Nagasaki 3rd district

Nagasaki 3rd district (長崎[県第]3区, Nagasaki[-ken dai-]sanku) is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in the prefecture of Nagasaki. It covers parts of Nagasaki on the main island of Kyūshū – the city of Ōmura and the towns of Kawatana, Hasami and Higashisonogi, Nagasaki in former Higashi-Sonogi ("East Sonogi") -gun (county or district) – and several of the prefecture's island municipalities: the cities of Iki, Tsushima and Gotō and the town of Shin-Kamigotō in Minami-Matsuura/"South Matsuura" district. As of September 2011, 211,289 eligible voters were registered in Nagasaki 3rd district, giving it the second highest vote weight in the country.^[1]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had formed part of the four-member Nagasaki 2nd district. Two of the last representatives from the pre-reform 2nd district, Kazuo Torashima (LDP) and Masahiko Yamada (JRP), contested the new single-member 4th district in 1996. Torashima won, he was appointed defence minister in the 2nd Mori Cabinet in 2000. In the 2003 election, he retired and was succeeded by Yaichi Tanigawa. In the landslide election of 2009, Yamada won the district for the first time.

List of representatives[edit]

Election	Representative
1996^[2]	Kazuo Torishima [ja]	Liberal Democratic
2000^[3]	Kazuo Torishima [ja]	Liberal Democratic
2003^[4]	Yaichi Tanigawa	Liberal Democratic
2005^[5]	Yaichi Tanigawa	Liberal Democratic
2009^[6]	Masahiko Yamada	Democratic
		Tax Cuts Japan
		Tomorrow
2012^[7]	Yaichi Tanigawa	Liberal Democratic
2014^[8]
2017^[9]
2021^[10]
2021^[10]		Independent
Vacant (January 2024 - April 2024)
2024 by-el^[11]	Katsuhiko Yamada	CDP

Election results[edit]

Note: The decimals stem from anbunhyō, see Elections in Japan.

2024 by-election ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CDP	Katsuhiko Yamada (Endorsed by SDP)	53,381	68.36
	Innovation	Shoichiro Inoue	24,709	31.64
Turnout			231,747	35.45
	CDP gain from Independent

2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yaichi Tanigawa (Incumbent) (Endorsed by Komeito)	57,223	40.7	19.0
	CDP	Katsuhiko Yamada (Elected to Kyushu PR district)	55,189.084	39.2
	Independent	Hiroshi Yamada	25,566.906	18.2
	Reform Party	Hiroyuki Ishimoto	2,750	2.0
Turnout			114,115	60.93
	Liberal Democratic hold

2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yaichi Tanigawa Incumbent) (Endorsed by Komeito)	83,992	59.7	12.5
	Kibō no Tō	Seiichi Suetsugu	35,554	25.3
	Communist	Kanji Ishimaru	12,638	9.0	18.8
	Innovation	Ryuzo Kuchiishi	8,469	6.0
Turnout			145,360	59.96
	Liberal Democratic hold

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yaichi Tanigawa (Incumbent) (Endorsed by Komeito)	82,354	72.2	18.7
	Communist	Kanji Ishimaru	31,650	27.8	21.5
Turnout			123,460	51.58
	Liberal Democratic hold

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yaichi Tanigawa (Endorsed by Komeito)	69,903	53.5	5.1
	Tomorrow	Masahiko Yamada (elected in Kyūshū proportional) (Endorsed by New Party Daichi)	52,536	40.2	New
	Communist	Kanji Ishimaru	8,301	6.3
Turnout				63.98	N/A
	Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic

2009^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Masahiko Yamada (Endorsed by PNP)	79,223	49.6	2.6
	Liberal Democratic	Yaichi Tanigawa (elected in Kyūshū proportional) (Endorsed by Komeito)	77,316	48.4	4.6
	Happiness Realization	Kiyoto Yamada	3,263	2.0
Turnout			162,924	76.57	New
	Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic		Swing

2005^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yaichi Tanigawa (Incumbent)	83,992	53.0	2.7
	Democratic	Masahiko Yamada (elected in Kyūshū proportional)	74,384	47.0	0.8
Turnout			162,422	74.71
	Liberal Democratic hold

2003^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yaichi Tanigawa (Incumbent)	77,528	50.3	0.5
	Democratic	Masahiko Yamada (elected in Kyūshū proportional)	71,099	46.2	27.7
	Communist	Toshiyuki Terada	5,374	3.5
Turnout			157,533	72.5	0.2
	Liberal Democratic hold

