Miyagi 3rd district

Miyagi 3rd district
Miyagi 3rd district
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of the Miyagi Prefecture single seats
Prefecture	Miyagi
Proportional District	Tohoku
Electorate	276,350
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Akihiro Nishimura
Municipalities	Iwanuma, Kakuda, Natori, Shiroishi, Igu District, Katta District, Shibata District, and Watari District.

PrefectureMiyagi

Proportional DistrictTohoku

Electorate276,350^[1]

Created1994

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

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Election	Representative
1996^[7]	Hiroshi Mitsuzuka	LDP
2000^[8]	Hiroshi Mitsuzuka	LDP
2003^[9]	Akihiro Nishimura	LDP
2005^[10]	Akihiro Nishimura	LDP
2009^[11]	Kiyohito Hashimoto	Democratic
2012^[12]	Akihiro Nishimura	LDP
2014^[13]
2017^[14]
2021^[15]
2024^[16]	Tsuyoshi Yanagisawa	CDP
2024^[16]	Tsuyoshi Yanagisawa	CRA
2026^[17]	Akihiro Nishimura	LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Akihiro Nishimura	83,705	54.72
	Centrist Reform	Tsuyoshi Yanagisawa	47,303	30.92
	Sanseitō	Moeko Hayashi	17,440	11.40	New
	Independent	Takashi Yūki	3,412	2.23	New
	Independent	Koji Asada	1,121	0.73	N/A
Majority			36,402	23.80
Registered electors			275,158
Turnout				56.85	1.81
	LDP gain from Centrist Reform

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Tsuyoshi Yanagisawa	82,566	55.24
	LDP	Akihiro Nishimura	66,906	44.76
Majority			15,660	10.48
Registered electors			277,931
Turnout				55.04	2.67
	CDP gain from LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Akihiro Nishimura	96,210	59.27
	CDP	Sonoko Ohno	60,237	37.11	New
	Independent	Koji Asada	5,890	3.63	New
Majority			35,973	22.16
Registered electors			286,936
Turnout				57.71	3.65
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Akihiro Nishimura	92,893	60.31
	Kibō no Tō	Yoshihiro Ichijo	40,670	26.40	New
	JCP	Go Yoshida	20,469	13.29
Majority			52,223	33.91
Registered electors			292,288
Turnout				54.06	3.49
	LDP hold

Miyagi 3rd district

Since 2022

2017 - 2022

1994 - 2017

List of representatives

Election results

2026

2024

2021

2017

2014

2012

2009

2005

2003

2000

1996

References

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Miyagi 3rd district
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of the Miyagi Prefecture single seats
Prefecture	Miyagi
Proportional District	Tohoku
Electorate	276,350^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Akihiro Nishimura
Municipalities	Iwanuma, Kakuda, Natori, Shiroishi, Igu District, Katta District, Shibata District, and Watari District.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Akihiro Nishimura	76,246	54.49
	Democratic	Kiyohito Hashimoto	48,957	34.99
	JCP	Go Yoshida	14,712	10.51
Majority			27,289	19.50
Registered electors			283,873
Turnout				50.57	5.32
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Akihiro Nishimura	88,801	58.24
	Democratic	Kiyohito Hashimoto	47,298	31.02
	JCP	Go Yoshida	16,370	10.74	N/A
Majority			41,503	27.22
Registered electors			283,645
Turnout				55.89	13.68
	LDP gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kiyohito Hashimoto	108,718	55.04
	LDP	Akihiro Nishimura	85,897	43.49
	Happiness Realization	Mutsuaki Kobayashi	2,895	1.47	New
Majority			22,821	11.55
Registered electors			289,304
Turnout				69.57	3.06
	Democratic gain from LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Akihiro Nishimura	98,269	52.26
	Democratic	Kiyohito Hashimoto	78,503	41.75
	JCP	Koji Takahashi	11,256	5.99
Majority			19,766	10.51
Registered electors			287,647
Turnout				66.51	8.58
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Akihiro Nishimura	74,045	46.35
	Democratic	Kiyohito Hashimoto (Won PR seat)	73,803	46.20
	JCP	Koji Takahashi	11,915	7.46
Majority			242	0.15
Registered electors			285,294
Turnout				57.93
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hiroshi Mitsuzuka	84,278	51.99
	Democratic	Katsuhiro Koyama	40,896	25.23	New
	Liberal	Makoto Hori	22,501	13.88	New
	JCP	Mikio Katō	14,429	8.90
Majority			43,382	26.76
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hiroshi Mitsuzuka	81,784	53.14	*New*
	New Frontier	Kenichi Mukade	53,150	34.53	New
	JCP	Hiromi Otomo	18,972	12.33	New
Majority			28,634	18.61
Registered electors
Turnout
	LDP win (new seat)

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Hokkaidō	Block 8 seats Hokkaidō 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Tōhoku	Block 12 seats Aomori 1 2 3 Iwate 1 2 3 Miyagi 1 2 3 4 5 Akita 1 2 3 Yamagata 1 2 3 Fukushima 1 2 3 4
Kita- (North) Kantō	Block 19 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 16
Minami- (South) Kantō	Block 23 seats Chiba 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Kanagawa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Yamanashi 1 2
Tokyo	Block 19 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 26 27 28 29 30
Hokuriku-Shin'etsu	Block 10 seats Niigata 1 2 3 4 5 Toyama 1 2 3 Ishikawa 1 2 3 Fukui 1 2 Nagano 1 2 3 4 5
Tōkai	Block 21 seats Gifu 1 2 3 4 5 Shizuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Aichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mie 1 2 3 4
Kinki	Block 28 seats Shiga 1 2 3 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 Hyōgo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nara 1 2 3 Wakayama 1 2
Chūgoku	Block 10 seats Tottori 1 2 Shimane 1 2 Okayama 1 2 3 4 Hiroshima 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yamaguchi 1 2 3
Shikoku	Block 6 seats Tokushima 1 2 Kagawa 1 2 3 Ehime 1 2 3 Kōchi 1 2
Kyūshū	Block 20 seats Fukuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Saga 1 2 Nagasaki 1 2 3 Kumamoto 1 2 3 4 Ōita 1 2 3 Miyazaki 1 2 3 Kagoshima 1 2 3 4 Okinawa 1 2 3 4
Former districts	Abolished in 2002 Hokkaido 13 Yamagata 4 Shizuoka 9 Shimane 3 Oita 4 Abolished in 2013 Fukui 3 Yamanashi 3 Tokushima 3 Kochi 3 Saga 3 Abolished in 2017 Aomori 4 Iwate 4 Mie 5 Nara 4 Kumamoto 5 Kagoshima 5 Abolished in 2022 Miyagi 6 Fukushima 5 Niigata 6 Shiga 4 Wakayama 3 Okayama 5 Hiroshima 7 Yamaguchi 4 Ehime 4 Nagasaki 4