Gunma 3rd district

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{{Nihongo|Gunma 3rd district|群馬県第3区|Gunma-ken dai-san-ku}} is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in south-eastern Gunma and consists of Ota, Tatebayashi and Ōra County.

Areas covered

= Current district =

As of 24 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:{{Cite web |year=2022 |title= |script-title=ja:群馬県 |trans-title=Gunma Prefecture |url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000853811.pdf |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |language=ja}}

As part of the 2022 redistricting, the rest of Ota was transferred back to the district from the 2nd district.

= Areas 2013–2022 =

From the first redistricting in 2013, until the second redistricting in 2022, 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=2023-01-24 |website=www.shugiin.go.jp}}{{Cite web |year=2013 |title= |script-title=ja:群馬県 |trans-title=Gunma Prefecture |url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000240048.pdf |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |language=ja}}

Ōta (excluding Yabuzukahon, Ojima and Nitta)
Tatebayashi
Ōra District

As part of the 2013 redistricting, the areas of Yabuzukahon, Ojima and Nitta were transferred to the 2nd district.

= Areas from before 2013 =

From the creation of the district in 1994, until the 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=2023-01-24 |website=www.shugiin.go.jp}}

Elected representatives

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!Representative

! colspan="2" |Party

!Years served

!Notes

Yoshio Yatsu

|style="background-color:{{Party color |Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};"|

|LDP

|1996-2009

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Masaaki Kakinuma

|style="background:{{Party color |Democratic Party of Japan}};"|

|DPJ

|2009-2012

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Hiroyoshi Sasakawa

|style="background:{{Party color |Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};"|

|LDP

|2012-

|Incumbent

Election Results

{{Election box begin|title=2024{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/03/|script-title=ja: 小選挙区岩手1区|access-date=17 January 2025|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

|candidate = Hiroyoshi Sasagawa (endorsed by Komeito

|votes = 74,930

|percentage = 50.07

|change = {{decrease}}4.56

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

|candidate = Kaichi Hasegawa

|votes =74,716

|percentage = 49.93

|change = {{increase}}6.44

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes=149,646

|percentage = 49.49

|change= {{decrease}}4.13

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Liberal Democratic Party of Japan

}}