Mie 3rd district

Mie 3rd district

Mie 3rd district (三重県第3区, Mie-ken dai-san-ku or simply 三重3区, Mie-san-ku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It covers Northern parts of Mie, namely parts of Yokkaichi, the cities of Kuwana and Inabe and the counties of Kuwana, Inabe and Mie. As of 2009, 335,748 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

The only representative for the 3rd district since its creation has been Katsuya Okada (Democratic Party, no factional affiliation) who had represented the pre-reform Mie 1st district that had elected five representatives by single non-transferable vote and covered roughly the present single-member districts Mie 1, 2 and 3.

List of Representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Katsuya Okada NFP 1996–2000 joined Michihiko Kano's Kokumin no Koe ("Voice of the People") after the dissolution of the NFP
(NFP→Kokumin no Koe→Minseitō (lit. "Civil Government Party" or "Democratic Party", Engrish: Good Governance Party)→DPJ)
DPJ 2000– Incumbent

Election results

2009[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ (PNP support) Katsuya Okada 173,931 72.2
LDP (Kōmeitō support) Kōichi Hirata 62,993 26.1
HRP Noriko Nohara 3,968 1.6
Turnout 244,439 73.08
2005[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ Katsuya Okada 140,954 60.1
LDP Kōichi Hirata (elected by PR) 81,719 34.8
JCP Ritsuko Hoshino 11,895 5.1
Turnout 237,207 72.63
2003[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ Katsuya Okada 132,109 62.5
LDP Kōichi Hirata (elected by PR) 67,247 31.8
JCP Ritsuko Hoshino 13,562 5.6
Turnout 216,280 67.1
2000[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ Katsuya Okada 117,868 54.2
LDP Kōichi Hirata 82,222 37.8
JCP Ritsuko Hoshino 17,547 8.1
1996[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NFP Katsuya Okada 108,690 57.9
LDP Kazuya Kaneko 58,507 31.1
JCP Taneko Nishio 20,657 11.0
Turnout 192,419 63.2

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