Twenty-five years have passed since the reform of the national election system in 1994, and a survey by Associate Professor Shinsuke Hamamoto of the Graduate School of Law, Osaka University found that the number of members of the Diet called "Entering the country" is increasing. rice field.The activities of the LDP's subcommittees and parliamentary federations are also increasing, and Associate Professor Hamamoto believes that the reform of the electoral system has changed the activities of parliamentarians.
Associate Professor Hamamoto examined the movements of members of the local elected parliamentarians published in nine local newspapers in nine prefectures nationwide for 9 years, and analyzed changes in political activities.
According to the report, there were cases where parliamentarians entered the elected constituency and engaged in political activities four or more times in the LDP, which was about 4 days in 1985, which was about 30% of the year before the reform of the electoral system. It increased to 100% in 2008 after the reform of the electoral system.There were no major changes in the content of political activity, but it was found that non-LDP parliamentarians who were elected one to three times entered the country more frequently.
Parliamentarians who are familiar with the policy areas of specific ministries and influence policy decisions have been called "tribal members," but more changes have been seen in the LDP's subcommittee activities and participation in parliamentary federations related to this. rice field.
When Associate Professor Hamamoto investigated the activities published in the movements of members of the local newspaper, the average number of subcommittee activities was less than 1984 times a year in 50, but it was close to 2004 times in 250.Participation in the parliamentary federation has increased from more than 30 times to nearly 60 times.The status of activities has become more relevant to a wider range of fields than being specialized in a specific field as a member of the tribe.
The reform of the electoral system was carried out by the Hosokawa administration, a non-private coalition, in 1994.
reference:[Osaka University] A quarter of a century since the reform of the electoral system
