Gunma 3rd district (1947–1993)

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Gunma 3rd district was a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). Between 1947 and 1993 it elected four representatives by single non-transferable vote. As of 1993, it comprised the cities of Takasaki, Shibukawa, Fujioka, Tomioka, Annaka and the Gunma, Kitagunma, Tano, Kanra, Usui and Agatsuma districts.[ citation needed ]

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The district was a traditional "conservative kingdom" ( hoshu-ōkoku ), a stronghold of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its predecessors.[ citation needed ] It was, most notably, represented by several faction leaders and later prime ministers:

With only two exceptions Gunma's 3rd district was represented by three conservatives and one candidate from the Japan Socialist Party (JSP). Tsuruo Yamaguchi, in the 1980s JSP secretary-general, was elected eleven times between 1960 and 1993, never receiving the most votes and ranking second only once in 1990.

Summary of results during the 1955 party system

General election1958196019631967196919721976197919801983198619901993
LDP & conservative independents3233333333333
Oppositioncenter-left0000000000000
JSP1211111111111
JCP0000000000000
Seats up4

Elected Representatives

election
year		highest vote
(top tōsen)		2nd3rd4th
1947 [1] Yasuhiro Nakasone (DP) Ryūta Komine (JLP) Unjūrō Mutō (JSP) Hideko Mogami (DP)
1949 [2] Ryūta Komine (DLP) Yasuhiro Nakasone (DP) Mitsuhei Obuchi (DLP)
1952 [3] Yasuhiro Nakasone (Progressive) Takeo Fukuda (Ind.) Unjūrō Mutō (JSP, left) Budayū Kogure (LP)
1953 [4] Ryūta Komine (LP) Takeo Fukuda (Ind.)
1955 [5] Yasuhiro Nakasone (JDP) Takeo Fukuda (JDP) Toshio Kurihara (JSP, left)
1958 [6] Takeo Fukuda (LDP) Yasuhiro Nakasone (LDP) Toshio Kurihara (JSP) Mitsuhei Obuchi (LDP)
1960 [7] Tsuruo Yamaguchi (JSP)
1963 [8] Keizō Obuchi (LDP) Toshio Kurihara (JSP)
1967 [9] Tsuruo Yamaguchi (JSP)
1969 [10] Yasuhiro Nakasone (LDP) Takeo Fukuda (LDP) Tsuruo Yamaguchi (JSP) Keizō Obuchi (LDP)
1972 [11] Takeo Fukuda (LDP) Yasuhiro Nakasone (LDP)
1976 [12] Keizō Obuchi (LDP) Yasuhiro Nakasone (LDP)
1979 [13] Yasuhiro Nakasone (LDP) Keizō Obuchi (LDP) Tsuruo Yamaguchi (JSP)
1980 [14] Tsuruo Yamaguchi (JSP) Keizō Obuchi (LDP)
1983 [15]
1986 [16]
1990 [17] Yasuo Fukuda (LDP) Tsuruo Yamaguchi (JSP) Yasuhiro Nakasone (Ind.)
1993 [18] Keizō Obuchi (LDP) Yasuo Fukuda (LDP) Tsuruo Yamaguchi (JSP) Yasuhiro Nakasone (LDP)

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References

  1. ↑ 衆議院>第23回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 9 March 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  2. ↑ 衆議院>第24回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 30 December 2009.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ 衆議院>第25回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 30 December 2009.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ 衆議院>第26回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 30 December 2009.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ 衆議院>第27回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 30 December 2009.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ 衆議院>第28回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 9 March 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  7. ↑ 衆議院>第29回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2 March 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  8. ↑ 衆議院>第30回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 30 December 2009.[ dead link ]
  9. ↑ 衆議院>第31回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 30 December 2009.[ dead link ]
  10. ↑ 衆議院>第32回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 29 July 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  11. ↑ 衆議院>第33回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 30 December 2009.[ dead link ]
  12. ↑ 衆議院>第34回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 30 December 2009.[ dead link ]
  13. ↑ 衆議院>第35回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 29 July 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  14. ↑ 衆議院>第36回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 30 December 2009.[ dead link ]
  15. ↑ 衆議院>第37回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  16. ↑ 衆議院>第38回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  17. ↑ 衆議院>第39回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 30 December 2009.[ dead link ]
  18. ↑ 衆議院>第40回衆議院議員選挙>群馬県>群馬3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 30 December 2009.[ dead link ]

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