Gunma 3rd District | |
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群馬県第3区 | |
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
Prefecture | Gunma |
Proportional Block | Northern Kanto |
Electorate | 320,516 (as of 1 September 2022)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1994 |
Seats | One |
Party | LDP |
Representatives | Hiroyoshi Sasakawa |
Gunma 3rd district (群馬県第3区, Gunma-ken dai-san-ku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in south-eastern Gunma and consists of Ota, Tatebayashi and Ōra County.
As of 24 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:[2]
As part of the 2022 redistricting, the rest of Ota was transferred back to the district from the 2nd district.
From the first redistricting in 2013, until the second redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district were as follows:[3][4]
As part of the 2013 redistricting, the areas of Yabuzukahon, Ojima and Nitta were transferred to the 2nd district.[4]
From the creation of the district in 1994, until the first redistricting in 2013, the areas covered by this district were as follows:[5]
Representative | Party | Years served | Notes | |
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Yoshio Yatsu | LDP | 1996-2009 | ||
Masaaki Kakinuma | DPJ | 2009-2012 | ||
Hiroyoshi Sasakawa | LDP | 2012- | Incumbent |
Gunma's electoral districts for the Diet of Japan | |
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First-past-the-post (FPTP) districts and proportional representation (PR) "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives of the National Diet (1996–present) | |
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Hokkaidō (8 block seats, 12 district seats) | |
Tōhoku (12 block seats, 23 district seats) | |
Kita- (North) Kantō (19 block seats, 32 district seats) | |
Minami- (South) Kantō (23 block seats, 33 district seats) | |
Tokyo (19 block seats, 25 district seats) | |
Hokuriku-Shin'etsu (10 block seats, 19 district seats) | |
Tōkai (21 block seats, 32 district seats) | |
Kinki (28 block seats, 47 district seats) | |
Chūgoku (10 block seats, 20 district seats) | |
Shikoku (6 block seats, 11 district seats) | |
Kyūshū (20 block seats, 35 district seats) | |
Districts eliminated in the 2002 reapportionments |
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Districts eliminated in the 2013 reapportionments |
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Districts eliminated in the 2017 reapportionments |
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Districts eliminated in the 2022 reapportionments |
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