The was a

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electoral district represented in the

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in the

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of Japan. From 1947 until 1993, it elected five representatives from

Yamanashi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 787,592 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the n ...

History

In the

1947 Japanese general election It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...

, the

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and

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won two seats each with Hisashi Amano, from the conservative Democratic, being the only candidate from other parties to win a seat. In the

1949 Japanese general election Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...

, all three conservative candidates retained their seats, and in the

1952 Japanese general election General elections were held in Japan on 1 October 1952. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 242 of the 466 seats.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p381 ...

conservative candidates held three of the five seats. After winning only two seats in the

1953 Japanese general election General elections were held in Japan on 19 April 1953.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p363 The result saw the ruling Liberal Party win 199 of the 466 seats. Voter turnout ...

, they regained their majority in the

1955 Japanese general election General elections were held in Japan on 27 February 1955. The result was a victory for the Japan Democratic Party, which won 185 of the 467 seats.Nohlen D, Grotz F, & Hartmann C (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p381 Vot ...

by winning three seats, and in 1958 Japanese general election, the

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(LDP), which was formed from many of the conservative parties which had held seats in Yamanashi, won four out of five seats. Subsequently, the LDP and their conservative allies would win a majority of seats in every election afterwards until the district's dissolution. Due to the 1994 Japanese electoral reform, the at-large district was replaced with three

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s starting with the

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. At the time the came into law in 1950, the district encompassed the entirely of Yamanashi Prefecture. Among the district's representatives were director-general of the Japan Defense Agency Shin Kanemaru,

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Sakihito Ozawa, and governor of Yamanashi Prefecture Shōmei Yokouchi.

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