# Mie 3rd district

Mie 3rd district (三重県第3区, Mie-ken dai-san-ku or simply 三重3区, Mie-san-ku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It covers Northern parts of Mie Prefecture. In 2012, 339,451 eligible voters were registered in the district.
The only representative for the 3rd district since its creation has been Katsuya Okada who had represented the pre-reform Mie 1st district that had elected five representatives by single non-transferable vote and covered roughly the present single-member districts Mie 1, 2 and 3. Okada was the president of the DPJ from 2004 to 2005.

## Area

* Yokkaichi (partly)
* Inabe
* Kuwana
* Tōin Town
* Kisosaki Town
* Mie District

## List of representatives

| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes |
| Katsuya Okada | NFP | 1996–1997 | Joined Michihiko Kano's Kokumin no Koe ("Voice of the People") after the dissolution of the NFP (NFP→Kokumin no Koe→Minseitō→DPJ) |
| Katsuya Okada | DPJ | 1997–2016 | |
| Katsuya Okada | DP | 2016–2017 | |
| Katsuya Okada | Ind. | 2017–2020 | |
| Katsuya Okada | CDP | 2020– | |

## Election results

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CDP | Katsuya Okada | 137,953 | 60.9 | 3.2 |
| | LDP | Masataka Ishihara | 56,630 | 25.0 | 10.9 |
| | Ishin | Masashi Itō | 31,988 | 14.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 409,266 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 56.64 | 1.33 |
| | CDP hold | CDP hold | CDP hold | CDP hold |
2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CDP | Katsuya Okada | 144,688 | 64.1 | 0.2 |
| | LDP | Masataka Ishihara (won a seat in Tōkai PR block) | 81,209 | 35.9 | 8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 55.31 | 0.72 |
| | CDP hold | CDP hold | CDP hold | CDP hold |
2017 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Democratic | Katsuya Okada | 147,255 | 64.3 | +0.3 |
| LDP | Yoshikazu Shimada | 63,406 | 27.7 | −0.7 |
| JCP | Masahiro Nomura | 11,864 | 5.3 | −2.3 |
| HRP | Maki Sakamoto | 6,354 | 2.8 | new |
2014 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| DPJ | Katsuya Okada | 120,950 | 64.0 | -0.1 |
| LDP | Kōji Shimada | 53,659 | 28.4 | new |
| JCP | Toshiyuki Kamai | 14,293 | 7.6 | −0.5 |
2012 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| DPJ | Katsuya Okada | 126,679 | 64.1 |
| LDP | Hiroshi Sakurai (won proportional seat) | 54,903 | 27.8 |
| JCP | Toshiyuki Kamai | 16,009 | 8.1 |
2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | DPJ (PNP support) | Katsuya Okada | 173,931 | 72.2 |
| | LDP (Kōmeitō support) | Kōichi Hirata | 62,993 | 26.1 |
| | HRP | Noriko Nohara | 3,968 | 1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 244,439 | 73.08 |
2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | DPJ | Katsuya Okada | 140,954 | 60.1 |
| | LDP | Kōichi Hirata (elected by PR) | 81,719 | 34.8 |
| | JCP | Ritsuko Hoshino | 11,895 | 5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 237,207 | 72.63 |
2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | DPJ | Katsuya Okada | 132,109 | 62.5 |
| | LDP | Kōichi Hirata (elected by PR) | 67,247 | 31.8 |
| | JCP | Ritsuko Hoshino | 13,562 | 5.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 216,280 | 67.1 |
2000 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| DPJ | Katsuya Okada | 117,868 | 54.2 |
| LDP | Kōichi Hirata | 82,222 | 37.8 |
| JCP | Ritsuko Hoshino | 17,547 | 8.1 |
1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | NFP | Katsuya Okada | 108,690 | 57.9 |
| | LDP | Kazuya Kaneko | 58,507 | 31.1 |
| | JCP | Taneko Nishio | 20,657 | 11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 192,419 | 63.2 |