Aomori 3rd district

{{Short description|Japan House of Representatives constituency}}

{{Infobox constituency

|name = Aomori 3rd District

|type = Parliamentary

|constituency_link = Aomori 3rd district

|parl_name = Japanese House of Representatives

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|district_label = Prefecture

|district = Aomori

|region_label = Proportional District

|region = Tōhoku

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|electorate = 338,698Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [http://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/data/meibo/meibo_h27.html] {{in lang|ja}}

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|party = CDP

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|previous = Aomori's 1st "medium-sized" district

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Aomori 3rd district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan. It is located on the island of Honshu, in Aomori Prefecture, and includes the cities of Hirosaki, Goshogawara, and Ajigasawa.

As of 2015, the district was home to 240,102 constituents.{{Cite web|title=総務省｜平成27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|url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/data/meibo/meibo_h27.html|access-date=2021-05-26|website=総務省|language=ja}}

Areas covered

= Current district =

As of 5 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:{{Cite web |title=衆議院議員選挙区画定審議会設置法及び公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律の一部を改正する法律 |url=https://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_housei.nsf/html/housei/19320170616058.htm |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.shugiin.go.jp}}

As a result of the abolition of Aomori's 4th district in 2017, this district moved to where the 4th district used to be and gained the town of Goshogawara and the district of Kitatsugaru from Aomori's 1st district, while Aomori's 2nd district absorbed the areas formerly belonging to the 3rd district.

= Areas covered 2013–2017 =

From redistricting in 2013 until the redistricting in 2017, the areas covered by this district were as follows:{{Cite web |title=衆議院小選挙区選出議員の選挙区間における人口較差を緊急に是正するための公職選挙法及び衆議院議員選挙区画定審議会設置法の一部を改正する法律の一部を改正する法律 |url=https://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_housei.nsf/html/housei/18320130628068.htm |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.shugiin.go.jp}}

The only change was that the town of Gonohe in Sannohe district was moved to the 2nd district.

= Areas covered before 2013 =

From its formation in 1994 until its first redistricting in 2013, the areas covered by this district were as follows:{{Cite web |title=法律第百四号（平六・一一・二五） |url=https://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_housei.nsf/html/houritsu/13119941125104.htm |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.shugiin.go.jp}}

Elected representatives

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!Representative

! colspan="2" |Party

!Years served

!Notes

Tadamori Ōshima

|bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|

|LDP

|1996 - 2017

|Moved to the 2nd district

Jiro Kimura

|bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}|

|LDP

|2017 - 2024

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|bgcolor={{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}}|

|CDP

|2024 -

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Election results

{{Election box begin | title=2024{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/02/#senk52056|script-title=ja: 小選挙区青森3区|access-date=19 December 2024|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

|candidate = Hanako Okada

|votes = 86,593

|percentage = 49.6

|change = {{increase}}14.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

|candidate = Jiro Kimura

|votes = 73,848

|percentage = 42.3

|change = {{decrease}}22.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Japan Innovation Party

|candidate = Jun'ya Nagasaka

|votes = 7,747

|percentage = 4.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate |

|party = Independent

|candidate = Toshikazu Sonota

|votes = 6,531

|percentage = 3.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes =

|percentage = 53.66

|change = {{increase}}0.37

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing

|winner = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

|loser = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

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{{Election box begin | title=2021{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/2021/02/#senk47359|script-title=ja: 小選挙区青森3区|access-date=25 June 2023|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

|candidate = Jiro Kimura

|votes = 118,230

|percentage = 65.0

|change = {{increase}}0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

|candidate = Takashi Yamauchi

|votes = 63,796

|percentage = 35.0

|change = {{increase}}9.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes=

|percentage = 53.29

|change= {{decrease}}2.73

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

}}

{{Election box begin|title=2017{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/2017/#!skh_0203|script-title=ja: 小選挙区青森3区|access-date=25 June 2023|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

|candidate = Jiro Kimura

|votes = 128,740

|percentage = 64.2

|change = {{increase}}13.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Kibō no Tō

|candidate = Takashi Yamauchi

|votes = 51,096

|percentage = 25.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Japanese Communist Party

|candidate = Hiroaki Takayanagi

|votes = 16,510

|percentage = 8.2

|change = {{increase}}1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Happiness Realization Party

|candidate = Yūki Mikuni

|votes = 4,115

|percentage = 2.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes=

|percentage = 56.02

|change= {{increase}}7.15

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

}}

References

Category:Districts of the House of Representatives (Japan)

Category:Politics of Aomori Prefecture

Category:Constituencies established in 1994

Category:1994 establishments in Japan