Osaka 3rd district

Osaka 3rd district
Osaka 3rd district
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of the Osaka city single seats
Prefecture	Osaka
Proportional District	Kinki
Electorate	357,873
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Ishin
Representative	Tōru Azuma
Municipalities	Nishinari-ku, Suminoe-ku, Sumiyosho-ku, and Taisho-ku of Osaka.

Osaka 3rd district (大阪府第3区, Osaka-fu dai-sanku or simply 大阪3区, Osaka-sanku ) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Osaka Prefecture.

PrefectureOsaka

Proportional DistrictKinki

Electorate357,873^[1]

Created1994

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Election	Representative
1996^[4]	Masahiro Tabata	New Frontier
2000^[5]		Komeito
2003^[6]
2005^[7]
2009^[8]	Masazumi Nakajima	Democratic
		Independent
		PNP
2012^[9]	Shigeki Sato	Komeito
2014^[10]
2017^[11]
2021^[12]
2024^[13]	Tōru Azuma	Ishin
2026	Tōru Azuma	Ishin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ishin	Tōru Azuma	75,462	40.4	0.9
	LDP	Akira Yanagimoto	45,715	24.4
	Centrist Reform	Yūko Utsunomiya	30,714	16.4	3.8
	Sanseitō	Takafumi Yamamuro	18,345	9.8
	JCP	Yui Watanabe	16,758	9.0	2.3
Registered electors			355,049
Turnout				53.89	2.03
	Ishin hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ishin	Tōru Azuma	74,546	41.31
	Komeito	Shigeki Sato	52,107	28.87	15.8
	CDP	Hitoshi Hagihara	22,878	12.68	10.8
	JCP	Yui Watanabe	22,218	12.31	9.1
	Independent	Eitaro Chujo	8,726	4.84
Majority			22,439	12.44
Registered electors			358,774
Turnout				51.86	2.01
	Ishin gain from Komeito

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Komeito	Shigeki Sato	79,507	44.65
	CDP	Hitoshi Hagihara	41,737	23.44	New
	JCP	Yui Watanabe	38,170	21.44
	Independent	Eitaro Chujo	18,637	10.47
Majority			37,770	21.21
Registered electors			367,518
Turnout				53.87	7.99
	Komeito hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Komeito	Shigeki Sato	83,907	54.10
	JCP	Yui Watanabe	54,958	35.43
	Independent	Eitaro Chujo	16,231	10.47	New
Majority			28,949	18.67
Registered electors			376,572
Turnout				45.88	0.81
	Komeito hold

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Osaka 3rd district
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of the Osaka city single seats
Prefecture	Osaka
Proportional District	Kinki
Electorate	357,873^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	Ishin
Representative	Tōru Azuma
Municipalities	Nishinari-ku, Suminoe-ku, Sumiyosho-ku, and Taisho-ku of Osaka.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Komeito	Shigeki Sato	84,943	57.21
	JCP	Yui Watanabe	63,529	42.79
Majority			21,414	14.42
Registered electors			375,218
Turnout				46.69	9.90
	Komeito hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Komeito	Shigeki Sato	101,910	53.19
	JCP	Yui Watanabe	49,015	25.58
	Democratic	Kazutake Fujiwara	40,687	21.23
Majority			52,895	27.61
Registered electors			379,798
Turnout				56.59
	Komeito gain from People's New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Masazumi Nakajima	109,518	44.67
	Komeito	Masahiro Tabata	97,121	39.62
	JCP	Atsuko Chiba	32,432	13.23
	Happiness Realization	Yoshihiro Mori	6,078	2.48	New
Majority			12,397	5.05
Registered electors
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Komeito

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Komeito	Masahiro Tabata	119,226	49.38
	Democratic	Megumu Tsuji	85,177	35.28
	JCP	Yoshitaka Adachi	37,040	15.34
Majority			34,049	14.10
Registered electors
Turnout
	Komeito hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Komeito	Masahiro Tabata	97,552	46.33
	Democratic	Megumu Tsuji (Won PR seat)	79,539	37.78	New
	JCP	Yoshitaka Adachi	33,451	15.89
Majority			18,013	8.55
Registered electors
Turnout
	Komeito hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Komeito	Masahiro Tabata	90,605	46.10	*New*
	JCP	Mieko Kobayashi	74,055	37.68
	Liberal League	Keiko Hasegawa	31,898	16.23
Majority			16,550	8.42
Registered electors
Turnout
	Komeito hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Frontier	Masahiro Tabata	76,938	35.68	*New*
	LDP	Takuji Yanagimoto (Won PR seat)	71,012	32.93	New
	JCP	Morimasa Miyazaki	44,591	20.68	New
	Liberal League	Taiji Nakamura	23,088	10.71	New
Majority			5,926	2.75
Registered electors
Turnout
	New Frontier win (new seat)