# Niigata 3rd district

Niigata 3rd District (新潟県第3区, Niigata-ken dai-san-ku) is an electoral district of the Japanese House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet. The district was created as part of the move from multi-member districts to single-member districts in the House of Representatives.

## Areas covered
### Current district

As of 2 February 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:
* Niigata
** Kita
** Akiha
* Shibata
* Murakami
* Gosen
* Agano
* Tainai
* Kitakanbara District
* Higashikanbara District
* Iwafune District
As part of the 2022 redistricting, Kita ward is now fully under the jurisdiction of the 3rd district, and Akiha Ward was gained from the 4th district.

### Areas 2013–2022

From the first redistricting in 2013, until the second redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district were as follows:
* Niigata (city)
** Kita Ward (former city of Toyosaka)
*** Centra Government Office (excluding Hosoyama, Kosugi, Junimae and Yokogoshi)
*** Sumireno 4 within North Branch Office jurisdiction
* Shibata
* Murakami
* Gosen
* Agano
* Tainai
* Kitakanbara District
* Higashikanbara District
* Iwafune District
As part of the 2013 redistricting, the 3rd district gained sections of Kita Ward from the 1st district.

### Areas from before 2013

From the creation of the district in 1994, until the first redistricting in 2013, the areas covered bny this district were as follows:
* Shibata
* Murakami
* Gosen
* Toyosaka
* Kitakambara District
* Part of Nakakanbara District
** Muramatsu
* Higashikanbara District
* Iwafune District

## Elected representatives

| Representatives | Party | Years served |
| Yamato Inaba | LDP | 1996 – 2009 |
| Takahiro Kuroiwa | DPJ | 2009–2012 |
| Hiroaki Saito | LDP | 2012 – 2014 |
| Takahiro Kuroiwa | DPJ | 2014 – 2017 |
| Takahiro Kuroiwa | Indep. | 2017–2021 |
| Hiroaki Saito | LDP | 2021 – 2024 |
| Takahiro Kuroiwa | CDP | 2024 – |

## Election results

‡ - Also ran in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election
‡‡ - Also ran and won in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election

### Elections in the 2020s

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CDP | Takahiro Kuroiwa $^‡$ | 105,275 | 49.3 | 2.9 |
| | LDP | Hiroaki Saitō $^{‡‡}$ | 94,984 | 44.5 | 9.1 |
| | Ishin | Yūichirō Yoshimura $^‡$ | 13,370 | 6.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 370,462 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.82 | 6.22 |
| | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP |
2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Hiroaki Saito$^‡$ (incumbent - Hokuriku Shinetsu PR) | 102,564 | 53.6 | 4.5 |
| | CDP | Takahiro Kuroiwa$^‡$ (incumbent) (endorsed by the JCP) | 88,744 | 46.4 | New |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 298,289 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,820 | 7.2 | 7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 194,007 | 65.0 | 1.7 |
| | LDP gain from Independent | LDP gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 2010s

2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Takahiro Kuroiwa (incumbent) (endorsed by the JCP, SDP and the Liberal Party) | 95,644 | 49.2 | New |
| | LDP | Hiroaki Saito$^‡$ (incumbent - Hokuriku Shinetsu PR) (endorsed by Komeito) | 95,594 | 49.1 | 4.9 |
| | Independent | Yoichi Mimura | 3,375 | 1.7 | New |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 312,835 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 50 | 0.1 | 4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 198,056 | 63.3 | 8.3 |
| | Independent gain from Democratic | Independent gain from Democratic | Swing | | |
2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Takahiro Kuroiwa$^‡$ | 82,619 | 49.1 | 7.7 |
| | LDP | Hiroaki Saito$^{‡‡}$ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) | 74,319 | 44.2 | 2.8 |
| | JCP | Makoto Ito | 11,214 | 6.7 | 0.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 314,215 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,300 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 171,404 | 54.6 | 5.0 |
| | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Swing | | |
2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Hiroaki Saito$^‡$ (endorsed by Komeito) | 92,280 | 50.2 | 17.4 |
| | Democratic | Takahiro Kuroiwa$^‡$ (incumbent) (endorsed by the PNP) | 76,135 | 41.4 | 24.6 |
| | JCP | Shinichi Tanaka | 11,465 | 6.2 | New |
| | Independent | Yoichi Mimura | 4,075 | 2.2 | New |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 318,635 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,145 | 8.8 | 24.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 189,970 | 59.6 | 14.5 |
| | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 2000s

2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Takahiro Kuroiwa$^‡$ | 154,985 | 66.0 | New |
| | LDP | Yamato Inaba$^‡$ (incumbent) | 77,058 | 32.8 | 17.3 |
| | Happiness Realization | Tomikawa Masamitsu | 2,668 | 1.1 | New |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 323,892 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 77,927 | 33.2 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 239,874 | 74.1 | 4.2 |
| | Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Swing | | |
2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Yamato Inaba$^‡$ (incumbent) | 111,695 | 50.1 | 5.8 |
| | Social Democratic | Masuji Miyazaki$^‡$ | 73,114 | 32.8 | 3.4 |
| | People's New | Yasushi Suzuki$^‡$ | 23,845 | 10.7 | New |
| | JCP | Shinichi Tanaka | 14,132 | 6.3 | 1.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 328,478 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38,581 | 17.3 | 2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 229,475 | 69.9 | 8.1 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | Swing | | |
2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Yamato Inaba$^‡$ (incumbent) | 108,627 | 55.9 | 4.7 |
| | Social Democratic | Hachiro Kuramochi$^‡$ | 70,256 | 36.2 | 20.5 |
| | JCP | Shinichi Tanaka | 15,399 | 7.9 | 1.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 328,821 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38,371 | 19.7 | 5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 203,080 | 61.8 | 6.8 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | Swing | | |
2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Yamato Inaba$^‡$ (incumbent) | 111,819 | 51.2 | 15.2 |
| | Liberal | Saburo Shirasawa$^‡$ | 57,409 | 26.3 | New |
| | Social Democratic | Hachiro Kuramochi$^‡$ | 34,320 | 15.7 | New |
| | JCP | Keizo Inagaki | 15,045 | 6.9 | 0.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | Unknown | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 54,410 | 24.9 | 18.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Unknown | 68.6 | 2.4 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1990s

1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Yamato Inaba$^‡$ (incumbent - former Niigata 2nd District) | 79,635 | 36.0 | New |
| | Independent | Uichiro Iwamura | 66,067 | 29.9 | New |
| | New Progressive Party (Japan) | Saburo Shirasawa (incumbent - former Niigata 2nd District) | 60,223 | 27.3 | New |
| | JCP | Shoichi Tasaki | 15,110 | 6.8 | New |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 322,841 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,568 | 6.1 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 229,056 | 71.0 | New |
| | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) | LDP win (new seat) |