Aomori 3rd district

Aomori 3rd district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan. It is located on the island of Honshu, in Aomori Prefecture, and includes the cities of Hirosaki, Goshogawara, and Ajigasawa.

Aomori 3rd District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Aomori Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Aomori
Proportional District	Tōhoku
Electorate	338,698[1]
Current constituency
Seats	One
Party	CDP
Representative	Hanako Okada
Created from	Aomori's 1st "medium-sized" district

As of 2015, the district was home to 240,102 constituents.^[2]

Areas covered

Current district

As of 5 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:^[3]

• Hirosaki
• Kuroishi
• Goshogawara
• Tsugaru
• Hirakawa
• Nishitsugaru District
• Nakatsugaru District
• Minamitsugaru District
• Kitatsugaru District

As a result of the abolition of Aomori's 4th district in 2017, this district moved to where the 4th district used to be and gained the town of Goshogawara and the district of Kitatsugaru from Aomori's 1st district, while Aomori's 2nd district absorbed the areas formerly belonging to the 3rd district.

Areas covered 2013–2017

From redistricting in 2013 until the redistricting in 2017, the areas covered by this district were as follows:^[4]

• Hachinohe
• Sannohe District
  • Sannohe
  • Takko
  • Nanbu
  • Hashikami
  • Shingō

The only change was that the town of Gonohe in Sannohe district was moved to the 2nd district.

Areas covered before 2013

From its formation in 1994 until its first redistricting in 2013, the areas covered by this district were as follows:^[5]

• Hachinohe
• Sannohe District

Elected representatives

Representative	Party		Years served	Notes
Tadamori Ōshima		LDP	1996 - 2017	Moved to the 2nd district
Jiro Kimura		LDP	2017 - 2024
Hanako Okada		CDP	2024 -

Election results

2024^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CDP	Hanako Okada	86,593	49.6	14.6
	LDP	Jiro Kimura	73,848	42.3	22.7
	Ishin	Jun'ya Nagasaka	7,747	4.4
	Independent	Toshikazu Sonota	6,531	3.7
Registered electors			332,270
Turnout				53.66	0.37
	CDP gain from LDP

2021^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Jiro Kimura	118,230	65.0	0.8
	CDP	Takashi Yamauchi	63,796	35.0	9.5
Turnout				53.29	2.73
	LDP hold

2017^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Jiro Kimura	128,740	64.2	13.0
	Kibō no Tō	Takashi Yamauchi	51,096	25.5
	JCP	Hiroaki Takayanagi	16,510	8.2	1.9
	Happiness Realization	Yūki Mikuni	4,115	2.1
Turnout				56.02	7.15
	LDP hold