Ibaraki 4th district 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 Northern Ibaraki

Ibaraki Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan, located in the Kantō region on the main island of Honshu. The capital is Mito.-History:Ibaraki Prefecture was previously known as Hitachi Province...

 and consists of the cities of Hitachinaka

Hitachinaka, Ibaraki

is a city located in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 155,354 and a population density of 1,570 persons per km²...

, Hitachiōta

Hitachiota, Ibaraki

is a city located in Ibaraki, Japan.As of May 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 55,906, with a household number of 20,298 and the density of 150.28 persons per km²...

, Hitachiōmiya (without the former village of Gozenyama

Gozenyama, Ibaraki

was a village located in Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki, Japan.On October 16, 2004 Gozenyama was merged with the town of Yamagata, also from Higashiibaraki District, the town of Ōmiya, and the villages of Miwa and Ogawa, all from Naka District, to form the new city of Hitachiōmiya and no longer...

), Naka

Naka, Ibaraki

is a city located in Ibaraki, Japan. Naka was formerly a town in Naka District and became a city after merging with the neighboring town of Urizura on January 21, 2005....

 and the Naka

Naka District, Ibaraki

Naka is a district of Ibaraki, Japan.Following the January 21, 2005 formation of the city of Naka, the district is coextensive with the village of Tōkai. As of January 1, 2005 population data, the district has an estimated population of 35,467 and a density of 946.29 persons per km²...

 and Kuji

Kuji District, Ibaraki

Kuji District is a district located in Ibaraki, Japan.-Merger:*On December 1, 2004 the town of Kanasagō, and the villages of Satomi and Suifu merged into the expanded city of Hitachiōta....

 counties. As of 2009, 304,550 eligible voters were registered in the district.

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area was part of the multi-member Ibaraki 2nd district where three Representatives had been elected 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...

.

Ibaraki 4th district 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...

 (LDP). It wasn't even contested by the main opposition Democratic Party in the 2000 and 2003 general elections and withstood the Democratic landslide victory in the election of 2009. Since its creation the district has been represented by the Kajiyama family for the LDP: former Trade, Home, Justice Minister and Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama (Obuchi faction) and his son Hiroshi

Hiroshi Kajiyama

is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Hitachiōta, Ibaraki and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected for the first time in 2000.- External links :...

 (no faction).

List of Representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Notes
Seiroku Kajiyama		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...	1996–2000	Died in June 2000
Hiroshi Kajiyama Hiroshi Kajiyama is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Hitachiōta, Ibaraki and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected for the first time in 2000.- External links :...		LDP	2000–present	Incumbent

Election results