Kyōto 5th district is a constituency of the

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in the

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(national legislature). It is located in

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and covers the northwestern part of the prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. The district consists of the cities of

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, Miyazu and

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as well as the Yosa District. As of 2012, 254,636 eligible voters were registered in the district. Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area was part of Kyōto 2nd district where five Representatives had been elected by

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. From the creation of the district until 2017, the representative for the 5th district was

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( 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

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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.

Areas Covered

Current District

As of 5 January 2023, the areas covere by the district are as follows: *

* Miyazu *

* Yosa District In 2004, the districts of Naka, Takeno and Kumano merged to form the city of

. Amata District dissapeared when the last of its towns merged into

in 2006

Areas from before 2013

From its creation in 1994 until redistricting in 2013, the areas covered by this district were as follows: *

* Miyazu * Amata District * Kasa District * Yosa District * Naka District * Takeno District * Kumano District

List of representatives

Election results

References

{{coord missing, Kyoto Prefecture Politics of Kyoto Prefecture Districts of the House of Representatives (Japan)