1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 election for Hawaii House District 5
Hawaii House of Representatives · Hawaii
Archie Hapai III (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Minoru Inaba (D) by 1.2 points.
Archie Hapai IIIRepublican · winner
50.6%2,816
Minoru InabaDemocrat · incumbent
49.4%2,751
5,567 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1972
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET