Hiroshima 3rd district

Hiroshima 3rd district
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of the Hiroshima Prefecture single seats
PrefectureHiroshima
Proportional DistrictChūgoku
Electorate417,690[1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeRintaro Ishibashi
MunicipalitiesAki-ku, Asakita-ku and Asaminami-ku of Hiroshima, Akitakata, Yamagata District.

Hiroshima 3rd district (広島県第3区, Hiroshima-ken dai-sanku or simply 広島3区, Hiroshima-sanku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Areas covered

Since 2022

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2013 - 2022

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1994 - 2013

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List of representatives

Election Representative Party Notes
1996[7] Katsuyuki Kawai LDP
2000[8] Yoshitake Masuhara Independent
2003[9] LDP
2005[10] Katsuyuki Kawai LDP
2009[11] Hiroaki Hashimoto Democratic
2012[12] Katsuyuki Kawai LDP
2014[13]
2017[14]
Independent
2021[15] Tetsuo Saito Komeito
2024[16]
CRA
2026[17] Rintaro Ishibashi LDP

Election results

2024

2024[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Komeito Tetsuo Saito 86,654 47.23
CDP Katsuya Azuma
(Won PR seat) 		71,952 39.21
JCP Atsumi Takami 14,128 7.70 N/A
Independent Noritaka Tamada 10,751 5.86
Majority 14,702 8.02
Registered electors 417,051
Turnout 46.34 Decrease 4.67
Komeito hold

2021

2021[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Komeito Tetsuo Saito 97,844 55.07 New
CDP Mayumi Ryan 53,143 29.91 New
Ishin Hirochika Segi 18,088 10.18
Independent Hiroshi Ōyama 3,559 2.00 New
Anti-NHK Shuhei Yajima 2,789 1.57 New
Independent Noritaka Tamada 2,251 1.27
Majority 44,701 25.16
Registered electors 360,198
Turnout 51.07 Increase 1.14
Komeito gain from Independent

2017

2017[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Katsuyuki Kawai 82,998 47.37
Independent Ayaka Shiomura 61,976 35.37 New
Ishin Jin Imaeda 23,779 13.57 New
Happiness Realization Masateru Nomura 2,720 1.55 N/A
Independent Noritaka Tamada 1,978 1.13 New
Independent Akihiko Nishimoto 1,753 1.00 New
Majority 21,022 12.00
Registered electors 362,243
Turnout 49.93 Increase 0.48
LDP hold

2014

2014[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Katsuyuki Kawai 85,311 50.67
Democratic Hiroaki Hashimoto 66,549 39.52
JCP Teiko Shimizu 16,514 9.81
Majority 18,762 11.15
Registered electors 353,319
Turnout 49.45 Decrease 6.29
LDP hold

2012

2012[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Katsuyuki Kawai 87,993 46.18
Democratic Hiroaki Hashimoto 51,666 27.12
Restoration Hiromu Nakamaru
(Won PR seat) 		36,993 19.42 New
JCP Toshiko Fujii 13,875 7.28
Majority 36,327 19.06
Registered electors 352,969
Turnout 55.74 Decrease 12.85
LDP gain from Democratic

2009

2009[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Hiroaki Hashimoto 133,994 56.81
LDP Yoshitake Masuhara 96,065 40.73
Happiness Realization Junko Hidaka 5,825 2.47 New
Majority 37,929 16.08
Registered electors 350,705
Turnout 68.59
Democratic gain from LDP

2005

2005[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Katsuyuki Kawai 94,017 42.09
Democratic Hiroaki Hashimoto 59,576 26.67 New
Independent Ryozo Ishibashi 31,792 14.23 New
Social Democratic Tetsuo Kaneko 26,269 11.76
JCP Osamu Onishi 9,892 4.43
Independent Junko Futami 1,824 0.82 New
Majority 34,441 15.42
Registered electors
Turnout
LDP hold

2003

2003[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Yoshitake Masuhara 106,972 60.21
Social Democratic Tetsuo Kaneko 53,382 30.05
JCP Osamu Onishi 17,318 9.75
Majority 53,590 30.16
Registered electors
Turnout
LDP hold

2000

2000[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Yoshitake Masuhara 82,012 41.17 New
LDP Katsuyuki Kawai 65,805 33.04
Social Democratic Tetsuo Kaneko
(Won PR seat) 		36,478 18.31
JCP Kazuko Ōue 14,896 7.48
Majority 16,207 8.13
Registered electors
Turnout
Independent gain from LDP

1996

1996[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Katsuyuki Kawai 65,928 38.30 New
New Frontier Yoshitake Masuhara 57,516 33.41 New
New Socialist Keiso Tsujikoma 18,714 10.87 New
Social Democratic Haruko Katayama 16,476 9.57 New
JCP Tominori Tanaka 13,506 7.85 New
Majority 8,412 4.89
Registered electors
Turnout
LDP win (new seat)

References

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