Wakayama 3rd district
Introduction '''Wakayama 3rd district''' is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Wakayama Prefecture and consists of Arida, Gobo, Shingu, and Tanabe cities and the Arida, Hidaka, Higashimuro, and Nishimuro districts. As of 2012, 298,296 eligible voters were registered in the district.Since its creation in 1996, Wakayama 3rd district has been represented by Toshihiro Nikai for the New Frontier Party (NFP), the Conservative Party, the New Conservative Party and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Nikai, a former Transport, Hokkaido and Economy minister, is a member of the LDP's Ibuki faction since his own faction of former Conservative Party members dissolved in 2009.Kimiyoshi Tamaki, a longtime Wakayama prefectural representative, failed to unseat Nikai in the 2009 election that brought the Democratic Party a landslide win. He was safely elected in the Kinki proportional representation block where all Democratic party list candidates managed to secure a seat in the House.Before the 1994 electoral reform, the area had been part of Wakayama 2nd district where three, later two representatives were elected by single non-transferable vote.
List of representatives Election RepresentativePartyNotes1996 Toshihiro NikaiNFP joined LP after the dissolution of the NFP in 2000.After leaving LP, joined the CP.2000CP joined NCP in 2002.2003NCP merged into LDP in 2003.2005LDP20092012201420172021Incumbent
Election results 2021Party Candidate AgeVotes％±％Defeat rate Supports Notes '''LDP''''''Toshihiro Nikai''''''82''''''102,834''''''69.34％''''''－3.61％''''''ー''''''Kōmeitō'''JCPYoshihiro Hatano6120,69213.95％ー20.12％SDPKunimoriNana Honma5219,03412.83％ー18.51％Independent Hideki Negoro515,7453.87％ー5.59％2017Party Candidate AgeVotes％±％Defeat rate Supports Notes '''LDP''''''Toshihiro Nikai''''''78''''''109,488''''''72.95％''''''－3.55％''''''ー''''''Kōmeitō'''JCPFumirō Kusumoto6340,60827.05％ー37.09％SDP2014Party Candidate AgeVotes％±％Defeat rate Supports Notes '''LDP''''''Toshihiro Nikai''''''75''''''108,257''''''76.50％''''''＋16.07％''''''ー''''''Kōmeitō'''JCPYasuhisa Hara 6333,26023.50％＋11.96％30.72％2012Party Candidate AgeVotes％±％Defeat rate Supports Notes '''LDP''''''Toshihiro Nikai''''''73''''''112,916''''''60.43％''''''＋8.37％''''''ー''''''Kōmeitō'''JSPDaisuke Yamashita4552,35828.02％ー46.37％JCPYasuhisa Hara 6121,57011.54％＋3.81％19.10％2009Party Candidate AgeVotes％±％Defeat rate Supports Notes '''LDP''''''Toshihiro Nikai''''''70''''''117,237''''''52.06％''''''－14.36％''''''ー''''''Kōmeitō'''DPKimiyoshi Tamaki 54 102,342 45.44％ー 87.29％ elected in the Kinki block.HRPYūko Minato265,6342.50％ー4.81％
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