Gunma 2nd District
群馬県第2区
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Gunma Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureGunma
Proportional BlockNorthern Kanto
Electorate331,700 (as of 1 September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeToshiro Ino

Gunma 2nd District (群馬県第2区, Gunma-ken dai-ni-ku) is a single-member constituency of the Japanese House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet. It is located on the island of Honshu,[2] in Gunma Prefecture, and includes the cities of Isesaki and Kiryu, among others.

Areas covered

Current district

As of 24 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:[3]

As part of the 2022 redistricting, every city in Gunma Prefecture except for Takasaki was consolidated into individual districts.

Areas 2013–2022

From the first redistricting in 2013 until the second redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district were as follows:[4][5]

Areas from before 2013

From the creation of the district in 1994, until the first redistricting in 2013, the areas covered by this district were as follows:[6]

Elected representatives

Representative Party Years served Notes
Takashi Sasagawa NFP 1996-1997 Rejoined the Liberal Democratic Party
LDP 1997-2009 Failed to win re-election in the 2009 general election
Takashi Ishizeki DPJ 2009-2012 Failed to win re-election in the 2012 general election. Was instead elected to the Northern Kanto proportional district, which he served in until the 2017 general election.[note 1]
Toshiro Ino LDP 2012- Incumbent
  1. He has switched parties several times while he was a member of the proportional block. He was a part of the founding of the Japan Restoration Party,[7] then joined the Japan Innovation Party in 2014, and Kibo no To by the time of the 2017 general election

Election Results

References

  1. "総務省|令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of September 1, 2020]. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  2. "Gumma | prefecture, Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  3. 群馬県 [Gunma Prefecture] (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (in Japanese). 2022. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  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 2023-01-24.
  5. 群馬県 [Gunma Prefecture] (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (in Japanese). 2013. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  6. "法律第百四号(平六・一一・二五)". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  7. "民主が川口氏を除名 維新に参加の松野氏らも" [Democratic Party of Japan expels Mr. Kawaguchi, Mr. Matsuno and others who participated in the Japan Restoration Party]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2023-01-24.

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