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Tokushima 1st district (徳島県第1区) is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan, located in Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.
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Gunma 5th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. 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.
Gunma 3rd district was a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. 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.
Gunma At-Large District is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Gunma Prefecture and elects two Councillors, one per election.
Wakayama 3rd district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Wakayama Prefecture and consists of Arida, Gobo, Shingu, and Tanabe cities and the Arida, Hidaka, Higashimuro, and Nishimuro districts. As of 2012, 298,296 eligible voters were registered in the district.
Yamaguchi's 2nd district was a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Imperial Diet of Japan. Between 1928 and 1942 it elected five representatives by single non-transferable vote (SNTV). It consisted of Yamaguchi Prefecture's Ōshima, Kuga, Kumage, Tsuno, Saba, and Yoshiki districts.
Tokyo 2nd district was a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Imperial Diet of Japan. Between 1928 and 1942 it elected five representatives by single non-transferable vote (SNTV). It was located in Tokyo Prefecture and consisted of Tokyo City's Kanda, Koishikawa, Hongō and Shitaya wards. It was most notably represented by Christian socialist leader Isoo Abe, between 1926 and 1931 chairman of the Socialist Mass Party, and post-war prime minister Ichirō Hatoyama who founded the Liberal Party in 1945, the Japan Democratic Party in 1954 and chaired the Liberal Democratic Party after the "conservative merger" of the two parties in 1955.
Tokyo 8th district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan. It is located in western part of former Tokyo City and is almost coterminous with Suginami Ward. The district was created in 1994 as part of an electoral reform effort in the Japanese House of Representatives, and was first implemented in the 1996 general election.
Kanagawa 2nd district was a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Imperial Diet of Japan in the elections of 1920 and 1924. It was located in Kanagawa prefecture and consisted of Yokosuka city. Its only representative was Koizumi Matajirō who later went on to become Minister of Communication in the 2nd Wakatsuki cabinet. Koizumi, his son-in-law Jun'ya, his grandson Jun'ichirō and his great-grandson Shinjirō have continued to represent Yokosuka in the House of Representatives with only short interruptions to the day.
Tokyo 8th district was a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. Between 1967 and 1993 it elected three, later two representatives by single non-transferable vote. It was created in a 1964 redistricting form areas that had previously formed part of the 1st district: It consisted of Eastern Tokyo's Chūō, Bunkyō and Taitō special wards, central parts of the former city of Tokyo. In a reapportionment for the 1993 election the number of representatives for Tokyo 8th district was reduced from three to two. Following the 1994 electoral reform, the area now forms the single-member Tokyo 2nd district.
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Gunma 2nd District is a single-member constituency of the Japanese House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet. It is located on the island of Honshu, in Gunma Prefecture, and includes the cities of Isesaki and Kiryu, among others.
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