Saitama 3rd district

Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives

Numbered map of Saitama Prefecture single-member districts

Prefecture| Saitama
Proportional District| Northern Kanto
Electorate| 382,105[1]
Current constituency
Created| 1994
Seats| One
Party| Liberal Democratic
Representative| Hitoshi Kikawada [ja]
Municipalities| Part of Kawaguchi and Koshigaya.

Saitama 3rd district (埼玉県第3区 Saitama-ken dai-sanku or simply 埼玉3区 Saitama 3-ku) is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Southeastern Saitama and consists of the cities of Kawaguchi and Koshigaya. As of 2012, 460,884 eligible voters were registered in the district.[2]

Before the electoral reform of 1994, Sōka was part of the 1st district where three Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote, and Koshigaya part of Saitama 4th district (four Representatives).

Between 1996 and 2009, the district had been closely contested between former Sōka mayor Hiroshi Imai (now LDP, Koga faction) who was first elected as JNP candidate from the old 1st district in 1993, and Ex-Socialist Ritsuo Hosokawa (now DPJ, Kan group) who is originally from Kōchi Prefecture but had represented the old 4th district for the JSP since 1990. After his 2009 defeat Imai retired from politics. Hosokawa went on to serve in the DPJ-led cabinets as vice minister and minister. But in the landslide Democratic defeat in 2012, he lost the district to Liberal Democratic newcomer Hitoshi Kikawada and also failed to win a proportional seat.

## List of representatives[edit]

Election  | Representative  | Party  | Notes

|
|
|

1996[3] | Hiroshi Imai |  | New Frontier |
| Liberal Democratic
2000[4] | Ritsuo Hosokawa |  | Democratic |
2003[5]
2005[6] | Hiroshi Imai |  | Liberal Democratic |
2009[7] | Ritsuo Hosokawa |  | Democratic |
2012[8] | Hitoshi Kikawada [ja] |  | Liberal Democratic |
2014[9]
2017[10]
2021[11]

## Election results[edit]

### 2021[edit]

2021[11] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

|
|
|
|

| Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito) | Hitoshi Kikawada [ja]
(incumbent) | 125,500 | 53.63 |
| CDP | Yuriko Yamakawa [ja]
(PR seat incumbent)  | 100,963  | 43.15  | New
| Anti-NHK | Yusuke Kawai [ja] | 7,534  | 3.22  | New
Majority  | 24,537  | 10.48  |
Registered electors | 462,607  |  |
Turnout |  | 51.88  |  3.60
| Liberal Democratic hold

### 2017[edit]

2017[10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

|
|
|
|

| Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito) | Hitoshi Kikawada [ja]
(incumbent) | 95,093 | 44.62 |
| CDP | Yuriko Yamakawa [ja]
(won PR seat)  | 73,250  | 34.37  | New
| Kibō no Tō | Asami Miwa  | 29,867  | 14.01  | New
| Innovation | Kanji Yakō  | 10,864  | 5.10  | New
| Independent | Hideyuki Ishikawa  | 2,040  | 0.96  | New
| Happiness Realization | Takeshi Iida  | 2,009  | 0.94  | N/A
Majority  | 21,843  | 10.25  |
Registered electors | 453,235  |  |
Turnout |  | 48.28  |  0.43
| Liberal Democratic hold

### 2014[edit]

2014[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

|
|
|
|

| Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito) | Hitoshi Kikawada [ja]
(incumbent) | 107,986 | 49.64 |
| Democratic | Ritsuo Hosokawa | 75,715  | 34.80  |
| Communist | Masayuki Miyagawa  | 33,858  | 15.56  |
Majority  | 32,271  | 14.84  |
Registered electors | 465,154  |  |
Turnout |  | 48.71  |  7.01
| Liberal Democratic hold
2012[12] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

|
|
|
|

| LDP (Kōmeitō)  | Hitoshi Kikawada | 87,695  | 35.5  |
| DPJ (PNP)  | Ritsuo Hosokawa | 58,590  | 23.7  |
| JRP | Kanji Yakou  | 46,136  | 18.7  |
| YP | Eiji Miyase  | 37,034  | 15.0  |
| JCP | Shin'ichi Hirose  | 17,346  | 7.0  |
2009[13] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

|
|
|
|

| DPJ (PNP support)  | Ritsuo Hosokawa | 167,432  | 60.0  |
| LDP (Kōmeitō support)  | Hiroshi Imai | 103,369  | 37.1  |
| HRP | Takeshi Iida  | 8,194  | 2.9  |
Turnout | 287,403  | 63.63  |
2005[14] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

|
|
|
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| LDP | Hiroshi Imai | 140,010  | 51.3  |
| DPJ | Ritsuo Hosokawa (elected by PR)  | 109,816  | 40.3  |
| JCP | Isamu Matsuzawa  | 22,912  | 8.4  |
Turnout | 278,602  | 63.16  |
2003[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

|
|
|
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| DPJ | Ritsuo Hosokawa | 104,182  | 46.4  |
| LDP | Hiroshi Imai (elected by PR)  | 103,588  | 46.1  |
| JCP | Tsutomu Tamura  | 16,703  | 7.4  |
Turnout | 228,724  | 52.44  |
2000[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

|
|
|
|

| DPJ | Ritsuo Hosokawa | 105,054  | 47.0  |
| LDP | Hiroshi Imai | 87,344  | 39.1  |
| JCP | Tsutomu Tamura  | 30,997  | 13.9  |
,  1996[17] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

|
|
|
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| NFP | Hiroshi Imai | 63,841  | 31.4  |
| LDP | Takuji Noguchi  | 54,703  | 26.9  |
| DPJ | Ritsuo Hosokawa (elected by PR)  | 45,400  | 22.3  |
| JCP | Jin Kumaki  | 25,792  | 12.7  |
| Independent  | Toyoji Inoue  | 13,524  | 6.7  |
Turnout | 207,366  | 51.53  |

## References[edit]

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16. ^ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>埼玉県>埼玉3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2011-03-10. `{{cite web}}`: External link in ``|work=`` (help)
17. ^ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>埼玉県>埼玉3区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2011-03-10. `{{cite web}}`: External link in ``|work=`` (help)

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