:Fukushima 3rd district
{{Short description|Japan House of Representatives constituency}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = Fukushima 3rd district
|type = Parliamentary
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|parl_name = Japanese House of Representatives
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|caption = Numbered map of Fukushima Prefecture single-member districts
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|district_label = Prefecture
|district = Fukushima
|region_label = Proportional District
|region = Tōhoku
|population =
|electorate =324,732Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [https://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/data/meibo/meibo_R06.html]{{in lang|ja}} (Sept. 2024)
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|year = 1994 (Redistricted in 2022)
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|members_label = Representative
|members = Shinji Oguma
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{{Nihongo|Fukushima 3rd district|福島[県第]3区|Fukushima[-ken dai-]san-ku}} is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan, located in Western Fukushima Prefecture. The electoral district lies mostly in the Aizu region and consists of the cities of Aizuwakamatsu, Shirakawa and Kitakata and six districts: Minamiaizu, Higashishirakawa, Yama, Kawanuma, Ōnuma and Nishishirakawa. As of 2012, 293,378 eligible voters were registered in the district.Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [http://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/data/meibo/meibo_h24.html 平成24年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数] {{in lang|ja}}
Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of the multi-member Fukushima 2nd district that elected five Representatives by single non-transferable vote.
After the district's creation, then Liberal Democrat Hiroyuki Arai (later New Party Nippon, New Renaissance Party) narrowly beat Democrat Kōichirō Genba who won a seat in the Tōhoku proportional representation block. Both had been elected to the House in the pre-reform 2nd district in 1993 for the first time. Since the LDP was using the Costa Rica method (kosuta rika hōshiki) in Fukushima 3rd district, Arai only ran in the PR block in the 2000 general election and was replaced by Yoshiyuki Hozumi as district candidate, another of the three former LDP representatives from the pre-reform 2nd district (The third, Fumiaki Saitō, stood as LDP candidate in Fukushima 4th district in 1996, but lost). But Genba won the 3rd district in 2000 and has held onto the district seat since. After Arai's unsuccessful re-run in 2003, the LDP discontinued the Costa Rica alternation. Genba was appointed minister of state and Democratic Party policy affairs chief under party president/prime minister Naoto Kan in 2010.
List of representatives
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!Election !Representative !colspan="2"|Party !Notes |
| 1996
|rowspan="1"|Hiroyuki Arai |bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}| ||[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic |rowspan="1"| |
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| 2000
|rowspan="8"|Kōichirō Genba |rowspan="6" bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}}| |rowspan="6"|Democratic |rowspan="7"| |
| 2003 |
| 2005 |
| 2009 |
| 2012 |
| 2014 |
| 2017
| bgcolor={{party color|independent}}| |
| 2021
| rowspan="2" bgcolor={{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}}| | rowspan="2"|Constitutional Democratic | Transferred to the 2nd District |
| 2024
|rowspan="1"|Shinji Oguma |rowspan="1"| Transferred from the 4th District |
Election results
{{Election box begin|title=2024
{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/07/|title=2024年衆議院議員総選挙 福島|website=NHK|access-date=January 4, 2025|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Shinji Oguma
|votes = 96,814
|percentage = 54.8
|change = {{increase}}0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Kentarō Uesugi
|votes = 68,133
|percentage = 38.6
|change = {{decrease}}7.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Norio Karahashi
|votes = 11,715
|percentage = 6.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors= 323,682}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=
|percentage = 56.71
|change= {{decrease}}7.31
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner= Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2021{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/2021/07/#senk47377|script-title=ja: 小選挙区 福島3区|access-date=21 June 2023|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Kōichirō Genba
|votes = 90,457
|percentage = 54.2
|change = {{decrease}}4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Kentarō Uesugi (elected by PR)
|votes = 76,302
|percentage = 45.8
|change = {{increase}}9.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=
|percentage = 64.05
|change= {{increase}}3.09
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner= Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2017{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/2017/#!skh_0703|script-title=ja: 小選挙区 福島3区|access-date=25 June 2023|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Kōichirō Genba
|votes = 92,930
|percentage = 56.6
|change = {{decrease}} 3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Kentarō Uesugi (elected by PR)
|votes = 60,006
|percentage = 36.6
|change = {{increase}} 5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Kenji Hashimoto
|votes = 11,196
|percentage = 6.8
|change = {{decrease}} 2.0
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=
|percentage = 60.96
|change= {{increase}}5.18
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner= Independent (politician)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2014{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/archives/shugiin/2014/#skh_0703|script-title=ja: 2014年12月14日(日) 投票 小選挙区 福島3区|access-date=25 June 2023|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Kōichirō Genba
