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 2012, 339,451 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

The only representative for the 3rd district since its creation has been Katsuya Okada 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. Okada was the president of the DPJ from 2004 to 2005.

List of representatives
Representative Party Dates Notes
Katsuya Okada NFP 1996–1997 Joined Michihiko Kano's Kokumin no Koe ("Voice of the People") after the dissolution of the NFP
(NFP→Kokumin no Koe→Minseitō→DPJ)
DPJ 1997–2016
DP 2016–2017 Incumbent
Ind. 2017–

Election results
2017[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DP Katsuya Okada 147,255 64.3 +0.3
LDP Yoshikazu Shimada 63,406 27.7 -0.7
JCP Masahiro Nomura 11,864 5.3 -2.3
HRP Maki Sakamoto 6,354 2.8 new
2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ Katsuya Okada 120,950 64.0 -0.1
LDP Kōji Shimada 53,659 28.4 new
JCP Toshiyuki Kamai 14,293 7.6 -0.5
2012[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ Katsuya Okada 126,679 64.1
LDP Hiroshi Sakurai (won proportional seat) 54,903 27.8
JCP Toshiyuki Kamai 16,009 8.1
2009[5]
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[6]
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[7]
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[8]
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[9]
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

References
  1. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 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
  2. "Archived copy" 総選挙2017>開票結果　小選挙区　三重. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2017-10-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. 総選挙2014>開票結果　小選挙区　三重. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-01-09.
  4. 総選挙2012>開票結果　小選挙区　三重. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  5. 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>三重県>三重3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-07-09. External link in |work= (help)
  6. 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>三重県>三重3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-07-09. External link in |work= (help)
  7. 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>三重県>三重3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-07-09. External link in |work= (help)
  8. 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>三重県>三重3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-07-09. External link in |work= (help)
  9. 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>三重県>三重3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-07-09. External link in |work= (help)

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