Miyazaki 3rd district

Miyazaki 3rd district
Miyazaki 3rd district
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of Miyazaki Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Miyazaki
Proportional District	Kyushu
Electorate	268,489
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Liberal Democratic
Representative	Yoshihisa Furukawa
Municipalities	Ebino, Kobayashi, Kushima, Miyakonojo, Nichinan, Kitamorokata District and Nishimorokata District

PrefectureMiyazaki

Proportional DistrictKyushu

Electorate268,489^[1]

Created1994

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

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Election	Representative
1996 ^[5]	Kazumi Mochinaga [ja]	Liberal Democratic
2000^[6]	Kazumi Mochinaga [ja]	Liberal Democratic
2003^[7]	Yoshihisa Furukawa	Independent
2005^[8]		Independent
2009^[9]		Liberal Democratic
2012^[10]
2014^[11]
2017^[12]
2021^[13]
2024
2026

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Yoshihisa Furukawa (incumbent)	94,868	77.1	2.1
	Sanseitō	Daisuke Takase	28,148	22.8
Registered electors			262,173
Turnout				49.51	2.51
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Yoshihisa Furukawa (incumbent)	94,009	79.18
	JCP	Shinmura Hatsuyo	24,733	20.83
Majority			69,276	58.35
Registered electors			266,041
Turnout			118,742	47.00	4.53
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Yoshihisa Furukawa (incumbent)	111,845	80.73
	Communist (endorsed by SDP)	Takashi Matsumoto	20,342	14.68
	Anti-NHK	Yuhei Jūkuroki	6,347	4.58	New
Majority			91,503	66.05
Registered electors			274,053
Turnout				51.53	0.96
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Yoshihisa Furukawa (incumbent)	98,008	69.39
	Kibō no Tō	Tomofumi Hanawa	28,286	20.03	New
	Communist	Mitoshi Ifuku	14,942	10.58
Majority			69,722	49.36
Registered electors			285,176
Turnout				50.57	1.01
	LDP hold

Miyazaki 3rd district

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1994–2013

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Miyazaki 3rd district
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Miyazaki Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Miyazaki
Proportional District	Kyushu
Electorate	268,489^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Liberal Democratic
Representative	Yoshihisa Furukawa
Municipalities	Ebino, Kobayashi, Kushima, Miyakonojo, Nichinan, Kitamorokata District and Nishimorokata District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Yoshihisa Furukawa (incumbent)	108,051	78.50
	Communist	Kazuhito Raijū	29,599	21.50
Majority			78,452	57.00
Registered electors			286,688
Turnout				49.56
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic (endorsed by Komeito)	Yoshihisa Furukawa (incumbent)	119,174	81.79
	Communist	Kazuhito Raijū	26,533	18.21	N/A
Majority			92,641	63.58
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yoshihisa Furukawa (incumbent)	131,908	67.40
	Social Democratic	Hidetoshi Matsumura	58,343	29.81	New
	Happiness Realization	Shinji Matsubara	5,460	2.79	New
Majority			73,565	37.59
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Yoshihisa Furukawa (incumbent)	102,816	49.58
	Liberal Democratic	Tetsuji Mochinaga [ja]	82,204	39.64	N/A
	Democratic	Itsuki Toyama	22,352	10.78	New
Majority			20,612	9.94
Turnout
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Yoshihisa Furukawa	118,607	63.17
	Independent	Tetsuji Mochinaga [ja]	58,353	31.08	New
	Communist	Mitoshi Ifuku	10,801	5.75
Majority			60,254	32.09
Turnout
	Independent gain from LDP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Kazumi Mochinaga [ja] (incumbent)	103,729	52.25
	Independent	Yoshihisa Furukawa	79,081	39.83	New
	Communist	Takeo Nukumizu	13,006	6.55
	Liberal League	Akira Kae	2,717	1.37	New
Majority			24,648	12.42
Turnout
	LDP hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Kazumi Mochinaga [ja]	89,671	53.11	New
	New Frontier	Yoshihisa Furukawa	62,211	36.85	New
	Communist	Ken Nakano	16,962	10.05	New
Majority			27,460	16.26
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