Tochigi 3rd district

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

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|type = Parliamentary

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|parl_name = Japanese House of Representatives

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|district_label = Prefecture

|district = Tochigi

|region_label = Proportional District

|region = Kita-Kantō

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|electorate = 241,014 (2021)

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|year = 1994

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|members = Kazuo Yana

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|party = LDP

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Tochigi 3rd district (栃木[県第]3区 Tochigi[-ken dai-]san-ku) is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. Located in north-eastern Tochigi, it covers the cities of Ōtawara, Yaita, Nasushiobara, Nasukarasuyama and the towns of Nasu and Nakagawa in Nasu District. As of September 2011, 247,284 eligible voters were registered in Tochigi 3rd district, giving it well above average (347,878 voters per district) vote weight.Ministry of general affairs: [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}}

From the creation of the district until 2014, the representative from Tochigi 3rd district was former Liberal Democrat Yoshimi Watanabe who founded Your Party (Minna no Tō, lit. "Everyone's Party") in 2009. In that year, the established parties did not even contest the seat. The only challenger the Democratic Party ever nominated has been Takashi Kobayashi in 2005. In the first three elections, only the left-wing parties contested the seat. In 2014 Watanabe was involved in a scandal over undisclosed loans{{cite news|title=Yoshimi Watanabe quits as leader of Your Party over cash scandal|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1469908/yoshimi-watanabe-quits-leader-your-party-over-cash-scandal|access-date=12 December 2021|newspaper=AFP|date=9 April 2014}} and lost the next elections to the LDP candidate Kazuo Yana.

Before the electoral reform, the area had been part of the five-member 1st district. Representatives from the 1st district had included Watanabe's father Michio who died in 1995.

List of representatives

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! Representative

! colspan="2" | Party

! Dates

! Notes

rowspan="2" | Yoshimi Watanabe

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

LDP

| 1996 – 2009

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bgcolor={{party color|Your Party}}|

Your Party

| 2009 – 2014

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rowspan="2" | Kazuo Yana

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LDP

| 2014 –

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Election results

{{Election box begin|title=2024{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/09/|script-title=ja: 開票速報小選挙区：栃木 - 2024衆議|access-date=10 December 2024|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

|candidate = Kazuo Yana

|votes = 45,546

|percentage = 37.4

|change = {{decrease}}30.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Shintarō Watanabe

|votes = 45,368

|percentage = 37.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

|candidate = Hiroshi Iga

|votes = 30,913

|percentage = 25.4

|change = {{decrease}}6.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes=

|percentage = 52.92

|change ={{increase}}0.85

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

}}

{{Election box begin|title=2021

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

|candidate = Kazuo Yana

|votes = 82,398

|percentage = 67.4

|change = {{increase}}9.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

|candidate = Hiroshi Iga

|votes = 39,826

|percentage = 32.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes=

|percentage = 52.07

|change ={{decrease}}1.59

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

}}

{{Election box begin|title=2017{{cite web|url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/15530/senkyoku/25042|title=栃木3区 - 第48回衆議院議員選挙|language=ja|trans-title=Kagawa 3rd District - 48th House of Representatives election|access-date=2024-12-10}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

|candidate = Kazuo Yana

|votes = 74,371

|percentage = 57.8

|change = {{increase}}9.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Kibō no Tō

|candidate = Miyuki Watanabe

|votes = 42,820

|percentage = 33.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Japanese Communist Party

|candidate = Shōzō Maki

|votes = 9,990

|percentage = 7,8

|change = {{decrease}}3.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Happiness Realization Party

|candidate = Tsuyoshi Ishiwata

|votes = 1561

|percentage = 1.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes=

|percentage = 53.66

|change ={{decrease}}0.93

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner= Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

}}

{{Election box begin|title=2014{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/archives/shugiin/2014/#skh_0903|script-title=ja: 2014年12月14日(日) 投票小選挙区栃木３区|access-date=13 December 2021|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

|candidate = Kazuo Yana

|votes = 62,814

|percentage = 48.74

|change = {{increase}}13.66

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Yoshimi Watanabe

|votes = 51,627

|percentage = 40.05

|change = {{decrease}}20.21

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Japanese Communist Party

|candidate = Yukiko Akiyama

|votes = 14,438

|percentage = 11.20

|change = {{increase}}6.53

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes =

|percentage = 54.59

|change ={{decrease}}3.55

}}

{{Election box begin|title=2012{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/shugiin/2012/kaihyou/ya09.htm|script-title=ja:総選挙2012>開票結果小選挙区栃木|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|accessdate=2013-02-08|language=Japanese}}}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = YP

|candidate = Yoshimi Watanabe

|votes = 84,023

|percentage = 60.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = LDP (NK)

|candidate = Kazuo Yana (elected in PR block)

|votes = 48,912

|percentage = 35.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = JCP

|candidate = Yukiko Akiyama

|votes = 6,509

|percentage = 4.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin|title=2009{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/precinct/2011100342839.html|script-title=ja:第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 栃木3区|work= ザ･選挙|accessdate=2012-11-20|publisher=Heartbeats Corp.|language=Japanese}}}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = YP

|candidate = Yoshimi Watanabe

|votes = 142,482

|percentage = 95.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = HRP

|candidate = Katsumi Saitō

|votes = 7,024

|percentage = 4.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 160,021

|percentage = 64.73

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin|title=2005{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/precinct/2011100343150.html|script-title=ja:第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 栃木3区|work= ザ･選挙|accessdate=2012-11-20|publisher=Heartbeats Corp.|language=Japanese}}}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = LDP

|candidate = Yoshimi Watanabe

|votes = 98,889

|percentage = 64.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = DPJ

|candidate = Takashi Kobayashi

|votes = 41,776

|percentage = 27.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = SDP

|candidate = Mutsuko Yamaguchi

|votes = 6,346

|percentage = 4.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = JCP

|candidate = Shōzō Maki

|votes = 5,905

|percentage = 3.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Independent

|candidate = Susumu Saitō

|votes = 1,618

|percentage = 1.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 158,777

|percentage = 64.81

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin|title=2003{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/precinct/2011100342217.html|script-title=ja:第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 栃木3区|work= ザ･選挙|accessdate=2012-11-20|publisher=Heartbeats Corp.|language=Japanese}}}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = LDP

|candidate = Yoshimi Watanabe

|votes = 100,539

|percentage = 74.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = JCP

|candidate = Shōzō Maki

|votes = 24,515

|percentage = 18.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = SDP

|candidate = Masaki Matsunaga

|votes = 9,186

|percentage = 6.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 140,709

|percentage = 58.02

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin|title=2000{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/precinct/2011100341906.html|script-title=ja:第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 栃木3区|work= ザ･選挙|accessdate=2012-11-20|publisher=Heartbeats Corp.|language=Japanese}}}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = LDP

|candidate = Yoshimi Watanabe

|votes = 112,358

|percentage = 83.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = JCP

|candidate = Shōzō Maki

|votes = 22,392

|percentage = 16.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin|title=1996{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/precinct/2011100342530.html|script-title=ja:第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 栃木3区|work= ザ･選挙|accessdate=2012-11-20|publisher=Heartbeats Corp.|language=Japanese}}}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = LDP

|candidate = Yoshimi Watanabe

|votes = 90,082

|percentage = 83.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = JCP

|candidate = Shōzō Maki

|votes = 17,990

|percentage = 16.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 117,560

|percentage = 51.57

|change =

}}

References

Category:House of Representatives (Japan) districts in Tochigi Prefecture

Category:Constituencies established in 1994

Category:1994 establishments in Japan