Okinawa 3rd district

Okinawa 3rd District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Okinawa Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureOkinawa
Proportional DistrictKyushu
Electorate316,908 (2021)
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeAiko Shimajiri
Created fromOkinawa's at-large "medium-sized" district
MunicipalitiesNago, Okinawa City, Uruma, Kunigami District and parts of Shimajiri District (Iheya and Izena)

Okinawa 3rd district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Okinawa Prefecture and encompasses the cities of Nago, Okinawa, Uruma, Kunigami District and parts of Shimajiri District (Iheya and Izena). As of 2016, 312,171 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

In 2018 the district was represented by Denny Tamaki of the Liberal Party who automatically forfeited his seat after becoming a gubernatorial candidate in September. The by-election was not held in the immediate by-election slot in October 2018, but only in April 2019 because a Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the malapportionment in the last general election to the House of Representatives was still pending.[2][3] The by-election date was later announced to be 21 April 2019. In the 2019 election, Tomohiro Yara, freelance journalist and strong opponent of the relocation of the Futenma US Marine base, defeated Aiko Shimajiri, former member of the Diet Upper House and minister.[4] However, the 2021 general elections reversed the results.[5] Reportedly, this was due to increased support for the LDP among younger voters because of the party's harder line on China and proactive security policy.[6]

List of representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Kōsuke Uehara SDP 1996 – 2000
Mitsuko Tōmon SDP 2000 – 2003
Chiken Kakazu LDP 2003 – 2009
Denny Tamaki DPJ 2009 – 2012
PLF 2012
TPJ 2012
Natsumi Higa LDP 2012 – 2014
Denny Tamaki LP 2014 – 2017
Ind. 2017 – 2018 Resigned to run in the 2018 Okinawa gubernatorial election
Vacant (September 2018 – April 2019)
Tomohiro Yara Ind. 2019 – 2021
Aiko Shimajiri LDP 2021 –

Election results

2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Aiko Shimajiri
CDP Tomohiro Yara
Sanseitō Tsukasa Shinjō New
Turnout
2021[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Aiko Shimajiri 87,710 52.14 Increase8.63
CDP Tomohiro Yara 80,496 47.86 Decrease8.63
Turnout 54.00 Increase10.01
LDP gain from Independent
2019 by-election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tomohiro Yara 77,156 56.49 Decrease1.37
LDP Aiko Shimajiri 59,428 43.51 Increase3.21
Turnout 43.99 Decrease10.06
Independent hold
2017[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Denny Tamaki 95,517 57.86 Decrease2.12
LDP Natsumi Higa (endorsed by Kōmeitō) 66,527 40.30 Increase0.27
Happiness Realization Tatsurō Kinjō 3,031 1.84 N/A
Majority 28,990 17.56
Turnout 54.05 Increase3.40
Independent hold Swing Decrease1.20
2014[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Life Denny Tamaki (endorsed by JCP, SDP, PLP, OSMP, the Greens and Shinfūkai) 89,110 59.97 Increase23.91
LDP Natsumi Higa (elected by PR, endorsed by Kōmeitō) 59,491 40.03 Decrease3.54
Majority 29,619 19.94
Turnout 50.65
People's Life gain from LDP Swing Increase13.73
2012[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Natsumi Higa (endorsed by NKP) 68,523 43.57 Increase19.82
Tomorrow Denny Tamaki (elected by PR, endorsed by NPD) 56,711 36.06 Decrease12.66
Restoration Toshio Ōshiro (endorsed by YP) 12,503 7.95 N/A
JCP Noboru Miyazato 10,269 6.53 N/A
Democratic Hironobu Sakihama 7,404 4.71 N/A
Happiness Realization Tatsurō Kinjō 1,874 1.19 Increase0.31
Majority 11,812 7.51
Turnout
LDP gain from Tomorrow Swing Increase16.24
2009[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Denny Tamaki (endorsed by PNP and OSMP) 89,266 48.72 Increase24.76
LDP Chiken Kakazu (endorsed by NKP) 43,513 23.75 Decrease18.76
Social Democratic Shūsei Arakawa (endorsed by OSMP) 24,911 13.60 Decrease16.38
Independent Tōru Odo 23,920 13.06 N/A
Happiness Realization Tatsurō Kinjō 1,613 0.88 N/A
Majority 45,753 24.97
Democratic gain from LDP Swing Increase21.76
2005[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Chiken Kakazu (endorsed by NKP) 72,407 42.51
Social Democratic Mitsuko Tōmon (endorsed by OSMP) 51,074 29.98
Democratic Denny Tamaki 40,819 23.96
JCP Ken Inohara 6,043 3.55
LDP hold Swing
2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Chiken Kakazu (endorsed by NKP) 62,975 38.5
Social Democratic Mitsuko Tōmon (elected by PR, endorsed by DPJ and OSMP) 58,931 36.0
Independent Kōnosuke Kokuba (endorsed by NCP) 35,149 21.5
JCP Ken Inohara 6,581 4.0
LDP gain from Social Democratic Swing
2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Democratic Mitsuko Tōmon (endorsed by LL and OSMP) 68,378 33.8
Independents' Club Kenjirō Nishida 52,089 25.8
LDP Chiken Kakazu (elected by PR, endorsed by NKP and NCP) 48,622 24.1
Democratic Kōsuke Uehara 32,917 16.3
1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Democratic Kōsuke Uehara 80,534 47.0
LDP Chiken Kakazu 45,591 26.6
Liberal League Yoshimasa Takaesu 24,699 14.4
JCP Maneyoshi Furugen 20,532 12.0

References

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  3. ^ Mainichi Shimbun, September 14, 2018: 衆院選 沖縄３区補選は行わず　「１票の格差」訴訟により
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