is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives

House of Representatives of Japan

The is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors of Japan is the upper house.The House of Representatives has 480 members, elected for a four-year term. Of these, 180 members are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a party-list system of proportional representation,...

 in the Diet of Japan

Diet of Japan

The is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under a parallel voting system. In addition to passing laws, the Diet is formally...

. It is located in Southern Gunma

Gunma Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the northwest corner of the Kantō region on Honshu island. Its capital is Maebashi.- History :The remains of a Paleolithic man were found at Iwajuku, Gunma Prefecture, in the early 20th century and there is a public museum there.Japan was without horses until...

 and consists of the city of Fujioka

Fujioka, Gunma

is a city in Gunma, Japan. The city's name means, "Wisteria Hill" in English, and is composed of the two kanji characters for "wisteria" and "Hill" ....

, the Southern part of Takasaki

Takasaki, Gunma

is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on April 1, 1900.Takasaki is a regional transportation hub because its train station is the junction of several rail lines as well as a Shinkansen stop....

 city (without the former municipalities of Gunma

Gunma, Gunma

Gunma was a town located in Gunma District, Gunma, Japan.On January 23, 2006 Gunma, along with the towns of Kurabuchi and Misato, all from Gunma District, and the town of Shin, from Tano District, was merged into the expanded city of Takasaki....

, Misato

Misato, Gunma

Misato was a town in Gunma District, Gunma, Japan.On January 23, 2006 Misato, along with the towns of Gunma and Kurabuchi, all from Gunma District, and the town of Shinmachi, from Tano District, was merged into the expanded city of Takasaki....

, Haruna

Haruna, Gunma

Haruna was a town located in Takasaki City, Gunma, Japan.As of June 30, 2004, the town had an estimated population of 22,303 and a total area of 93.59 km².On October 1, 2006 Haruna was merged into the expanded Takasaki City .-Geography:...

 and Kurabuchi

Kurabuchi, Gunma

Kurabuchi is a town located in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan.As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,535 and a density of 35.64 persons per km²...

) as well as Kanna

Kanna, Gunma

is a town located in Tano District, Gunma, Japan.As of 2007, the town has an estimated population of 2,828 and a density of 22.20 persons per km²...

 town and Ueno

Ueno, Gunma

is a village located in Tano District, Gunma, Japan.As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,152 and a density of 11.83 persons per km²...

 village in Tano county. As of 2009, 291,446 eligible voters were registered in the district.

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area was part of the multi-member Gunma 3rd district that elected four Representatives by single non-transferable vote

Single non-transferable vote

The single non-transferable vote or SNTV is an electoral system used in multi-member constituency elections.- Voting :In any election, each voter casts one vote for one candidate in a multi-candidate race for multiple offices. Posts are filled by the candidates with the most votes...

.

Gunma is a "conservative kingdom" (hoshu ōkoku), a stronghold of the Liberal Democratic Party

Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...

, and the pre-reform 3rd district had been home to the families of LDP presidents (=prime ministers) Nakasone

Yasuhiro Nakasone

is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from November 27, 1982 to November 6, 1987. A contemporary of Brian Mulroney, Ronald Reagan, Helmut Kohl, François Mitterrand, Margaret Thatcher, and Mikhail Gorbachev, he is best known for pushing through the privatization of...

, Fukuda

Takeo Fukuda

was a Japanese politician and the 42d Prime Minister of Japan from December 24, 1976 to December 7, 1978.He was born in Gunma Prefecture and attended Tokyo Imperial University. Before and during World War II, he served as a bureaucrat in the Finance Ministry and as Chief Cabinet Secretary...

 and Obuchi

Keizo Obuchi

was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives for twelve terms, and ultimately as the 84th Prime Minister of Japan from July 30, 1998 to April 5, 2000. His political career ended when he suffered a serious and ultimately fatal stroke....

. The new 4th district's first and only representative has been Fukuda's son Yasuo Fukuda

Yasuo Fukuda

was the 91st Prime Minister of Japan, serving from 2007 to 2008. He was previously the longest-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary in Japanese history, serving for three and a half years under Prime Ministers Yoshirō Mori and Junichiro Koizumi....

 (Machimura faction) who was elected LDP president himself in 2007 against Tarō Asō

Taro Aso

was the 92nd Prime Minister of Japan serving from September 2008 to September 2009, and was defeated in the August 2009 election.He has served in the House of Representatives since 1979. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007, and was Secretary-General of the LDP briefly in 2007 and...

 (Asō faction). In the landslide loss for the LDP in 2009, Fukuda successfully defended his seat against Yukiko Miyake, one of the "Ozawa girls", a group of first-time female candidates handpicked by former Democratic Party president Ichirō Ozawa

Ichiro Ozawa

is a Japanese politician. Formerly a chief secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party , he later defected from the LDP. He was the president of Japan's main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan , from 2006 until May 2009, when he resigned over a fund scandal, and secretary general of the...

. Miyake easily won a seat in the Northern Kantō proportional representation block.

List of Representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Notes
Yasuo Fukuda Yasuo Fukuda was the 91st Prime Minister of Japan, serving from 2007 to 2008. He was previously the longest-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary in Japanese history, serving for three and a half years under Prime Ministers Yoshirō Mori and Junichiro Koizumi....		LDP Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...	1996–	Incumbent

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