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Niigata 3rd district

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Niigata 3rd District
新潟県第3区
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
PrefectureNiigata
Proportional BlockHokuriku Shinetsu
Electorate381,835 (as of 1 September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeHiroaki Saito

Niigata 3rd District (新潟県第3区, Niigata-ken dai-san-ku) is an electoral district of the Japanese House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet. The district was created as part of the move from multi-member districts to single-member districts in the House of Representatives.

Areas covered

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Current district

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As of 2 February 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:[2]

As part of the 2022 redistricting, Kita ward is now fully under the jurisdiction of the 3rd district, and Akiha Ward was gained from the 4th district.[2]

Areas 2013–2022

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From the first redistricting in 2013, until the second redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district were as follows:[3][4]

  • Niigata (city)
    • Kita Ward (former city of Toyosaka)
      • Centra Government Office (excluding Hosoyama, Kosugi, Junimae and Yokogoshi)
      • Sumireno 4 within North Branch Office jurisdiction
  • Shibata
  • Murakami
  • Gosen
  • Agano
  • Tainai
  • Kitakanbara District
  • Higashikanbara District
  • Iwafune District

As part of the 2013 redistricting, the 3rd district gained sections of Kita Ward from the 1st district.

Areas from before 2013

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From the creation of the district in 1994, until the first redistricting in 2013, the areas covered bny this district were as follows:[5]

History

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Elected representatives

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Representatives Party Years served Notes
Yamato Inaba LDP 1996–2009
Takahiro Kuroiwa DPJ 2009–2012
Hiroaki Saito LDP 2012–2014
Takahiro Kuroiwa DPJ 2014–2017
Indep. 2017–2021
Hiroaki Saito LDP 2021- Incumbent

Election results

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‡ - Also ran in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election

‡‡ - Also ran and won in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election

Elections in the 2020s

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2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hiroaki Saitō
CDP Takahiro Kuroiwa
Ishin Yūichirō Yoshimura
Turnout
2021[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hiroaki Saito‡ (incumbent - Hokuriku Shinetsu PR) 102,564 53.6 Increase4.5
CDP Takahiro Kuroiwa‡ (incumbent)
(endorsed by the JCP) 		88,744 46.4 New
Registered electors 298,289
Majority 13,820 7.2 Increase7.1
Turnout 194,007 65.0 Increase1.7
LDP gain from Independent Swing

Elections in the 2010s

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2017[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Takahiro Kuroiwa (incumbent)
(endorsed by the JCP, SDP and the Liberal Party) 		95,644 49.2 New
LDP Hiroaki Saito‡ (incumbent - Hokuriku Shinetsu PR)
(endorsed by Komeito) 		95,594 49.1 Increase4.9
Independent Yoichi Mimura 3,375 1.7 New
Registered electors 312,835
Majority 50 0.1 Decrease4.8
Turnout 198,056 63.3 Increase8.3
Independent gain from Democratic Swing
2014[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Takahiro Kuroiwa‡ 82,619 49.1 Increase7.7
LDP Hiroaki Saito‡‡ (incumbent)
(endorsed by Komeito) 		74,319 44.2 Increase2.8
JCP Makoto Ito 11,214 6.7 Increase0.5
Registered electors 314,215
Majority 8,300 4.9 Decrease3.9
Turnout 171,404 54.6 Decrease5.0
Democratic gain from LDP Swing
2012[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hiroaki Saito‡
(endorsed by Komeito) 		92,280 50.2 Increase17.4
Democratic Takahiro Kuroiwa‡ (incumbent)
(endorsed by the PNP) 		76,135 41.4 Decrease24.6
JCP Shinichi Tanaka 11,465 6.2 New
Independent Yoichi Mimura 4,075 2.2 New
Registered electors 318,635
Majority 16,145 8.8 Decrease24.4
Turnout 189,970 59.6 Decrease14.5
LDP gain from Democratic Swing

Elections in the 2000s

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2009[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Takahiro Kuroiwa‡ 154,985 66.0 New
LDP Yamato Inaba‡ (incumbent) 77,058 32.8 Decrease17.3
Happiness Realization Tomikawa Masamitsu 2,668 1.1 New
Registered electors 323,892
Majority 77,927 33.2 New
Turnout 239,874 74.1 Increase4.2
Democratic gain from LDP Swing
2005[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Yamato Inaba‡ (incumbent) 111,695 50.1 Decrease5.8
Social Democratic Masuji Miyazaki‡ 73,114 32.8 Decrease3.4
People's New Yasushi Suzuki‡ 23,845 10.7 New
JCP Shinichi Tanaka 14,132 6.3 Decrease1.6
Registered electors 328,478
Majority 38,581 17.3 Decrease2.4
Turnout 229,475 69.9 Increase8.1
LDP hold Swing
2003[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Yamato Inaba‡ (incumbent) 108,627 55.9 Increase4.7
Social Democratic Hachiro Kuramochi‡ 70,256 36.2 Increase20.5
JCP Shinichi Tanaka 15,399 7.9 Increase1.0
Registered electors 328,821
Majority 38,371 19.7 Decrease5.2
Turnout 203,080 61.8 Decrease6.8
LDP hold Swing
2000[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Yamato Inaba‡ (incumbent) 111,819 51.2 Increase15.2
Liberal Saburo Shirasawa‡ 57,409 26.3 New
Social Democratic Hachiro Kuramochi‡ 34,320 15.7 New
JCP Keizo Inagaki 15,045 6.9 Increase0.1
Registered electors Unknown
Majority 54,410 24.9 Increase18.8
Turnout Unknown 68.6 Decrease2.4
LDP hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

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1996[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Yamato Inaba‡ (incumbent - former Niigata 2nd District) 79,635 36.0 New
Independent Uichiro Iwamura 66,067 29.9 New
New Progressive Party (Japan) Saburo Shirasawa (incumbent - former Niigata 2nd District) 60,223 27.3 New
JCP Shoichi Tasaki 15,110 6.8 New
Registered electors 322,841
Majority 13,568 6.1 New
Turnout 229,056 71.0 New
LDP win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022]. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  2. ^ a b 新潟県 [Niigata Prefecture] (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  3. ^ "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". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  4. ^ 新潟県 [Niigata Prefecture] (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  5. ^ "法律第百四号（平六・一一・二五）". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  6. ^ 新潟3区 - 第49回衆議院議員選挙 [Niigata 3rd District - 49th House of Representatives Election]. go2senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  7. ^ 新潟3区 - 第48回衆議院議員選挙 [Niigata 3rd District - 48th House of Representatives Election]. go2senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  8. ^ 新潟3区 - 第47回衆議院議員選挙 [Niigata 3rd District - 47th House of Representatives Election]. go2senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  9. ^ 新潟3区 - 第46回衆議院議員選挙 [Niigata 3rd District - 46th House of Representatives Election]. go2senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  10. ^ 新潟3区 - 第45回衆議院議員選挙 [Niigata 3rd District - 45th House of Representatives Election]. go2senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  11. ^ 新潟3区 - 第44回衆議院議員選挙 [Niigata 3rd District - 44th House of Representatives Election]. go2senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  12. ^ 新潟3区 - 第43回衆議院議員選挙 [Niigata 3rd District - 43rd House of Representatives Election]. go2senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  13. ^ 新潟3区 - 第42回衆議院議員選挙 [Niigata 3rd District - 42nd House of Representatives Election]. go2senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  14. ^ 新潟3区 - 第41回衆議院議員選挙 [Niigata 3rd District - 41st House of Representatives Election]. go2senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-06.


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