| Niigata 3rd District | |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Parl Name: | Japanese House of Representatives |
| District Label: | Prefecture |
| District: | Niigata |
| Region Label: | Proportional Block |
| Region: | Hokuriku Shinetsu |
| Electorate: | 381,835 (as of 1 September 2022)[1] |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Seats: | One |
| Party Label: | Party |
| Party: | LDP |
| Member Label: | Representative |
| Member: | Hiroaki Saito |
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.
As of 2 February 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:[2]
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.
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 3rd district gained sections of Kita Ward from the 1st district.
From the creation of the district in 1994, until the first redistricting in 2013, the areas covered bny this district were as follows:[5]
| Yamato Inaba | bgcolor= | LDP | 1996–2009 | |||
| Takahiro Kuroiwa | bgcolor= | DPJ | 2009–2012 | |||
| Hiroaki Saito | bgcolor= | LDP | 2012–2014 | |||
| Takahiro Kuroiwa | bgcolor= | DPJ | 2014–2017 | |||
| bgcolor= | Indep. | 2017–2021 | ||||
| Hiroaki Saito | bgcolor= | LDP | 2021- | Incumbent |
‡ - Also ran in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election
‡‡ - Also ran and won in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election