Chiba 5th District | |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Parl Name: | Japanese House of Representatives |
District Label: | Prefecture |
District: | Chiba |
Region Label: | Proportional District |
Region: | Southern Kanto |
Electorate: | 413,484 (as of September 2022)[1] |
Year: | 1994 |
Seats: | One |
Party Label: | Political parties of Japan |
Party: | Liberal Democratic Party |
Member Label: | Representative |
Member: | Arfiya Eri |
is an electoral district in the Japanese House of Representatives. The district was established in 1994 after the introduction of single-member constituencies in that year. Since its creation it has been redistricted twice: once in 2002 and again in 2022.
Arfiya Eri, a Liberal Democratic Party politician of Uyghur descent has represented the district since winning a by-election on 17 April 2023.[2]
From its establishment in 1994 until its first redistricting in 2002, the areas covered by the district were as follows:
Election | Representative | Party | Notes | |||
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1996 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
2000 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
2003 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
2005 | Kentaro Sonoura | bgcolor= | Liberal Democratic | |||
2009 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
2012 | Kentaro Sonoura | Liberal Democratic | ||||
2014 | ||||||
2017 | ||||||
2021 | ||||||
Vacant (December 2022–April 2023) | ||||||
2023 by-el | Arfiya Eri | bgcolor= | Liberal Democratic |
‡ - Also ran in the Minami Kanto PR district election