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
Electorate240,102
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 on the island of Honshu, in Aomori Prefecture, and includes the cities of Hirosaki, Goshogawara, and Ajigasawa.

Contents

As of 2015, the district was home to 240,102 constituents. [1]

The district is represented by Jiro Kimura of the Liberal Democratic Party. [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-Incumbent

Election results

2021 [6]
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 [7]
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

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  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.
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