is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It consists of Gunma Prefecture and elects two Councillors, one per election.
Between 1947 and 2007 Gunma was represented by four Councillors, electing two at a time by single non-transferable vote. During this period, like most two-member districts, Gunma often split seats between the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) despite being a conservative stronghold and home to the families of Prime Ministers Fukuda, Nakasone and Obuchi. Councillors from Gunma include Fukuda's brother Hiroichi and Nakasone's son Hirofumi.
Current Councillors As of 11 February 2026, the district is currently represented by 2 Councillors, both of the Liberal Democratic Party. They are, in order of election year:
Hirofumi Nakasone (LDP) - Class of 2028 Masato Shimizu (LDP) - Class of 2031
Elected Councillors Class of (1947/1953/...)ElectionYear Class of (1950/1956/...) #1(1947: #1, 6-year term) #2(1947: #2, 6-year term) #1(1947: #3, 3-year term) #2(1947: #4, 3-year term) Tokuzō Takekoshi (DP) Kinichi Umezu (JSP)1947 Sanshirō Kogure (DP) Junichi Suzuki (DP) Kiyoo Sakino (DP)1947 by-el.1950 Renjirō Iijima (Indep.) Kyōhei Suzuki (DP) Yoshio Iyoku (Yoshida LP) Hideko Mogami (Progressive)19531956 Budayū Kogure (DLP) Kendō Itō (JSP) Yoichi Yamato (JSP) Hideko Mogami (LDP)19591962 Eiichirō Kondō (LDP)19651967 by-el. Ichirō Sata (LDP)1968 Shigesada Marumo (LDP) Shigemitsu Akanegakubo (JSP) Kunio Takahashi (LDP)19711974 Toshio Kurihara (JSP) Susumu Mogami (LDP) Tomio Yamamoto (LDP) Shigemitsu Akanegakubo (JSP)19771980 Hiroichi Fukuda (LDP) Yuzuru Yamada (JSP) Susumu Mogami (LDP)19831986 Hirofumi Nakasone (LDP) Hiroichi Fukuda (LDP) Giichi Tsunoda (JSP) Tomio Yamamoto (LDP)19891992 Kōsei Ueno (LDP) Ichita Yamamoto (LDP) Giichi Tsunoda (JSP)19951998 Giichi Tsunoda (DPJ)20012004 Yukio Tomioka (DPJ) Hirofumi Nakasone (LDP) –20072010 Hirofumi Nakasone (LDP) –20132016 Masato Shimizu (LDP)201920222025
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
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Elections in the 1940s
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