Yamagata 3rd District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Yamagata Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureYamagata
Proportional DistrictTohoku
Electorate284,580 [1]
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLiberal Democratic
RepresentativeAyuko Kato
MunicipalitiesSakata, Shinjō, Tsuruoka, Akumi District, Higashitagawa District, and Mogami District

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

List of representatives

Election Representative Party Notes
1996 Riichiro Chikaoka Liberal Democratic
2000
2003 Koichi Kato Independent
2005 Liberal Democratic
2009
2012 Juichi Abe Independent
2014 Ayuko Kato Liberal Democratic
2017
2021

Election Results

2021[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Ayuko Kato
(Incumbent)		 108,558 58.06
Independent Hitomi Abe 66,320 35.47 New
Communist Takeshi Umeki 12,100 6.47
Registered electors 287,642
Turnout 65.74 Decrease 1.01
Liberal Democratic hold
2017[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Ayuko Kato
(Incumbent)		 103,973 52.18
Kibō no Tō Juichi Abe 81,708 41.01 New
Communist Taichi Kato 11,241 5.64
Happiness Realization Ryota Shirotori 2,329 1.17
Registered electors 302,085
Turnout 66.75 Increase 4.79
Liberal Democratic hold
2014[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Ayuko Kato 79,872 42.86
Independent Juichi Abe
(Incumbent)		 78,384 42.06
Democratic Taisei Yoshida 15,981 8.58
Communist Tsuyoshi Hasegawa 10,794 5.79
Independent Makoto Sato 1,319 0.71 New
Registered electors 305,295
Turnout 61.96 Decrease 3.36
Liberal Democratic gain from Independent
2012[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Juichi Abe 71,768 35.98 New
Liberal Democratic Koichi Kato
(Incumbent)		 70,303 35.24
Restoration Takeharu Sato 25,299 12.68 New
Social Democratic Hideo Yoshiizumi
(Incumbent-Tohoku PR block)		 22,930 11.50
Communist Tsuyoshi Hasegawa 9,170 4.60
Registered electors 311,172
Turnout 65.32 Decrease 8.53
Independent gain from Liberal Democratic
2009[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Koichi Kato
(Incumbent)		 130,502 56.86
Social Democratic Hideo Yoshiizumi
(elected by Tohoku PR block)		 80,362 35.01
Communist Tsuyoshi Hasegawa 13,789 6.01
Happiness Realization Ryota Shirotori 4,880 2.13 New
Registered electors 318,892
Turnout 73.85 Increase 1.65
Liberal Democratic hold
2005[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Koichi Kato
(Incumbent)		 159,486 69.58
Social Democratic Hajime Sato 49,057 21.40
Communist Yoshio Misawa 20,657 9.01
Registered electors 327,511
Turnout 72.20 Increase 0.11
Liberal Democratic hold
2003[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Koichi Kato
(endorsed by Liberal Democratic)		 137,206 58.92 New
Democratic Jun Saito
(Incumbent-Yamagata 4th)		 84,946 34.20
Communist Masayuki Sato 10,735 4.61
Turnout 72.09
Independent gain from Liberal Democratic
  • Kato returned to the LDP after the election.
2000[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Riichiro Chikaoka
(Incumbent)		 88,069 57.22
Social Democratic Shosuke Saito 55,891 36.32
Communist Mieko Kudo 9,944 6.46
Turnout
Liberal Democratic hold
1996[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Riichiro Chikaoka 88,389 58.08 New
Independent Shosuke Saito 54,640 35.90 New
Communist Koji Endo 9,162 6.02 New
Turnout

References

  1. ↑ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): (in Japanese)
  2. ↑ "2021年衆議院総選挙　山形3区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  3. ↑ "2017衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHk (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  4. ↑ "2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  5. ↑ "開票結果 小選挙区 山形". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  6. ↑ "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 山形3区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  7. ↑ "第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 山形3区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  8. ↑ "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 山形3区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  9. ↑ "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 山形3区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  10. ↑ "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 山形3区" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
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