|votes = 94,462
|percentage = 60.0
|change = {{decrease}}2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Kentarō Uesugi
|votes = 49,174
|percentage = 31.2
|change = {{increase}}3.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Yōko Yokota
|votes = 13,824
|percentage = 8.8
|change = {{decrease}}0.6
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=
|percentage = 55.78
|change= {{decrease}}5.91
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner= Democratic Party of Japan
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2012{{cite web|url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/47/senkyoku/1584|script-title=ja:第46回衆議院議員選挙福島3区|work=go2senkyo|access-date=2025-04-06|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate for alliance
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|side = People's New Party
|candidate = Kōichirō Genba
|votes = 107,737
|percentage = 62.3
|change = {{decrease}} 11.5
}}
{{Election box candidate for alliance|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
|side = New Renaissance Party
|candidate = Sachiko Kanno (elected by PR)
|votes = 48,796
|percentage = 28.2
|change = {{increase}} 2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Toshie Oyamada
|votes = 16,313
|percentage = 9.4
|change = new
}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors= 292,166}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=
|percentage = 61.69
|change= {{no change}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner= Democratic Party of Japan
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2009{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/election/2009/99/008477/00008477_23743.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>福島県>福島3区|work= ザ･選挙|access-date=2011-04-15|publisher=VoiceJapan|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate for alliance
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|side = People's New Party
|candidate = Kōichirō Genba
|votes = 159,826
|percentage = 73.8
|change = {{increase}} 5.2
}}
{{Election box candidate for alliance|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
|side = Kōmeitō
|candidate = Masayoshi Yoshino (elected by PR)
|votes = 56,858
|percentage = 26.2
|change = {{decrease}} 5.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 221,345
|percentage = 74.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner= Democratic Party of Japan
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2005{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/election/2005/99/000001/00000001_451.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>福島県>福島3区|work= ザ･選挙|access-date=2011-04-15|publisher=VoiceJapan|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Kōichirō Genba
|votes = 143,850
|percentage = 68.6
|change = {{increase}} 16.6
}}
{{Election box candidate for alliance|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
|side = Komeito
|candidate = Susumu Hasumi
|votes = 65,996
|percentage = 31.4
|change = {{decrease}} 13
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 216,252
|percentage = 72.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner= Democratic Party of Japan
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2003{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/election/2003/99/001583/00001583_5811.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>福島県>福島3区|work= ザ･選挙|access-date=2011-04-15|publisher=VoiceJapan|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Kōichirō Genba
|votes = 110,606
|percentage = 52.0
|change = {{decrease}} 1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate for alliance|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
|side = Komeito
|candidate = Hiroyuki Arai
|votes = 94,413
|percentage = 44.4
|change = {{increase}} 3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Shōichi Suzuki
|votes = 7,522
|percentage = 3.5
|change = {{decrease}} 1.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 215,981
|percentage = 72.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner= Democratic Party of Japan
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2000{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/election/2000/99/001580/00001580_5512.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>福島県>福島3区|work= ザ･選挙|access-date=2011-04-15|publisher=VoiceJapan|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Kōichirō Genba
|votes = 118,385
|percentage = 53.8
|change = {{increase}} 9.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Yoshiyuki Hozumi
|votes = 91,081
|percentage = 41.4
|change = {{decrease}} 4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Shōichi Suzuki
|votes = 10,683
|percentage = 4.9
|change = {{decrease}} 0.7
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
|winner= Democratic Party of Japan
|loser= Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=1996{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/election/1996/99/001557/00001557_5061.html|script-title=ja:衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>福島県>福島3区|work= ザ･選挙|access-date=2011-04-15|publisher=VoiceJapan|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Hiroyuki Arai
|votes = 91,747
|percentage = 46.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan (1996)
|candidate = Kōichirō Genba (elected by PR)
|votes = 88,214
|percentage = 44.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Shōichi Suzuki
|votes = 11,031
|percentage = 5.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Naoyuki Suzuki
|votes = 7,688
|percentage = 3.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 204,082
|percentage = 70.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner= Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Japan House of Representatives Districts}}
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Category:House of Representatives (Japan) districts in Fukushima Prefecture