Kagoshima 3rd district

Kagoshima 3rd district (鹿児島[県第]3区 Kagoshima[-ken dai-]san-ku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Western Kagoshima and consists of the cities of Satsumasendai, Makurazaki, Ichikikushikino, Hioki, Minamisatsuma, Minamikyūshū (without the former town of Ei), the former towns of Kōriyama and Matsumoto in the current city of Kagoshima and the town of Satsuma in Satsuma county. As of 2009, 265,049 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area was split between the multi-member districts Kagoshima 1 that elected four Representatives by single non-transferable vote and Kagoshima 2 with three representatives.

After its creation, the new 3rd district was initially a solid "conservative kingdom", a safe seat for the Liberal Democratic Party. Its first representative Tadahiro Matsushita (Obuchi faction, pre-reform: 2nd district) was followed by Kazuaki Miyaji (Mitsuzuka faction, pre-reform: 1st district) in 2000. Matsushita became a representative for the Kyūshū proportional representation block. In the "postal Diet" of 2005, he was a postal privatization rebel and tried to retake Kagoshima 3rd district as an independent in the ensuing snap election but lost to Miyaji. After initially declaring his retirement from politics, Matsushita returned in 2009 as a candidate for the People's New Party with Democratic support and won the district against Miyaji.

List of Representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Tadahiro Matsushita LDP 1996–2000
Kazuaki Miyaji LDP 2000–2009 Failed reelection in the Kyūshū PR block[2]
Tadahiro Matsushita PNP 2009–present Incumbent

Election results

2009[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PNP (DPJ support) Tadahiro Matsushita 107,285 56.5
LDP (Kōmeitō support) Kazuaki Miyaji 78,876 41.6
HRP Yoshimi Terasako 3,630 1.9
Turnout 192,855 72.95
2005[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Kazuaki Miyaji 92,291 47.9
Independent Tadahiro Matsushita 68,808 35.7
DPJ Takeshi Noma 31,429 16.3
Turnout 195,182 72.13
2003[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Kazuaki Miyaji 113,743 66.9
DPJ Shōji Ōzono 45,308 26.6
JCP Satoshi Murayama 11,042 6.5
Turnout 174,412 64.14
2000[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Kazuaki Miyaji 127,315 72.1
DPJ Shōji Ōzono 33,590 19.0
JCP Satoshi Murayama 15,651 8.9
1996[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Tadahiro Matsushita 107,385 65.8
NFP Shin'ichirō Hirata 41,659 25.5
JCP Satoshi Murayama 14,151 8.7
Turnout 168,729 62.7

References

  1. ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 平成21年9月2日現在における選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数の概要 (Japanese)
  2. ^ "衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>九州>自民" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. VoiceJapan. http://go2senkyo.com/election/2009/99/008477/00008477_24019_000001.html. Retrieved 2011-04-13. 
  3. ^ "衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>鹿児島県>鹿児島3区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. VoiceJapan. http://go2senkyo.com/election/2009/99/008477/00008477_24002.html. Retrieved 2011-04-13. 
  4. ^ "衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>鹿児島県>鹿児島3区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. VoiceJapan. http://go2senkyo.com/election/2005/99/000001/00000001_710.html. Retrieved 2011-04-13. 
  5. ^ "衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>鹿児島県>鹿児島3区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. VoiceJapan. http://go2senkyo.com/election/2003/99/001583/00001583_6070.html. Retrieved 2011-04-13. 
  6. ^ "衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>鹿児島県>鹿児島3区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. VoiceJapan. http://go2senkyo.com/election/2000/99/001580/00001580_5768.html. Retrieved 2011-04-13. 
  7. ^ "衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>鹿児島県>鹿児島3区" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. VoiceJapan. http://go2senkyo.com/election/1996/99/001557/00001557_5319.html. Retrieved 2011-04-13.