Hyogo 11th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives

House of Representatives of Japan

The is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors of Japan is the upper house.The House of Representatives has 480 members, elected for a four-year term. Of these, 180 members are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a party-list system of proportional representation,...

 in the Diet of Japan

Diet of Japan

The is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under a parallel voting system. In addition to passing laws, the Diet is formally...

. It is located in Southwestern Hyōgo

Hyogo Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :...

 and consists of the city of Himeji

Himeji, Hyogo

is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. As of April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 535,945, with 206,409 households. The total area is 534.43 km².- History :...

 without the former towns of Ieshima

Ieshima, Hyogo

is a town located in Shikama District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It actually is a group of 40 small islands about 15 to 18 kilometers off the coast of Himeji and Akō...

, Yumesaki

Yumesaki, Hyogo

was a town located in Shikama District, Hyōgo, Japan.On March 27, 2006 Yumesaki, along with the town of Ieshima, also from Shikama District, the town of Yasutomi, from Shisō District, and the town of Kōdera, from Kanzaki District, was merged into the expanded city of Himeji and is no longer an...

, Kōdera

Kodera, Hyogo

was a town located in Kanzaki District, Hyōgo, Japan.On March 27, 2006 Kōdera, along with the towns of Ieshima and Yumesaki, both from Shikama District, and the town of Yasutomi, from Shisō District, was merged into the expanded city of Himeji and is no longer an independent municipality.As of...

 and Yasutomi

Yasutomi, Hyogo

was a town located in Shisō District, Hyōgo, Japan.On March 27, 2006 Yasutomi, along with the towns of Ieshima and Yumesaki, both from Shikama District, and the town of Kōdera, from Kanzaki District, was merged into the expanded city of Himeji and is no longer an independent municipality.As of...

 that are part of the 12th district. As of 2009, 382,491 eligible voters were registered in the district.

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area formed part of Hyōgo 4th district where four Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote

Single non-transferable vote

The single non-transferable vote or SNTV is an electoral system used in multi-member constituency elections.- Voting :In any election, each voter casts one vote for one candidate in a multi-candidate race for multiple offices. Posts are filled by the candidates with the most votes...

.

Since the district's creation, it has been represented by two people: Tōru Toida

Toru Toida

is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Edogawa, Tokyo and graduate of Dokkyo University he was elected for the first time in 1996. He is an assenter of "The Truth about Nanjing."-External links:*...

, the son of former representative and health minister Saburō Toida, and Takeaki Matsumoto

Takeaki Matsumoto

is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who is currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. A native of Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after running unsuccessfully as an independent...

, son of former representative and defense minister Jūrō Matsumoto and great-great-grandson of former prime minister Hirobumi Itō.

List of Representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Notes
Tōru Toida Toru Toida is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Edogawa, Tokyo and graduate of Dokkyo University he was elected for the first time in 1996. He is an assenter of "The Truth about Nanjing."-External links:*...		LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...	1996 – 2000	Failed reelection in the Kinki PR block
Takeaki Matsumoto Takeaki Matsumoto is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who is currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. A native of Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after running unsuccessfully as an independent...		DPJ Democratic Party of Japan The is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum...	2000 – 2005	Reelected in the Kinki PR block
Tōru Toida		LDP	2005 – 2009	Failed reelection in the Kinki PR block
Takeaki Matsumoto		DPJ	2009 –	Incumbent

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