Gunma 3rd District | |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Parl Name: | Japanese House of Representatives |
District Label: | Prefecture |
District: | Gunma |
Region Label: | Proportional Block |
Region: | Northern Kanto |
Electorate: | 320,516 (as of 1 September 2022)[1] |
Year: | 1994 |
Seats: | One |
Party Label: | Party |
Party: | LDP |
Member Label: | Representatives |
Member: | Hiroyoshi Sasakawa |
is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in south-eastern Gunma and consists of Ota, Tatebayashi and Ōra County.
As of 24 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:[2]
As part of the 2022 redistricting, the rest of Ota was transferred back to the district from the 2nd district.
From the first redistricting in 2013, until the second redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district were as follows:[3] [4]
As part of the 2013 redistricting, the areas of Yabuzukahon, Ojima and Nitta were transferred to the 2nd district.
From the creation of the district in 1994, until the first redistricting in 2013, the areas covered by this district were as follows:[5]
Yoshio Yatsu | LDP | 1996-2009 | |||
Masaaki Kakinuma | DPJ | 2009-2012 | |||
Hiroyoshi Sasakawa | LDP | 2012- | Incumbent |