Aomori 3rd district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan. It is located in western Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island of Honshu.
As of 2015, the district was home to 240,102 constituents.
Areas covered
Current district As of 5 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:
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:
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:
Hachinohe Sannohe District
Elected representatives +RepresentativePartyYears servedNotesTadamori ŌshimaLDP1996 - 2017Moved to the 2nd district Jiro Kimura LDP2017 - 2024 Hanako OkadaCDP2024 - 2026 Failed to win a seat in the PR Block Jiro Kimura LDP 2026 -
Election results
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