Nagano 5th district

Nagano 5th district (長野県第5区, Nagano-ken dai-goku or simply 長野5区, Nagano-goku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Nagano Prefecture.

Nagano 5th District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Nagano Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Nagano
Proportional District	Hokurikushin'etsu
Electorate	278,839 [1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Liberal Democratic
Representative	Ichiro Miyashita
Municipalities	Iida, Ina, Komagane, Kamiina District and Shimoina District

List of representatives

Election	Representative	Party		Notes
1996	Sohei Miyashita		Liberal Democratic
2000
2003	Ichiro Miyashita		Liberal Democratic
2005
2009	Gaku Kato [ja]		Democratic
2012	Ichiro Miyashita		Liberal Democratic
2014
2017
2021

Election results

2024^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Ichiro Miyashita (Incumbent) {endorsed by Komeito	78,139	48.39	6.47
	CDP	Junta Fukuda {elected via PR)	68,650	42.52	2.62
	JCP	Sōichi Gotō	14,681	9.09
Registered electors			272,652
Turnout			161,470	60.59	3.96
	LDP hold

2021^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Ichiro Miyashita (Incumbent)	97,730	54.86	4.99
	CDP	Itsuro Soga [ja]	80,408	45.14	New
Registered electors			280,074
Turnout				64.55	0.56
	LDP hold

2017^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Ichiro Miyashita (Incumbent)	91,542	49.87	4.80
	Independent	Itsuro Soga	48,588	26.47	New
	Kibō no Tō	Kōsuke Nakajima	43,425	23.66	New
Registered electors			287,463
Turnout				65.11	5.25
	LDP hold

2014^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Ichiro Miyashita (Incumbent)	91,089	54.67	2.42
	Democratic	Kōsuke Nakajima	46,595	27.96	14.23
	Communist	Chikaaki Mizuno	28,947	17.37	7.51
Registered electors			285,418
Turnout				59.86	8.16
	LDP hold

2012^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Ichiro Miyashita	99,225	52.25	12.10
	Tomorrow	Gaku Kato [ja] (Incumbent)	30,737	16.19	New
	Democratic	Akihisa Hanaoka	26,079	13.73	33.18
	Communist	Yoshio Misawa	18,723	9.86	3.37
	Social Democratic	Sachiyo Ikeda	15,135	7.97	2.03
Registered electors			288,040
Turnout				68.02	11.38
	LDP gain from Tomorrow

2009^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gaku Kato [ja]	107,300	46.91	13.79
	Liberal Democratic	Ichiro Miyashita (Incumbent)	91,836	40.15	14.68
	Communist	Yoshio Misawa	14,841	6.49	5.55
	Social Democratic	Sachiyo Ikeda	13,576	5.94	New
	Happiness Realization	Kozo Harayama	1,176	0.51	New
Registered electors			291,541
Turnout				79.40	3.54
	Democratic gain from LDP

2005^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Ichiro Miyashita (Incumbent)	120,025	54.83	2.17
	Democratic	Gaku Kato [ja]	72,505	33.12	1.08
	Communist	Yoshio Misawa	26,363	12.04	2.01
Registered electors			294,037
Turnout				75.86	4.31
	LDP hold

2003^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Ichiro Miyashita	108,567	52.66	4.31
	Democratic	Takashi Kato	70,507	34.20	7.81
	Communist	Yoshio Misawa	20,679	10.03	6.61
	Independent	Hiroyuki Seki	6,408	3.11	New
Registered electors			294,005
Turnout				71.55	2.43
	LDP hold

2000^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Sohei Miyashita (Incumbent)	120,337	56.97	9.12
	Democratic	Takashi Kato	55,736	26.39	New
	Communist	Isamu Ōtsubo	35,141	16.64	6.97
Turnout				73.98
	LDP hold

1996^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Sohei Miyashita	106,449	47.85	New
	New Frontier	Mamoru Nakajima [ja]	94,496	42.48	New
	Communist	Norihisa Yamaguchi	21,502	9.67	New
Turnout