Tochigi 3rd district

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Tochigi 3rd district (栃木[県第]3区 Tochigi[-ken dai-]san-ku) is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. Located in north-eastern Tochigi, it covers the cities of Ōtawara, Yaita, Nasushiobara, Nasukarasuyama and the towns of Nasu and Nakagawa in Nasu County. As of September 2011, 247,284 eligible voters were registered in Tochigi 3rd district, giving it well above average (347,878 voters per district) vote weight.[1]

Since the introduction of first-past-the-post single-member districts, the only representative from Tochigi 3rd district has been former Liberal Democrat Yoshimi Watanabe who founded Your Party (Minna no Tō, lit. "Everyone's Party") in 2009. In that year, the established parties did not even contest the seat. The only challenger the Democratic Party ever nominated has been Takashi Kobayashi in 2005. In the first three elections, only the left-wing parties contested the seat.

Before the electoral reform, the area had been part of the five-member 1st district. Representatives from the 1st district had included Watanabe's father Michio who died in 1995.

List of Representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Yoshimi Watanabe LDP 1996–2009
YP 2009– Incumbent

Election results

2012[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YP Yoshimi Watanabe 84,023 60.3
LDP (NK) Kazuo Yana (elected by PR) 48,912 35.1
JCP Yukiko Akiyama 6,509 4.7
2009[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
YP Yoshimi Watanabe 142,482 95.3
HRP Katsumi Saitō 7,024 4.7
Turnout 160,021 64.73
2005[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Yoshimi Watanabe 98,889 64.0
DPJ Takashi Kobayashi 41,776 27.0
SDP Mutsuko Yamaguchi 6,346 4.1
JCP Shōzō Maki 5,905 3.8
Independent Susumu Saitō 1,618 1.0
Turnout 158,777 64.81
2003[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Yoshimi Watanabe 100,539 74.9
JCP Shōzō Maki 24,515 18.3
SDP Masaki Matsunaga 9,186 6.8
Turnout 140,709 58.02
2000[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Yoshimi Watanabe 112,358 83.4
JCP Shōzō Maki 22,392 16.6
1996[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Yoshimi Watanabe 90,082 83.4
JCP Shōzō Maki 17,990 16.6
Turnout 117,560 51.57

References

  1. ↑ Ministry of general affairs: 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 (Japanese)
  2. ↑ "総選挙2012>開票結果　小選挙区　栃木". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-02-08. 
  3. ↑ "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 栃木3区". ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats Corp. Retrieved 2012-11-20. 
  4. ↑ "第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 栃木3区". ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats Corp. Retrieved 2012-11-20. 
  5. ↑ "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 栃木3区". ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats Corp. Retrieved 2012-11-20. 
  6. ↑ "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 栃木3区". ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats Corp. Retrieved 2012-11-20. 
  7. ↑ "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 栃木3区". ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats Corp. Retrieved 2012-11-20. 

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