Okinawa 3rd district

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Okinawa 3rd District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
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Numbered map of Okinawa Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture Okinawa
Proportional District Kyushu
Electorate316,908 (2021)
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
Party LDP
Representative Aiko Shimajiri
Created from Okinawa's at-large "medium-sized" district
Municipalities Nago, Okinawa City, Uruma, Kunigami District and parts of Shimajiri District (Iheya and Izena)

Okinawa 3rd district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Okinawa Prefecture and encompasses the cities of Nago, Okinawa, Uruma, Kunigami District and parts of Shimajiri District (Iheya and Izena). As of 2016, 312,171 eligible voters were registered in the district. [1]

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In 2018 the district was represented by Denny Tamaki of the Liberal Party who automatically forfeited his seat after becoming a gubernatorial candidate in September. The by-election was not held in the immediate by-election slot in October 2018, but only in April 2019 because a Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the malapportionment in the last general election to the House of Representatives was still pending. [2] [3] The by-election date was later announced to be 21 April 2019. In the 2019 election, Tomohiro Yara, freelance journalist and strong opponent of the relocation of the Futenma US Marine base, defeated Aiko Shimajiri, former member of the Diet Upper House and minister. [4] However, the 2021 general elections reversed the results. [5] Reportedly, this was due to increased support for the LDP among younger voters because of the party's harder line on China and proactive security policy. [6]

List of representatives

RepresentativePartyDatesNotes
Kōsuke Uehara SDP 1996 – 2000
Mitsuko Tōmon SDP 2000 – 2003
Chiken Kakazu LDP 2003 – 2009
Denny Tamaki DPJ 2009 – 2012
PLF 2012
TPJ 2012
Natsumi Higa LDP 2012 – 2014
Denny Tamaki LP 2014 – 2017
Ind.2017 – 2018Resigned to run in the 2018 Okinawa gubernatorial election
Vacant (September 2018 – April 2019)
Tomohiro Yara Ind.2019 – 2021
Aiko Shimajiri LDP 2021 –

Election results

2021 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Aiko Shimajiri 87,71052.14Increase2.svg8.63
CDP Tomohiro Yara 80,49647.86Decrease2.svg8.63
Turnout 54.00Increase2.svg10.01
Liberal Democratic gain from Independent
2019 by-election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Tomohiro Yara 77,15656.49Decrease2.svg1.37
Liberal Democratic Aiko Shimajiri 59,42843.51Increase2.svg3.21
Turnout 43.99Decrease2.svg10.06
Independent hold
2017 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Denny Tamaki 95,51757.86Decrease2.svg2.12
Liberal Democratic Natsumi Higa (endorsed by Kōmeitō)66,52740.30Increase2.svg0.27
Happiness Realization Tatsurō Kinjō3,0311.84N/A
Majority28,99017.56
Turnout 54.05Increase2.svg3.40
Independent hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.20
2014 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
People's Life Denny Tamaki (endorsed by JCP, SDP, PLP, OSMP, the Greens and Shinfūkai)89,11059.97Increase2.svg23.91
Liberal Democratic Natsumi Higa (elected by PR, endorsed by Kōmeitō)59,49140.03Decrease2.svg3.54
Majority29,61919.94
Turnout 50.65
People's Life gain from Liberal Democratic Swing Increase2.svg13.73
2012 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Natsumi Higa (endorsed by NKP)68,52343.57Increase2.svg19.82
Tomorrow Denny Tamaki (elected by PR, endorsed by NPD)56,71136.06Decrease2.svg12.66
Restoration Toshio Ōshiro (endorsed by YP)12,5037.95N/A
Communist Noboru Miyazato10,2696.53N/A
Democratic Hironobu Sakihama7,4044.71N/A
Happiness Realization Tatsurō Kinjō1,8741.19Increase2.svg0.31
Majority11,8127.51
Turnout
Liberal Democratic gain from Tomorrow Swing Increase2.svg16.24
2009 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Denny Tamaki (endorsed by PNP and OSMP)89,26648.72Increase2.svg24.76
Liberal Democratic Chiken Kakazu (endorsed by NKP)43,51323.75Decrease2.svg18.76
Social Democratic Shūsei Arakawa (endorsed by OSMP)24,91113.60Decrease2.svg16.38
Independent Tōru Odo23,92013.06N/A
Happiness Realization Tatsurō Kinjō1,6130.88N/A
Majority45,75324.97
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic Swing Increase2.svg21.76
2005 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Chiken Kakazu (endorsed by NKP)72,40742.51
Social Democratic Mitsuko Tōmon (endorsed by OSMP)51,07429.98
Democratic Denny Tamaki40,81923.96
Communist Ken Inohara6,0433.55
Liberal Democratic hold Swing
2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democratic Chiken Kakazu (endorsed by NKP)62,97538.5
Social Democratic Mitsuko Tōmon (elected by PR, endorsed by DPJ and OSMP)58,93136.0
Independent Kōnosuke Kokuba (endorsed by NCP)35,14921.5
Communist Ken Inohara6,5814.0
Liberal Democratic gain from Social Democratic Swing
2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Democratic Mitsuko Tōmon (endorsed by LL and OSMP)68,37833.8
Independents' ClubKenjirō Nishida52,08925.8
Liberal Democratic Chiken Kakazu (elected by PR, endorsed by NKP and NCP)48,62224.1
Democratic Kōsuke Uehara 32,91716.3
1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Democratic Kōsuke Uehara80,53447.0
Liberal Democratic Chiken Kakazu45,59126.6
Liberal League Yoshimasa Takaesu24,69914.4
Communist Maneyoshi Furugen20,53212.0

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  1. ↑ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): (in Japanese)
  2. ↑ Jiji Press, September 13, 2018: 玉城衆院議員が失職＝沖縄知事選立候補で
  3. ↑ Mainichi Shimbun, September 14, 2018: 衆院選 沖縄３区補選は行わず　「１票の格差」訴訟により
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