Kyoto 5th district

Kyoto 5th District
京都府第5区
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
PrefectureKyoto
Proportional districtKinki
Electorate236,343 (as of September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeTaro Honda

Kyōto 5th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Kyōto and covers the northwestern part of the prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. The district consists of the cities of Fukuchiyama, Maizuru, Ayabe, Miyazu and Kyōtango as well as the Yosa District. As of 2012, 254,636 eligible voters were registered in the district.[2]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area was part of Kyōto 2nd district where five representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote.

From the creation of the district until 2017, the representative for the 5th district was Sadakazu Tanigaki (LDP, Tanigaki→Koga faction) who had previously represented the old 2nd district since his father's death in 1983. In 2009, the 5th district was the only district in Kyōto the LDP could defend against the landslide for Yukio Hatoyama's Democratic Party. Tanigaki's Democratic challenger Mai Ohara lost the district by 7,000 votes but easily won a seat on the Kinki PR list. After the election that swept the LDP from power, Tanigaki was elected LDP president. During his term the opposition won a majority in the 2010 House of Councillors election. After one term, he did not run for re-election as party president. In the 2012 House of Representatives election that brought devastating results for the Democratic Party at record low turnout nationwide, Tanigaki lost only few votes and clearly defended his district seat.[citation needed] Tanigaki injured his spinal cord in a bicycle accident in July 2016, and remained hospitalized as of September 2017; he decided not to run in the 2017 general election due to his physical condition.[3]

Areas covered

Current district

As of 5 January 2023, the areas covered by the district are as follows:[4]

In 2004, the districts of Naka, Takeno and Kumano merged to form the city of Kyōtango. Amata District disappeared when the last of its towns merged into Fukuchiyama in 2006

Areas from before 2013

From its creation in 1994 until redistricting in 2013, the areas covered by this district were as follows:[5]

List of representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Sadakazu Tanigaki LDP 1996 – 2017
Tarō Honda LDP 2017 –

Election results

2021[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tarō Honda 68,693 49.4 Increase6.1
CDP Wakako Yamamoto 32,108 23.1
Independent Kazunori Inouchi 21,904 15.7 Increase1,6
Communist Ken Yamauchi 16,375 11.8 Decrease3.5
Turnout 59.49 Increase2.28
Liberal Democratic hold
2017[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tarō Honda 60,277 43.3 Decrease13.3
Independent Yasushi Nakayama 30,665 22.0
Communist Ken Yamauchi 21,234 15.3 Increase0.8
Kibō no Tō Kazunori Inouchi (won Kinki PR seat) 19,586 14.1
Independent Mariko Suzuki 7,464 5.4
Turnout 57.21 Increase1.67
Liberal Democratic hold
2014[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Sadakazu Tanigaki 76,733 56.6 Increase0.1
Democratic Mai Ohara 39,178 28.9 Increase3.8
Communist Ken Yamauchi 19,558 14.4 Increase2.0
Turnout 55.54 Decrease7.80
Liberal Democratic hold
2012[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP (Kōmeitō) Sadakazu Tanigaki 87,879 56.5
DPJ Mai Ohara 39,009 25.1
JCP Sayumi Yoshida 19,225 12.4
TPJ (NPD) Norio Numata 9,434 6.1
2009[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP (Kōmeitō support) Sadakazu Tanigaki 87,998
DPJ (PNP support) Mai Ohara (won Kinki PR seat) 80,966
JCP Sayumi Yoshida 17,941
HRP Keiji Takuma 2,225
Turnout 192,253 74.1
2005[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Sadakazu Tanigaki 107,792
DPJ Tetsuya Kobayashi 49,895
JCP Sayumi Yoshida 25,467
Turnout 187,244 70.51
2003[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Sadakazu Tanigaki 103,486
DPJ Tetsuya Kobayashi 36,702
JCP Sayumi Yoshida 24,389
Turnout 169,542 63.51
2000[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Sadakazu Tanigaki 109,508
JCP Sayumi Yoshida 34,952
DPJ Masahiko Yano 27,897
1996[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Sadakazu Tanigaki 91,146
NFP Takashi Mikami 36,689
JCP Ichirō Sado 32,691
Turnout 167,304 62.8

References

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  2. ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 平成24年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数
  3. ^ "Ex-LDP leader Tanigaki won't seek re-election in Lower House poll owing to spinal cord injury". The Japan Times Online. 2017-09-21. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  4. ^ "衆議院小選挙区選出議員の選挙区間における人口較差を緊急に是正するための公職選挙法及び衆議院議員選挙区画定審議会設置法の一部を改正する法律の一部を改正する法律". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
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