Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats)
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House of Representatives electoral district of Japan
multi-member electoral district
proportional representation electoral district
The Kanagawa proportional representation block is a multi-member electoral district in Japan’s House of Representatives where parties receive seats in proportion to their share of the vote within Kanagawa Prefecture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Japan House of Representatives PR blocks | 1 |
| Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2259048 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats) Context triple: [Kanagawa 2nd district, belongsTo, Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats)]
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Kanagawa 2nd district
Kanagawa 2nd district is a Japanese House of Representatives electoral district in Kanagawa Prefecture, best known as the long-time constituency of former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
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Kanagawa 11th district
Kanagawa 11th district is a Japanese electoral district in Kanagawa Prefecture best known as the long-time stronghold of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
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Kagawa 1st district
Kagawa 1st district is a Japanese electoral district in Kagawa Prefecture that elects members to the national legislature’s House of Representatives.
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Hokkaido 9th district
Hokkaido 9th district is a single-member electoral district for Japan’s House of Representatives located in Hokkaido Prefecture.
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Yamaguchi 4th district
Yamaguchi 4th district is a Japanese electoral district in Yamaguchi Prefecture, best known as the long-time stronghold and constituency of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats) Target entity description: The Kanagawa proportional representation block is a multi-member electoral district in Japan’s House of Representatives where parties receive seats in proportion to their share of the vote within Kanagawa Prefecture.
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A.
Kanagawa 2nd district
Kanagawa 2nd district is a Japanese House of Representatives electoral district in Kanagawa Prefecture, best known as the long-time constituency of former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
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B.
Kanagawa 11th district
Kanagawa 11th district is a Japanese electoral district in Kanagawa Prefecture best known as the long-time stronghold of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
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C.
Kagawa 1st district
Kagawa 1st district is a Japanese electoral district in Kagawa Prefecture that elects members to the national legislature’s House of Representatives.
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D.
Hokkaido 9th district
Hokkaido 9th district is a single-member electoral district for Japan’s House of Representatives located in Hokkaido Prefecture.
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E.
Yamaguchi 4th district
Yamaguchi 4th district is a Japanese electoral district in Yamaguchi Prefecture, best known as the long-time stronghold and constituency of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
House of Representatives electoral district of Japan
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multi-member electoral district ⓘ proportional representation electoral district ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ |
| ballotType | party list ballot ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| electoralCompetitionBetween | political parties ⓘ |
| electoralFormula | proportional representation ⓘ |
| electoralPurpose | allocation of proportional representation seats ⓘ |
| electoralSystem | party-list proportional representation ⓘ |
| electorateIncludes | eligible voters residing in Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ |
| elects | multiple representatives ⓘ |
| hasBoundaryBasis | prefectural boundaries of Kanagawa ⓘ |
| hasElectoralOutcome | distribution of PR seats among parties in Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ |
| hasElectorateType | parliamentary electorate ⓘ |
| isComponentOf |
Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Japan House of Representatives PR blocks
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| isPartOfElectoralTier | proportional representation tier of the House of Representatives ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | Japanese ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ |
| levelOfGovernment | national ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | multi-member ⓘ |
| parliamentaryChamber | House of Representatives ⓘ |
| partOf |
Public Offices Election Act of Japan
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surface form:
national electoral system of Japan
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| representationType | party representation ⓘ |
| seatAllocationMethod |
d’Hondt method
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surface form:
D'Hondt method
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| seatType | proportional representation seat ⓘ |
| usedForElectionOf | members of the House of Representatives ⓘ |
| usedInConjunctionWith | single-member districts in Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ |
| voteCountingUnit | prefecture-wide vote totals ⓘ |
| voteWeighting | proportional to party vote share ⓘ |
| votingMethod | open-list proportional representation ⓘ |
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Subject: Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats) Description of subject: The Kanagawa proportional representation block is a multi-member electoral district in Japan’s House of Representatives where parties receive seats in proportion to their share of the vote within Kanagawa Prefecture.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats)
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Kanagawa proportional representation block (for PR seats)
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subject surface form:
Kanagawa proportional representation block
this entity surface form:
Japan House of Representatives PR blocks