2000^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Kazuo Torashima	76,794	49.8	2.4
	Liberal	Masahiko Yamada (elected in Kyūshū proportional)	41,995	27.2	New
	Democratic	Tadashi Inuzuka	28,589	18.5	N/A
	Communist	Masayoshi Hisano (?, 久野正義)	5,759	3.7	1.5
	Liberal League	Kan Nakano (?, 沖野寛)	1,079	0.7
Turnout
	Liberal Democratic hold

1996^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democratic	Kazuo Torashima	79,735	52.2
	New Frontier	Masahiko Yamada	65,084	42.6
	Communist	Yūji Sasada	7,883	5.2
Turnout			157,516	74.29
	Liberal Democratic win (new seat)

References[edit]

^ Ministry of general affairs: 平成２３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, p. 9
^ "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ "第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区". the Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区". the Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
^ "開票結果小選挙区長崎". Yomiuri Shimbun.
^ "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 2024-04-28.
^ "2017衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ "2021年衆議院総選挙長崎3区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ ^a ^b "2024年衆議院議員補欠選挙長崎3区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
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^ 第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats Corp. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
^ 第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats Corp. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
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[1] Ministry of general affairs: 平成２３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, p. 9

[elect96-2] "第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[elect00-3] "第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[elect03-4] "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[elect05-5] "第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区". the Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[elect09-6] "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区". the Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.

[elect12-7] "開票結果小選挙区長崎". Yomiuri Shimbun.

[elect14-8] "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 2024-04-28.

[elect17-9] "2017衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[elect21-10] "2021年衆議院総選挙長崎3区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[elect24-11] "2024年衆議院議員補欠選挙長崎3区". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[12] 第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats Corp. Retrieved 2012-12-01.

[13] 第44回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats Corp. Retrieved 2012-12-01.

[14] 第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats Corp. Retrieved 2012-12-01.

[15] 第42回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats Corp. Retrieved 2012-12-01.

[16] 第41回衆議院議員選挙 - 長崎3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats Corp. Retrieved 2012-12-01.

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v t e Nagasaki's electoral districts for the Diet of Japan
FPTP "small" districts (1996–present) 1 2 3 (4) PR part of the Kyūshū PR block (23→21 seats) House of Councillors At-large (4→3 Representatives, 2 Councillors)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1947–1993) 1 2 (9 Representatives, 2 Councillors)
Limited voting "large" districts (1946) At-large (8 Representatives)
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1928–1942) 1 2 (9 Representatives)
FPTP/SNTV "small" districts (1920–1924) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (9 Representatives)
SNTV "large" districts (1902–1917) Nagasaki city counties (gunbu) Tsushima (8 Representatives)
FPTP/bloc voting "small" districts (1890–1898) 1 2 3 4 5 6 (7 Representatives)

v t e First-past-the-post (FPTP) districts and proportional representation (PR) "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives of the National Diet (1996–present)
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Fukushiro Nukaga, Ibaraki 2nd Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Banri Kaieda, Tokyo PR
Hokkaidō (8 block seats, 12 district seats)	Hokkaidō 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Tōhoku (12 block seats, 23 district 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 (19 block seats, 32 district 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 (23 block seats, 33 district 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 (19 block seats, 25 district 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 (10 block seats, 19 district 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 (21 block seats, 32 district 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 (28 block seats, 47 district 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 (10 block seats, 20 district seats)	Tottori 1 2 Shimane 1 2 Okayama 1 2 3 4 Hiroshima 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yamaguchi 1 2 3
Shikoku (6 block seats, 11 district seats)	Tokushima 1 2 Kagawa 1 2 3 Ehime 1 2 3 Kōchi 1 2
Kyūshū (20 block seats, 35 district 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
Districts eliminated in the 2002 reapportionments	Hokkaido 13 Yamagata 4 Shizuoka 9 Shimane 3 Oita 4
Districts eliminated in the 2013 reapportionments	Fukui 3 Yamanashi 3 Tokushima 3 Kochi 3 Saga 3
Districts eliminated in the 2017 reapportionments	Aomori 4 Iwate 4 Mie 5 Nara 4 Kumamoto 5 Kagoshima 5
Districts eliminated in the 2022 reapportionments	Miyagi 6 Fukushima 5 Niigata 6 Shiga 4 Wakayama 3 Okayama 5 Hiroshima 7 Yamaguchi 4 Ehime 4 Nagasaki 4