Gunma 5th district

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]

Parliamentary constituencies in Gunma prefecture

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

Representative	Party		Dates	Notes
Keizō Obuchi		LDP	1996 – 2000
Yūko Obuchi		LDP	2000 –	Incumbent

Election results

2012^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP (Komeito)	Yūko Obuchi	134,685	77.3
	Social Democratic	Hitoshi Kobayashi	22,603	13.0
	JCP	Hiroshi Itoi	17,036	9.8

2009^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yūko Obuchi	152,708
	Social Democratic	Tomihisa Tsuchiya	53,048
	Happiness Realization	Hideyuki Ubukata	9,406

2005^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yūko Obuchi	144,782
	Democratic	Kunihiko Tajima	52,394
	JCP	Aiko Fukuda	16,234
Turnout			219,918	68.94

2003^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yūko Obuchi	144,848
	Social Democratic	Masao Asagai	27,693
	JCP	Kimiko Yanagita	15,674

2000^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yūko Obuchi	163,991
	Social Democratic	Tsuruo Yamaguchi	35,769
	JCP	Tadashi Handa	11,674
	Liberal League	Hiroyuki Andō	3,259

1996^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Keizō Obuchi	127,052
	Democratic	Miyuki Shibayama[8]	33,218
	JCP	Teruhiko Sumitani[9]	19,438