the House of Representatives. For example, former member Nobutaka Machimura served for two terms as a member during the (2009–2012) 45th election period of the House of Representatives: one as member for the Hokkaidō proportional constitutency from the general election in August 2009 to his resignation in September 2010, and one as member for constituency number 5 in Hokkaidō from the by-election in October 2010 to dissolution in November 2012. Among other things, the election count determines the seating within a parliamentary group, the more senior members by this measure sit in the back.
- Most proportional members of the House of Representatives have been deleted.
House of Councillors
Composition
| Caucus (English name)[5] (domestic name) | Parties | Members | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term expires | Total | ||||||||
| 25 July 2022 | 25 July 2025 | ||||||||
| PR | SNTV/FPTP | Subtotal | PR | SNTV/FPTP | Subtotal | ||||
| Liberal Democratic Party and Voice of The People Jiyūminshutō / Kokumin no Koe | LDP, Independent | 20 | 38 | 58 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 111 | |
| The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Social Democratic Party Rikken-minshutō / Shamin | CDP, SDP | 8 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 45 | |
| Komeito Kōmeitō | Kōmeitō | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | |
| Nippon Ishin(Japan Innovation Party) Nippon Ishin no Kai | Ishin | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |
| Democratic Party For the People and The Shin-Ryokufukai Kokumin-minshutō / Shin-Ryokufūkai | DPFP, Independents | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | |
| Japanese Communist Party Nihon Kyōsantō | JCP | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | |
| Okinawa Whirlwind Okinawa no Kaze | Okinawa Social Mass, Independent | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| REIWA SHINSENGUMI Reiwa Shinsengumi | Reiwa Shinsengumi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Hekisuikai Hekisuikai | Independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Your Party Minna no Tō | N-Koku, Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Independents Members not affiliated with any parliamentary caucus | Independents, LDP (President), CDP (Vice President) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| Vacant: The Yamaguchi seat in the 2019 class, one Kanagawa seat in the 2019 class (by-elections to be integrated into the 2022 regular election to the other class) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Total | 48 | 73 | 121 | 50 | 74 | 124 | 245 | ||
List of members by parliamentary group and constituency. There are usually translations and abbreviations for parliamentary groups (会派 kaiha, current House of Councillors website translation: "In-House Group") used on the English pages of the House of Representatives website [6] The official caucus names[7] are transcribed to Latin here:
Notes:
- Not all members of a caucus are also members of the affiliated party, and sometimes even some members of a party are not member of the affiliated caucus.
- The N→S column allows to sort by prefecture from North to South in the order generally used in Japan (also used as number identifier for prefectures [JP-##] in ISO 3166-2).
- Due to a 2015 reapportionment, some districts are represented by an uneven number of members until the regular 2019 election, when it becomes effective in both halves.
Members
References
- House of Representatives: 会派名及び会派別所属議員数 (Names and number of members of kaiha/parliamentary groups/caucuses) (Japanese), Strength of the In-House Groups in the House of Representatives (English), retrieved October 4, 2021.
- House of Representatives: Strength of Political Groups in the House of Representatives
- House of Representatives: List of members, List of parliamentary groups, List of members by parliamentary group (in Japanese)
- "会派別所属議員数" [Number of members by parliamentary group]. Sangiin (House of Councillors). Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- "Strength of the Political Groups in the House of Councillors". House of Councillors. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- House of Councillors: Strength of the Political Groups in the House of Councillors
- List of caucuses (in Japanese)
- House of Councillors: List of caucuses and membership totals, List of members, List of members by district and in the proportional district: by caucus (Japanese); English list of members (by caucus, does not list electoral district or end of term)
External links
- "Composition of the House of Representatives". Retrieved August 5, 2016.
- "List of the Members of the House of Councillors". Retrieved August 5, 2016.