Ibaraki 4th district

Ibaraki 4th district (茨城県第4区 Ibaraki-ken dai-yon-ku or 茨城4区 Ibaraki 4-ku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Northern Ibaraki and consists of the cities of Hitachinaka, Hitachiōta, Hitachiōmiya (without the former village of Gozenyama), Naka and the Naka and Kuji counties. As of 2012, 303,835 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

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.

Ibaraki 4th district is a "conservative kingdom" (hoshu ōkoku), a stronghold of the Liberal Democratic Party (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 (no faction).

List of representatives
Representative Party Dates Notes
Seiroku Kajiyama LDP 1996–2000 Died in June 2000
Hiroshi Kajiyama LDP 2000–present Incumbent

Election results
2012[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Hiroshi Kajiyama 113,718 65.1
Democratic Mamoru Takano 48,395 27.7
Communist Shūji Uno 12,555 7.2
2009[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Hiroshi Kajiyama 104,236 50.7
Democratic Mamoru Takano (elected by PR) 97,256 47.3
Happiness Realization Nobutake Nakamura 3,968 1.9
Turnout 210,007 69.16
2005[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Hiroshi Kajiyama 122,200 63.2
Democratic Mamoru Takano 59,941 31.0
Communist Atsuko Kawasaki 11,212 5.8
Turnout 198,451 65.77
2003[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Hiroshi Kajiyama 119,047 74.1
Social Democratic Shūichi Ōshima 28,660 17.8
Communist Atsuko Kawasaki 11,212 8.1
Turnout 165,512 55.24
2000[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Hiroshi Kajiyama 139,817 83.4
Communist Kiichi Ōwada 27,927 16.6
1996[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Seiroku Kajiyama 112,977 68.3
New Frontier Shūichi Ōshima 38,028 23.0
Communist Michinao Nemoto 14,325 8.7
Turnout 170,802 59.58

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 (in Japanese)
  2. 総選挙2012>開票結果　小選挙区　茨城. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  3. 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>茨城県>茨城4区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-04-06. External link in |work= (help)
  4. 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>茨城県>茨城4区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-04-06. External link in |work= (help)
  5. 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>茨城県>茨城4区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-04-06. External link in |work= (help)
  6. 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>茨城県>茨城4区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-04-06. External link in |work= (help)
  7. 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>茨城県>茨城4区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Voice Japan. Retrieved 2011-04-06. External link in |work= (help)

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