Okinawa 3rd district

Okinawa 3rd District
Okinawa 3rd District
Parliamentary constituency; for the Japanese House of Representatives
	Numbered map of Okinawa Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Okinawa
Proportional District	Kyushu
Electorate	316,908 (2021)
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Aiko Shimajiri
Created from	Okinawa's at-large "medium-sized" district
Municipalities	Nago, 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		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
Denny Tamaki	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	±%
	LDP	Aiko Shimajiri
	CDP	Tomohiro Yara
	Sanseitō	Tsukasa Shinjō	New
Turnout

2021^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Aiko Shimajiri	87,710	52.14	8.63
	CDP	Tomohiro Yara	80,496	47.86	8.63
Turnout				54.00	10.01
	LDP gain from Independent

2019 by-election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tomohiro Yara	77,156	56.49	1.37
	LDP	Aiko Shimajiri	59,428	43.51	3.21
Turnout				43.99	10.06
	Independent hold

2017^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Denny Tamaki	95,517	57.86	2.12
	LDP	Natsumi Higa (endorsed by Kōmeitō)	66,527	40.30	0.27
	Happiness Realization	Tatsurō Kinjō	3,031	1.84	N/A
Majority			28,990	17.56
Turnout				54.05	3.40
	Independent hold		Swing	1.20

2014^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People's Life	Denny Tamaki (endorsed by JCP, SDP, PLP, OSMP, the Greens and Shinfūkai)	89,110	59.97	23.91
	LDP	Natsumi Higa (elected by PR, endorsed by Kōmeitō)	59,491	40.03	3.54
Majority			29,619	19.94
Turnout				50.65
	People's Life gain from LDP		Swing	13.73

2012^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Natsumi Higa (endorsed by NKP)	68,523	43.57	19.82
	Tomorrow	Denny Tamaki (elected by PR, endorsed by NPD)	56,711	36.06	12.66
	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	0.31
Majority			11,812	7.51
Turnout
	LDP gain from Tomorrow		Swing	16.24

2009^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Denny Tamaki (endorsed by PNP and OSMP)	89,266	48.72	24.76
	LDP	Chiken Kakazu (endorsed by NKP)	43,513	23.75	18.76
	Social Democratic	Shūsei Arakawa (endorsed by OSMP)	24,911	13.60	16.38
	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	21.76

2005^[13]
	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
	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
	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
	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

^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)
^ Jiji Press, September 13, 2018: 玉城衆院議員が失職＝沖縄知事選立候補で
^ 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
^ "Tomohiro Yara wins Okinawa No. 3 district Lower House by-election with platform opposing new Henoko base". Ryuku shimbo. 21 April 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021.
^ "Tokyo pushes Henoko issue as opponents reel from new setback". The Asahi Shimbun. 7 November 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021.
^ Park, Ju-min (31 October 2021). "In Japan's Okinawa, ruling party's tough China stance helps win young voters". Reuters. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021.
^ 開票速報小選挙区：沖縄 - 2021衆議 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
^ 沖縄３区辺野古移設反対屋良氏が自民元大臣を破る） (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
^ 小選挙区開票速報：沖縄県（定数4） (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^ 小選挙区：沖縄県 - 開票速報 - 2014総選挙: 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^ 第46回総選挙>小選挙区開票速報：沖縄県 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^ 小選挙区開票結果ー沖縄県３区 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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[1] Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): [1] (in Japanese)

[jiji_vacancy-2] Jiji Press, September 13, 2018: 玉城衆院議員が失職＝沖縄知事選立候補で

[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

[4] "Tomohiro Yara wins Okinawa No. 3 district Lower House by-election with platform opposing new Henoko base". Ryuku shimbo. 21 April 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021.

[5] "Tokyo pushes Henoko issue as opponents reel from new setback". The Asahi Shimbun. 7 November 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021.

[6] Park, Ju-min (31 October 2021). "In Japan's Okinawa, ruling party's tough China stance helps win young voters". Reuters. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021.

[7] 開票速報小選挙区：沖縄 - 2021衆議 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 19 December 2021.

[8] 沖縄３区辺野古移設反対屋良氏が自民元大臣を破る） (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 19 December 2021.

[9] 小選挙区開票速報：沖縄県（定数4） (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

[10] 小選挙区：沖縄県 - 開票速報 - 2014総選挙: 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

[11] 第46回総選挙>小選挙区開票速報：沖縄県 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

[12] 小選挙区開票結果ー沖縄県３区 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

[13] ２００５総選挙>小選挙区開票結果ー沖縄県３区 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

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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, 21 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, 33 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, 36 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, 30 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, 18 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, 33 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, 45 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, 17 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, 10 district seats)	Tokushima 1 2 Kagawa 1 2 3 Ehime 1 2 3 Kōchi 1 2
Kyūshū (20 block seats, 34 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