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Gunma, home to the families of prime ministers Fukuda, Nakasone and Obuchi, is considered a "conservative kingdom" ("hoshu-ōkoku"), a stronghold of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The 5th district has been represented by Keizō Obuchi and his daughter Yūko Obuchi since its creation in 1996. Previously Obuchi and his father Mitsuhei (first elected in 1949) had represented the four-member 3rd district of Gunma.