Aomori 3rd district

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Aomori 3rd District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
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Numbered map of Aomori Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture Aomori
Proportional District Tōhoku
Electorate325,679 (2026) [1]
Current constituency
SeatsOne
Party LDP
Representative Jiro Kimura
Created from Aomori's 1st "medium-sized" district

Aomori 3rd district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan. It is located in western Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island of Honshu.

Contents

As of 2015, the district was home to 240,102 constituents. [2]


Areas covered

Current district

As of 5 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows: [3]

As a result of the abolition of Aomori's 4th district in 2017, this district moved to where the 4th district used to be and gained the town of Goshogawara and the district of Kitatsugaru from Aomori's 1st district, while Aomori's 2nd district absorbed the areas formerly belonging to the 3rd district.

Areas covered 2013–2017

From redistricting in 2013 until the redistricting in 2017, the areas covered by this district were as follows: [4]

The only change was that the town of Gonohe in Sannohe district was moved to the 2nd district.

Areas covered before 2013

From its formation in 1994 until its first redistricting in 2013, the areas covered by this district were as follows: [5]

Elected representatives

RepresentativePartyYears servedNotes
Tadamori Ōshima LDP 1996 - 2017Moved to the 2nd district
Jiro Kimura LDP 2017 - 2024
Hanako Okada CDP 2024 - 2026Failed to win a seat in the PR Block
Jiro Kimura LDP 2026 -

Election results

2026 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDP Jiro Kimura 83,547 52.3 Increase2.svg10
Centrist Reform Hanako Okada 67,60442.3Decrease2.svg7.3
Reiwa Wakako Sawara8,5705.4
Registered electors 325,679
Turnout 159,72150.18Decrease2.svg3.48
LDP gain from Centrist Reform
2024 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CDP Hanako Okada 86,593 49.6 Increase2.svg14.6
LDP Jiro Kimura 73,84842.3Decrease2.svg22.7
Ishin Jun'ya Nagasaka7,7474.4
IndependentToshikazu Sonota6,5313.7
Registered electors 332,270
Turnout 53.66Increase2.svg0.37
CDP gain from LDP
2021 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDP Jiro Kimura 118,230 65.0 Increase2.svg0.8
CDP Takashi Yamauchi63,79635.0Increase2.svg9.5
Turnout 53.29Decrease2.svg2.73
LDP hold
2017 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LDP Jiro Kimura 128,740 64.2 Increase2.svg13.0
Kibō no Tō Takashi Yamauchi51,09625.5
JCP Hiroaki Takayanagi16,5108.2Increase2.svg1.9
Happiness Realization Yūki Mikuni4,1152.1
Turnout 56.02Increase2.svg7.15
LDP hold

References

  1. ↑ "青森3区". go2senkyo. initial.inc. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "総務省｜平成27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". 総務省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  3. ↑ "衆議院議員選挙区画定審議会設置法及び公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律の一部を改正する法律". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  4. ↑ "衆議院小選挙区選出議員の選挙区間における人口較差を緊急に是正するための公職選挙法及び衆議院議員選挙区画定審議会設置法の一部を改正する法律の一部を改正する法律". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  5. ↑ "法律第百四号（平六・一一・二五）". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  6. ↑ 小選挙区 青森3区 (in Japanese). NHK . Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  7. ↑ 小選挙区 青森3区 (in Japanese). NHK . Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  8. ↑ 小選挙区 青森3区 (in Japanese). NHK . Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  9. ↑ 小選挙区 青森3区 (in Japanese). NHK . Retrieved 25 June 2023.


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