# Ibaraki 5th district

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

## Areas covered
### Since 2013

* Hitachi
* Kitaibaraki
* Takahagi
* Naka District

## List of representatives

| Election | Representative | Party |
| 1996 | Shunpei Tsukahara [ja] | LDP |
| 1998 by-el | Hideo Okabe [ja] | LDP |
| 2000 | Akihiro Ohata | Democratic |
| 2003 | Akihiro Ohata | Democratic |
| 2005 | Akihiro Ohata | Democratic |
| 2009 | Akihiro Ohata | Democratic |
| 2012 | Akihiro Ohata | Democratic |
| 2014 | Akihiro Ohata | Democratic |
| 2014 | Akihiro Ohata | Democratic |
| 2017 | Akimasa Ishikawa | LDP |
| 2021 | Satoshi Asano [ja] | DPP |
| 2024 | Satoshi Asano [ja] | DPP |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DPP | Satoshi Asano [ja] (Incumbent) | 64,351 | 53.69 | 5.20 |
| | LDP | Akimasa Ishikawa | 46,717 | 38.98 | 3.59 |
| | JCP | Tatsuo Chiba | 8,781 | 7.33 | 0.96 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,634 | 14.71 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 232,960 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.56 | 0.74 |
| | DPP hold | DPP hold | DPP hold | DPP hold |

### 2021

2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DPP | Satoshi Asano [ja] | 61,373 | 48.49 | New |
| | LDP | Akimasa Ishikawa (Incumbent) (Won PR seat) | 53,878 | 42.57 | 5.60 |
| | JCP | Miyako Iida | 8,061 | 6.37 | 1.49 |
| | Independent | Hiroshi Tamura | 3,248 | 2.57 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,495 | 5.92 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 241,755 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.30 | 1.19 |
| | DPP gain from LDP | DPP gain from LDP | DPP gain from LDP | DPP gain from LDP | DPP gain from LDP |

### 2017

2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Akimasa Ishikawa | 61,450 | 48.17 | 5.41 |
| | Kibō no Tō | Satoshi Asano [ja] (Won PR seat) | 56,098 | 43.97 | New |
| | JCP | Atsuko Kawasaki | 10,027 | 7.86 | 1.08 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,352 | 4.20 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 249,839 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.11 | 0.23 |
| | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic |

### 2014

2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Akihiro Ohata (Incumbent) | 60,688 | 48.30 | 1.00 |
| | LDP | Akimasa Ishikawa (Won PR seat) | 53,732 | 42.76 | 0.96 |
| | JCP | Akira Fukuda | 11,239 | 8.94 | 0.04 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,956 | 5.54 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 249,720 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.88 | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Akihiro Ohata (Incumbent) | 61,142 | 49.30 | 11.97 |
| | LDP | Akimasa Ishikawa (Won PR seat) | 51,841 | 41.80 | 5.42 |
| | JCP | Akira Fukuda | 11,043 | 8.90 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,301 | 7.50 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2009

2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Akihiro Ohata (Incumbent) | 91,855 | 61.27 | 11.88 |
| | LDP | Hideaki Okabe | 54,541 | 36.38 | 9.93 |
| | Happiness Realization | Kōta Noguchi | 3,513 | 2.35 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37,314 | 24.89 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2005

2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Akihiro Ohata (Incumbent) | 74,753 | 49.39 |
| | LDP | Hideaki Okabe (Won PR seat) | 70,098 | 46.31 |
| | JCP | Kuniyoshi Fujita | 6,511 | 4.30 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,655 | 3.08 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |