Iwate 3rd district
{{Short description|Japan House of Representatives constituency}}
Iwate 3rd district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Iwate.
Ichirō Ozawa of the Liberal Party took the seat in the constituency after his original seat in the Iwate 4th district was abolished in the 2017 general election. Previously, the seat was held by Toru Kikawada of the Democratic Party (DPJ) since 2000.
Area
Located in Southwestern Iwate, the district includes the entire abolished 4th district. Only Ichinoseki City and Hiraizumi Town were retained in the 3rd after the 2017 redistricting, other municipalities were transferred to the Iwate 2nd district.
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List of representatives
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! Election ! Representative ! colspan="2" | Party ! Notes | |
| 1996
| bgcolor={{party color|New Frontier Party (Japan)}} | | NFP
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| 2000
| rowspan="6" | Toru Kikawada | bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)}} | | LP
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| 2003
| rowspan="5" bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)}} | | rowspan="5"| DPJ
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| 2005
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| 2009
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| 2012
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| 2014
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| 2017
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent}} | | Independent
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| 2021
| bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | | LDP
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| 2024
| bgcolor={{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}} | | CDP
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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 = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Ichirō Ozawa
|votes = 115,.64
|percentage = 57.77
|change = {{increase}}9.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Takashi Fujiwara
|votes = 84,347
|percentage = 42.23
|change = {{decrease}}9.82
}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=364,074}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=199,711
|percentage = 56.80
|change= {{decrease}}4.91
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
|winner= Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
|loser= Liberal Democratic Party (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 Iwate Prefecture