Kyoto 5th district

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.[1]

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.

The only Representative for the 5th district has been 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. 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.[2]

List of representatives
Representative Party Dates Notes
Sadakazu Tanigaki LDP 1996 – Incumbent

Election results
2012[3]
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[4]
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[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
LDP Sadakazu Tanigaki 107,792
DPJ Tetsuya Kobayashi 49,895
JCP Sayumi Yoshida 25,467
Turnout 187,244 70.51
2003[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
LDP Sadakazu Tanigaki 103,486
DPJ Tetsuya Kobayashi 36,702
JCP Sayumi Yoshida 24,389
Turnout 169,542 63.51
2000[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
LDP Sadakazu Tanigaki 109,508
JCP Sayumi Yoshida 34,952
DPJ Masahiko Yano 27,897
1996[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
LDP Sadakazu Tanigaki 91,146
NFP Takashi Mikami 36,689
JCP Ichirō Sado 32,691
Turnout 167,304 62.8
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References
  1. 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
  2. "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.
  3. 総選挙2012>開票結果　小選挙区　京都. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-04-02.
  4. 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>京都府>京都5区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2009-08-06. Retrieved 2009-09-09. External link in |work= (help)
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  6. 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>京都府>京都5区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-07-29. Retrieved 2009-09-09. External link in |work= (help)
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  8. 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>京都府>京都5区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-07-29. Retrieved 2009-09-09. External link in |work= (help)

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