Kagoshima 3rd district

Kagoshima 3rd District
鹿児島県第3区
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
PrefectureKagoshima
Proportional DistrictKyushu
Electorate316,469
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyCDP
RepresentativeKen Noma

Kagoshima 3rd District (鹿児島県第3区, Kagoshima-ken dai-san-ku)is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Northern Kagoshima and consists of the cities of Akune, Izumi, Satsumasendai, Hioki, Ichikikushikino, Isa and Aira as well as the towns of Satsuma, Nagashima and Yūsui. In 2021 the district had 319,010 eligible voters.[1]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area was split between the multi-member districts Kagoshima 1 that elected four Representatives by single non-transferable vote and Kagoshima 2 with three representatives.

After its creation, the new 3rd district was initially a solid "conservative kingdom", a safe seat for the Liberal Democratic Party. Its first representative Tadahiro Matsushita (Obuchi faction, pre-reform: 2nd district) was followed by Kazuaki Miyaji (Mitsuzuka faction, pre-reform: 1st district) in 2000. Matsushita became a representative for the Kyūshū proportional representation block. In the "postal Diet" of 2005, he was a postal privatization rebel and tried to retake Kagoshima 3rd district as an independent in the ensuing snap election but lost to Miyaji. After initially declaring his retirement from politics, Matsushita returned in 2009 as a candidate for the People's New Party with Democratic support and won the district against Miyaji. After Matsushita's suicide in 2012, Miyaji won the resulting by-election against government candidate Takeshi Noma. In the general House of Representatives election less than three months later, Miyaji lost the district to Noma.

After the 2017 electoral reapportionment, Kagoshima Prefecture lost one of its constituencies and much of the current 3rd district had previously belonged to the Kagoshima 4th district. Subsequently, the 2017 elections were won by Yasuhiro Ozato the previous Representative of the 4th district.

List of representatives

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Representative Party Dates Notes
Tadahiro Matsushita LDP 1996–2000
Kazuaki Miyaji LDP 2000–2009 Failed reelection in the Kyūshū PR block[2]
Tadahiro Matsushita PNP 2009–2012 Died in September 2012
Vacant (September–October 2012)
Kazuaki Miyaji LDP 2012 Reelected in the Kyūshū PR block
Takeshi Noma PNP 2012–2013 Left PNP in 2013
Independent 2013–2017
Yasuhiro Ozato LDP 2017–2021 Reelected in the Kyūshū PR block
Takeshi Noma CDP 2021–
Numbered map of Kagoshima Prefecture single-member districts

Election results

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2021[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Constitutional Democratic Takeshi Noma 104,053 53.9 Increase9.5
Liberal Democratic Yasuhiro Ozato (won PR seat) 89,110 46.1 Decrease4.3
Turnout 61.39 Decrease1.04
Constitutional Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic
2017[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Yasuhiro Ozato 102,501 50.4
Kibō no Tō Takeshi Noma 90,240 44.4
Communist Yūta Yamaguchi 10,605 5.2
Turnout 62.43 Increase4.86
2014 Japanese general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Takeshi Noma 79,003 54.6
Liberal Democratic Kazuaki Miyaji (won PR seat) 56,741 39.2
Communist Yoko Yamaguchi 8,821 6.1
Turnout 254,599 57.57 Decrease3.18
Independent gain from People's New
2012[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's New Takeshi Noma 70,320 45.2
Liberal Democratic Kazuaki Miyaji (won PR seat) 64,169 41.3
Restoration Hiroshi Fukudome 15,681 10.1
Communist Yumiko Ōkurano 4,098 2.6
Happiness Realization Isao Matsuzawa 1,210 0.8
Turnout 258,665 60.75 Increase4.15
People's New gain from Liberal Democratic
October 28, 2012 by-election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kazuaki Miyaji 70,694 48.90
People's New Takeshi Noma 65,025 44.98
Communist Yumiko Ōkurano 5,973 4.13
Happiness Realization Isao Matsuzawa 2,886 2.00
Turnout 258,853 56.6 Decrease16.35
Liberal Democratic gain from People's New
2009[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's New Tadahiro Matsushita 107,285 56.5
Liberal Democratic Kazuaki Miyaji 78,876 41.6
Happiness Realization Yoshimi Terasako 3,630 1.9
Turnout 192,855 72.95
People's New gain from Liberal Democratic
2005[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kazuaki Miyaji 92,291 47.9
Independent Tadahiro Matsushita 68,808 35.7
Democratic Takeshi Noma 31,429 16.3
Turnout 195,182 72.13
Liberal Democratic hold
2003[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kazuaki Miyaji 113,743 66.9
Democratic Shōji Ōzono 45,308 26.6
Communist Satoshi Murayama 11,042 6.5
Turnout 174,412 64.14
Liberal Democratic hold
2000[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kazuaki Miyaji 127,315 72.1
Democratic Shōji Ōzono 33,590 19.0
Communist Satoshi Murayama 15,651 8.9
Liberal Democratic hold
1996[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tadahiro Matsushita 107,385 65.8
New Frontier Shin'ichirō Hirata 41,659 25.5
Communist Satoshi Murayama 14,151 8.7
Turnout 168,729 62.7
Liberal Democratic win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)
  2. ^ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>九州>自民. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  3. ^ 開票速報 小選挙区:鹿児島- 2021衆議 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  4. ^ 小選挙区 鹿児島3区 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  5. ^ 総選挙2012>開票結果 小選挙区 鹿児島. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  6. ^ Kagoshima electoral commission: 衆議院鹿児島県第3区選出議員補欠選挙:投開票速報
  7. ^ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>鹿児島県>鹿児島3区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  8. ^ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>鹿児島県>鹿児島3区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  9. ^ 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>鹿児島県>鹿児島3区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  10. ^ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>鹿児島県>鹿児島3区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  11. ^ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>鹿児島県>鹿児島3区. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 13 April 2011.