Gunma 3rd district (1947–1993)
Introduction '''Gunma 3rd district''' was a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). Between 1947 and 1993 it elected four representatives by single non-transferable vote. As of 1993, it comprised the cities of Takasaki, Shibukawa, Fujioka, Tomioka, Annaka and the Gunma, Kitagunma, Tano, Kanra, Usui and Agatsuma districts.The district was a traditional "conservative kingdom" (''hoshu-ōkoku''), a stronghold of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its predecessors. It was, most notably, represented by several faction leaders and later prime ministers:* Yasuhiro Nakasone, Takeo Fukuda and later his son Yasuo – all three prime ministers – from the conservative anti-mainstream (Democratic Party, Progressive Party, Hatoyama faction) and* Keizo Obuchi and previously his father Mitsuhei from the conservative mainstream (Democratic Liberal Party, Liberal Party, Yoshida faction).With only two exceptions Gunma's 3rd district was represented by three conservatives and one candidate from the Japan Socialist Party (JSP). Tsuruo Yamaguchi, in the 1980s JSP secretary-general, was elected eleven times between 1960 and 1993, never receiving the most votes and ranking second only once in 1990.
Summary of results during the 1955 party system  General election 1958  1960  1963  1967  1969  1972  1976  1979  1980  1983  1986  1990  1993  LDP & conservative independents '''3'''  2  '''3'''  '''3'''  '''3'''  '''3'''  '''3'''  '''3'''  '''3'''  '''3'''  '''3'''  '''3'''  '''3''' Opposition center-left 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 JSP 1  2  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1 JCP 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 Seats up 4
Elected Representatives  electionyear highest vote(''top tōsen'') 2nd 3rd 4th 1947 Yasuhiro Nakasone (DP) Ryūta Komine (JLP) Unjūrō Mutō (JSP) Hideko Mogami (DP)  1949 Ryūta Komine (DLP) Yasuhiro Nakasone (DP) Mitsuhei Obuchi (DLP)  1952 Yasuhiro Nakasone (Progressive) Takeo Fukuda (Ind.) Unjūrō Mutō (JSP, left) Budayū Kogure (LP)  1953 Ryūta Komine (LP) Takeo Fukuda (Ind.) 1955 Yasuhiro Nakasone (JDP) Takeo Fukuda (JDP) Toshio Kurihara (JSP, left) 1958 Takeo Fukuda (LDP) Yasuhiro Nakasone (LDP) Toshio Kurihara (JSP) Mitsuhei Obuchi (LDP) 1960 Tsuruo Yamaguchi (JSP) 1963 Keizō Obuchi (LDP) Toshio Kurihara (JSP) 1967 Tsuruo Yamaguchi (JSP) 1969 Yasuhiro Nakasone (LDP) Takeo Fukuda (LDP) Tsuruo Yamaguchi (JSP) Keizō Obuchi (LDP) 1972 Takeo Fukuda (LDP) Yasuhiro Nakasone (LDP) 1976 Keizō Obuchi (LDP) Yasuhiro Nakasone (LDP) 1979 Yasuhiro Nakasone (LDP) Keizō Obuchi (LDP) Tsuruo Yamaguchi (JSP) 1980 Tsuruo Yamaguchi (JSP) Keizō Obuchi (LDP) 1983 1986 1990 Yasuo Fukuda (LDP) Tsuruo Yamaguchi (JSP) Yasuhiro Nakasone (Ind.) 1993 Keizō Obuchi (LDP) Yasuo Fukuda (LDP) Tsuruo Yamaguchi (JSP) Yasuhiro Nakasone (LDP)
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