Mie 3rd district

Mie 3rd district (三重県第3区, Mie-ken dai-san-ku or simply 三重3区, Mie-san-ku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It covers Northern parts of Mie, namely parts of Yokkaichi, the cities of Kuwana and Inabe and the counties of Kuwana, Inabe and Mie. As of 2012, 339,451 eligible voters were registered in the district.^[1]

The only representative for the 3rd district since its creation has been Katsuya Okada (Democratic Party, no factional affiliation) who had represented the pre-reform Mie 1st district that had elected five representatives by single non-transferable vote and covered roughly the present single-member districts Mie 1, 2 and 3. Okada was president of the Democratic Party from 2004 to 2005, he is one of the candidates for the election for the party leadership on January 18, 2015.

List of Representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Notes
Katsuya Okada		NFP	1996–2000	joined Michihiko Kano's Kokumin no Koe ("Voice of the People") after the dissolution of the NFP (NFP→Kokumin no Koe→Minseitō (lit. "Civil Government Party" or "Democratic Party", Engrish: Good Governance Party)→DPJ)
Katsuya Okada		DPJ	2000–	Incumbent

Election results

2014^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DPJ	Katsuya Okada	120,950	64.0	-0.1
	LDP	Kōji Shimada	53,659	28.4	new
	JCP	Toshiyuki Kamai	14,293	7.6	-0.5

2012^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DPJ	Katsuya Okada	126,679	64.1
	LDP	Hiroshi Sakurai (won proportional seat)	54,903	27.8
	JCP	Toshiyuki Kamai	16,009	8.1

2009^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DPJ (PNP support)	Katsuya Okada	173,931	72.2
	LDP (Kōmeitō support)	Kōichi Hirata	62,993	26.1
	HRP	Noriko Nohara	3,968	1.6
Turnout			244,439	73.08

2005^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DPJ	Katsuya Okada	140,954	60.1
	LDP	Kōichi Hirata (elected by PR)	81,719	34.8
	JCP	Ritsuko Hoshino	11,895	5.1
Turnout			237,207	72.63

2003^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DPJ	Katsuya Okada	132,109	62.5
	LDP	Kōichi Hirata (elected by PR)	67,247	31.8
	JCP	Ritsuko Hoshino	13,562	5.6
Turnout			216,280	67.1

2000^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DPJ	Katsuya Okada	117,868	54.2
	LDP	Kōichi Hirata	82,222	37.8
	JCP	Ritsuko Hoshino	17,547	8.1

1996^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NFP	Katsuya Okada	108,690	57.9
	LDP	Kazuya Kaneko	58,507	31.1
	JCP	Taneko Nishio	20,657	11.0
Turnout			192,419	63.2

References

↑ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 平成24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
↑ 総選挙2014>開票結果　小選挙区　三重. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-01-09.
↑ 総選挙2012>開票結果　小選挙区　三重. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-03-27.
↑ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>三重県>三重3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
↑ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>三重県>三重3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
↑ 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>三重県>三重3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
↑ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>三重県>三重3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
↑ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>三重県>三重3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). K.K. VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-07-09.

Single-member districts and proportional representation "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives since 1996

Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Tadamori Ōshima, Aomori 3 Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Tatsuo Kawabata, Kinki PR

Hokkaido proportional representation block - 8 seats	Hokkaido 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (13)

Tohoku proportional representation block - 14 seats	Aomori 1 2 3 4 Iwate 1 2 3 4 Miyagi 1 2 3 4 5 6 Akita 1 2 3 Yamagata 1 2 3 (4) Fukushima 1 2 3 4 5

Kitakanto proportional representation block - 20 seats	Ibaraki 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tochigi 1 2 3 4 5 Gunma 1 2 3 4 5 Saitama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Minamikanto proportional representation block - 22 seats	Chiba 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Kanagawa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Yamanashi 1 2 (3)

Tokyo proportional representation block - 17 seats	Tokyo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Hokurikushinetsu proportional representation block - 11 seats	Niigata 1 2 3 4 5 6 Toyama 1 2 3 Ishikawa 1 2 3 Fukui 1 2 (3) Nagano 1 2 3 4 5

Tokai proportional representation block - 21 seats	Gifu 1 2 3 4 5 Shizuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (9) Aichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Mie 1 2 3 4 5

Kinki proportional representation block - 29 seats	Shiga 1 2 3 4 Kyoto 1 2 3 4 5 6 Osaka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Hyogo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nara 1 2 3 4 Wakyama 1 2 3

Chugoku proportional representation block - 11 seats	Tottori 1 2 Shimane 1 2 (3) Okayama 1 2 3 4 5 Hiroshima 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Yamaguchi 1 2 3 4

Shikoku proportional representation block - 6 seats	Tokushima 1 2 (3) Kagawa 1 2 3 Ehime 1 2 3 4 Kōchi 1 2 (3)

Kyushu proportional representation block - 21 seats	Fukuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Saga 1 2 (3) Nagasaki 1 2 3 4 Kumamoto 1 2 3 4 5 Oita 1 2 3 (4) Miyazaki 1 2 3 Kagoshma 1 2 3 4 5 Okinawa 1 2 3 4

(in parentheses): districts eliminated in the 2002 and 2013 reapportionments

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