Niigata 3rd district

Niigata 3rd District
新潟県第3区
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Prefecture	Niigata
Proportional Block	Hokuriku Shinetsu
Electorate	381,835 (as of 1 September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	CDP
Representative	Takahiro Kuroiwa

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

Current district

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

• Niigata
  • Kita
  • Akiha
• Shibata
• Murakami
• Gosen
• Agano
• Tainai
• Kitakanbara District
• Higashikanbara District
• Iwafune District

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

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

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

• Shibata
• Murakami
• Gosen
• Toyosaka
• Kitakambara District
• Part of Nakakanbara District
  • Muramatsu
• Higashikanbara District
• Iwafune District

Elected representatives

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 – 2024
Takahiro Kuroiwa		CDP	2024 –

Election results

‡ - Also ran in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election

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

Elections in the 2020s

2024[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Takahiro Kuroiwa ^‡	105,275	49.3	2.9
	LDP	Hiroaki Saitō ^‡‡	94,984	44.5	9.1
	Ishin	Yūichirō Yoshimura ^‡	13,370	6.3
Registered electors			370,462
Turnout				58.82	6.22
	CDP gain from LDP

2021[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hiroaki Saito^‡ (incumbent - Hokuriku Shinetsu PR)	102,564	53.6	4.5
	CDP	Takahiro Kuroiwa^‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by the JCP)	88,744	46.4	New
Registered electors			298,289
Majority			13,820	7.2	7.1
Turnout			194,007	65.0	1.7
	LDP gain from Independent		Swing

Elections in the 2010s

2017[8]

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	4.9
	Independent	Yoichi Mimura	3,375	1.7	New
Registered electors			312,835
Majority			50	0.1	4.8
Turnout			198,056	63.3	8.3
	Independent gain from Democratic		Swing

2014[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Takahiro Kuroiwa^‡	82,619	49.1	7.7
	LDP	Hiroaki Saito^‡‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito)	74,319	44.2	2.8
	JCP	Makoto Ito	11,214	6.7	0.5
Registered electors			314,215
Majority			8,300	4.9	3.9
Turnout			171,404	54.6	5.0
	Democratic gain from LDP		Swing

2012[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hiroaki Saito^‡ (endorsed by Komeito)	92,280	50.2	17.4
	Democratic	Takahiro Kuroiwa^‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by the PNP)	76,135	41.4	24.6
	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	24.4
Turnout			189,970	59.6	14.5
	LDP gain from Democratic		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

2009[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Takahiro Kuroiwa^‡	154,985	66.0	New
	LDP	Yamato Inaba^‡ (incumbent)	77,058	32.8	17.3
	Happiness Realization	Tomikawa Masamitsu	2,668	1.1	New
Registered electors			323,892
Majority			77,927	33.2	New
Turnout			239,874	74.1	4.2
	Democratic gain from LDP		Swing

2005[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yamato Inaba^‡ (incumbent)	111,695	50.1	5.8
	Social Democratic	Masuji Miyazaki^‡	73,114	32.8	3.4
	People's New	Yasushi Suzuki^‡	23,845	10.7	New
	JCP	Shinichi Tanaka	14,132	6.3	1.6
Registered electors			328,478
Majority			38,581	17.3	2.4
Turnout			229,475	69.9	8.1
	LDP hold		Swing

2003[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yamato Inaba^‡ (incumbent)	108,627	55.9	4.7
	Social Democratic	Hachiro Kuramochi^‡	70,256	36.2	20.5
	JCP	Shinichi Tanaka	15,399	7.9	1.0
Registered electors			328,821
Majority			38,371	19.7	5.2
Turnout			203,080	61.8	6.8
	LDP hold		Swing

2000[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yamato Inaba^‡ (incumbent)	111,819	51.2	15.2
	Liberal	Saburo Shirasawa^‡	57,409	26.3	New
	Social Democratic	Hachiro Kuramochi^‡	34,320	15.7	New
	JCP	Keizo Inagaki	15,045	6.9	0.1
Registered electors			Unknown
Majority			54,410	24.9	18.8
Turnout			Unknown	68.6	2.4
	LDP hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

1996[15]

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)

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