Miyagi 3rd district

Miyagi 3rd district
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of the Miyagi Prefecture single seats
PrefectureMiyagi
Proportional DistrictTohoku
Electorate276,350[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeAkihiro Nishimura
MunicipalitiesIwanuma, Kakuda, Natori, Shiroishi, Igu District, Katta District, Shibata District, and Watari District.

Miyagi 3rd district (宮城県第3区, Miyagi-ken dai-sanku or simply 宮城3区, Miyagi-sanku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Miyagi Prefecture.

Areas covered

Since 2022

[2][3]

2017 - 2022

[4][5]

1994 - 2017

[6]

List of representatives

Election Representative Party Notes
1996[7] Hiroshi Mitsuzuka LDP
2000[8]
2003[9] Akihiro Nishimura LDP
2005[10]
2009[11] Kiyohito Hashimoto Democratic
2012[12] Akihiro Nishimura LDP
2014[13]
2017[14]
2021[15]
2024[16] Tsuyoshi Yanagisawa CDP
CRA
2026[17] Akihiro Nishimura LDP

Election results

2026

2026[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Akihiro Nishimura 83,705 54.72
Centrist Reform Tsuyoshi Yanagisawa 47,303 30.92
Sanseitō Moeko Hayashi 17,440 11.40 New
Independent Takashi Yūki 3,412 2.23 New
Independent Koji Asada 1,121 0.73 N/A
Majority 36,402 23.80
Registered electors 275,158
Turnout 56.85 1.81
LDP gain from Centrist Reform

2024

2024[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CDP Tsuyoshi Yanagisawa 82,566 55.24
LDP Akihiro Nishimura 66,906 44.76
Majority 15,660 10.48
Registered electors 277,931
Turnout 55.04 2.67
CDP gain from LDP

2021

2021[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Akihiro Nishimura 96,210 59.27
CDP Sonoko Ohno 60,237 37.11 New
Independent Koji Asada 5,890 3.63 New
Majority 35,973 22.16
Registered electors 286,936
Turnout 57.71 3.65
LDP hold

2017

2017[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Akihiro Nishimura 92,893 60.31
Kibō no Tō Yoshihiro Ichijo 40,670 26.40 New
JCP Go Yoshida 20,469 13.29
Majority 52,223 33.91
Registered electors 292,288
Turnout 54.06 3.49
LDP hold

2014

2014[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Akihiro Nishimura 76,246 54.49
Democratic Kiyohito Hashimoto 48,957 34.99
JCP Go Yoshida 14,712 10.51
Majority 27,289 19.50
Registered electors 283,873
Turnout 50.57 5.32
LDP hold

2012

2012[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Akihiro Nishimura 88,801 58.24
Democratic Kiyohito Hashimoto 47,298 31.02
JCP Go Yoshida 16,370 10.74 N/A
Majority 41,503 27.22
Registered electors 283,645
Turnout 55.89 13.68
LDP gain from Democratic

2009

2009[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kiyohito Hashimoto 108,718 55.04
LDP Akihiro Nishimura 85,897 43.49
Happiness Realization Mutsuaki Kobayashi 2,895 1.47 New
Majority 22,821 11.55
Registered electors 289,304
Turnout 69.57 3.06
Democratic gain from LDP

2005

2005[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Akihiro Nishimura 98,269 52.26
Democratic Kiyohito Hashimoto 78,503 41.75
JCP Koji Takahashi 11,256 5.99
Majority 19,766 10.51
Registered electors 287,647
Turnout 66.51 8.58
LDP hold

2003

2003[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Akihiro Nishimura 74,045 46.35
Democratic Kiyohito Hashimoto
(Won PR seat)
73,803 46.20
JCP Koji Takahashi 11,915 7.46
Majority 242 0.15
Registered electors 285,294
Turnout 57.93
LDP hold

2000

2000[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hiroshi Mitsuzuka 84,278 51.99
Democratic Katsuhiro Koyama 40,896 25.23 New
Liberal Makoto Hori 22,501 13.88 New
JCP Mikio Katō 14,429 8.90
Majority 43,382 26.76
Registered electors
Turnout
LDP hold

1996

1996[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Hiroshi Mitsuzuka 81,784 53.14 New
New Frontier Kenichi Mukade 53,150 34.53 New
JCP Hiromi Otomo 18,972 12.33 New
Majority 28,634 18.61
Registered electors
Turnout
LDP win (new seat)

References

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