Iwate 3rd district

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Parliamentary constituencies in Iwate Prefecture

Iwate 3rd district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Iwate.

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Ichirō Ozawa of the Liberal Party took the seat in the constituency after his original seat in the Iwate 4th district was abolished in the 2017 general election. Previously, the seat was held by Toru Kikawada of the Democratic Party (DPJ) since 2000.

Area

Located in Southwestern Iwate, the district includes the entire abolished 4th district. Only Ichinoseki City and Hiraizumi Town were retained in the 3rd after the 2017 redistricting, other municipalities were transferred to the Iwate 2nd district.

Cities

Towns

List of representatives

ElectionRepresentativePartyNotes
1996 Yōhei Sasaki NFP
2000 Toru Kikawada LP
2003 DPJ
2005
2009
2012
2014
2017 Ichirō Ozawa Independent
2021 Takashi Fujiwara LDP
2024 Ichirō Ozawa CDP

Election results

2024 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CDP Ichirō Ozawa 115.64 57.77 Increase2.svg9.82
LDP Takashi Fujiwara84,34742.23Decrease2.svg9.82
Registered electors 364,074
Turnout 199,71156.80Decrease2.svg4.91
CDP gain from LDP

References

  1. 小選挙区 岩手1区 (in Japanese). NHK . Retrieved 17 January 2025.