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.[1]
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
^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 平成24年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数 (in Japanese)
^ 総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 群馬. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-02-08 .
^ 衆議院議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬5区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 2009-12-30 .
^ 衆議院議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬5区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 2009-12-30 .
^ 衆議院 >第43回衆議院議員選挙 >群馬県>群馬5区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 2009-12-30 .
^ 衆議院議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬5区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 2009-12-30 .
^ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙 >群馬県>群馬5区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 2009-07-20 .
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FPTP "small" districts (1996–present)
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PR
part of the Northern Kantō PR block (20 seats)
House of Councillors
At-large (5 Representatives, 4→2 Councillors)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1947–1993)
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3 (10 Representatives, 4 Councillors)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1928–1942)
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2 (9 Representatives)
FPTP/SNTV "small" districts (1920–1924)
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6 (8 Representatives)
SNTV "large" districts (1902–1917)
Maebashi city
Takasaki city
counties (gunbu) (8 Representatives)
FPTP/bloc voting "small" districts (1890–1898)
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5 (5 Representatives)
First-past-the-post (FPTP) districts and proportional representation (PR) "blocks" for the Japanese
House of Representatives of the
National Diet (1996–present)
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
Fukui 3
Yamanashi 3
Tokushima 3
Kochi 3
Saga 3
Districts eliminated in the 2017 reapportionments Districts eliminated in the 2022 reapportionments