Iwate 3rd district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Iwate.
Ichirō Ozawa of the Liberal Party took the seat in the constituency after his original seat in the Iwate 4th district was abolished in the 2017 general election. Previously, the seat was held by Toru Kikawada of the Democratic Party (DPJ) since 2000.
Area Located in Southwestern Iwate, the district includes the entire abolished 4th district. Only Ichinoseki City and Hiraizumi Town were retained in the 3rd after the 2017 redistricting, other municipalities were transferred to the Iwate 2nd district. Cities Hanamaki Kitakami Ichinoseki Ōshū Towns Nishiwaga Kanegasaki Hiraizumi
List of representatives Election Representative Party Notes1996 Yōhei Sasaki NFP2000 Toru Kikawada LP2003 DPJ20052009201220142017Ichirō Ozawa Independent2021Takashi Fujiwara LDP2024Ichirō Ozawa CDPFailed to win a seat in the PR Block2026Takashi Fujiwara LDP
Election results
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