Electoral system for Japan's House of Representatives

The following is an explanation of how members of Japan's House of Representatives are elected.The lower house has 465 seats, with 289 elected from single-seat districts and the remaining 176 through proportional representation in 11 regional blocks.Each voter casts two ballots at a polling station -- one for a single-seat constituency candidate and the other for a party for proportional representation.A candidate running in a single-seat district can also appear on the candidate list of the proportional representation system.A candidate who loses in a constituency can still secure a seat b…READ FULL ARTICLE