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Parliamentary constituencies in Gunma prefecture
Gunma 5th district is a constituency of the
House of Representatives in the
Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in
Gunma Prefecture and consists of the cities of
Tomioka ,
Annaka , parts of
Takasaki and
Shibukawa as well as the
Kitagunma ,
Kanra and
Agatsuma districts. As of 2012, 315,747 eligible voters were registered in the district.
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Gunma, home to the families of former prime ministers
Takeo Fukuda (and his son
Yasuo Fukuda ),
Nakasone and
Obuchi , is considered a "conservative kingdom" (hoshu-ōkoku ), a stronghold of the
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The 5th district has been represented by Keizō Obuchi and his daughter
Yūko Obuchi since its creation in 1996. Previously Keizō Obuchi and his father
Mitsuhei (first elected in 1949) had represented the four-member
3rd district of Gunma .
List of representatives
Election results
References
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1947–1993)
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2
3 (10 Representatives, 4 Councillors)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1928–1942)
1
2 (9 Representatives)
FPTP/SNTV "small" districts (1920–1924)
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2
3
4
5
6 (8 Representatives)
Hokkaidō (
8 block seats , 12 district seats)
Tōhoku (
12 block seats , 23 district seats) Kita- (North)
Kantō (
19 block seats , 32 district seats) Minami- (South)
Kantō (
23 block seats , 33 district seats)
Tokyo (
19 block seats , 25 district seats)
Hokuriku -
Shin'etsu (
10 block seats , 19 district seats)
Tōkai (
21 block seats , 32 district seats)
Kinki (
28 block seats , 47 district seats)
Chūgoku (
10 block seats , 20 district seats)
Shikoku (
6 block seats , 11 district seats)
Kyūshū (
20 block seats , 35 district seats) Districts eliminated in the 2002 reapportionments Districts eliminated in the 2013 reapportionments Districts eliminated in the 2017 reapportionments Districts eliminated in the 2022 reapportionments