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小選挙区 (shousenkyoku) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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In Japan's House of Representatives elections, single-member constituencies and proportional representation are used together.
It is said that the single-member district system tends to produce a two-party system.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 から 立りっ 候こう 補ほ する to run for office from a (single-member) constituency
He ran for office from a single-member constituency in Tokyo.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 当とう 選せん する to win an election in a (single-member) constituency
She won the election in this single-member constituency.
〈 制せい 度ど 〉 を 導どう 入にゅう する to introduce a system (of single-member districts)
Japan introduced the single-member constituency system in 1994.
Related words 大だい 選せん 挙きょ 区く Refers to a large, multi-member electoral district, in contrast to 小選挙区 which is a small, single-member district.
比ひ 例れい 代だい 表ひょう Proportional representation, a different electoral method often combined with single-member districts in Japan.
Word family single-seat constituency system
single-seat constituency system
parallel electoral system combining single-seat constituencies and proportional representation
Etymology Compound of 小 (small) + 選挙区 (electoral district). The term became common after the electoral reform of 1994, which introduced single-member districts for the House of Representatives.
