Wakayama 3rd district is a former constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature), located in Wakayama Prefecture and consisted of Arida, Gobo, Shingu, and Tanabe cities and the Arida, Hidaka, Higashimuro, and Nishimuro districts. As of 2012, 298,296 eligible voters were registered in the district.Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 平成24年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数>選挙区ごとの選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数等
Since its creation in 1996, Wakayama 3rd district was represented by Toshihiro Nikai for the New Frontier Party (NFP), the Conservative Party, the New Conservative Party and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Nikai, a former Transport, Hokkaido and Economy minister, is a member of the LDP's Ibuki faction since his own faction of former Conservative Party members dissolved in 2009.
Kimiyoshi Tamaki, a longtime Wakayama prefectural representative, failed to unseat Nikai in the 2009 election that brought the Democratic Party a landslide win. He was safely elected in the Kinki proportional representation block where all Democratic party list candidates managed to secure a seat in the House.
Before the 1994 electoral reform, the area had been part of Wakayama 2nd district where three, later two representatives were elected by single non-transferable vote.
The district was abolished as a part the 2022 reapportionment. All the municipalities in the district became part of the Wakayama 2nd district.
List of representatives Election RepresentativePartyNotes1996 Toshihiro NikaiNFP joined LP after the dissolution of the NFP in 2000. After leaving LP, joined the CP.2000CP joined NCP in 2002.2003NCP merged into LDP in 2003.2005LDP20092012201420172021 Constituency abolished
Election results 2021Party Candidate AgeVotes%±%Defeat rate Supports Notes LDPToshihiro Nikai82102,83469.34%－3.61%ーKōmeitōJCPYoshihiro Hatano6120,69213.95%ー20.12%SDPKunimoriNana Honma5219,03412.83%ー18.51%Independent Hideki Negoro515,7453.87%ー5.59%
2017Party Candidate AgeVotes%±%Defeat rate Supports Notes LDPToshihiro Nikai78109,48872.95%－3.55%ーKōmeitōJCPFumirō Kusumoto6340,60827.05%ー37.09%SDP
2014Party Candidate AgeVotes%±%Defeat rate Supports Notes LDPToshihiro Nikai75108,25776.50%+16.07%ーKōmeitōJCPYasuhisa Hara 6333,26023.50%+11.96%30.72%
2012Party Candidate AgeVotes%±%Defeat rate Supports Notes LDPToshihiro Nikai73112,91660.43%+8.37%ーKōmeitōJSPDaisuke Yamashita4552,35828.02%ー46.37%JCPYasuhisa Hara 6121,57011.54%+3.81%19.10%
2009Party Candidate AgeVotes%±%Defeat rate Supports Notes LDPToshihiro Nikai70117,23752.06%－14.36%ーKōmeitōDPKimiyoshi Tamaki 54 102,342 45.44%ー 87.29% elected in the Kinki block.HRPYūko Minato265,6342.50%ー4.81%
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