A by-election for the

Okinawa 3rd district Okinawa 3rd district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Okinawa Prefecture and encompasses the cities of Nago, Okinawa, Uruma, Kunigami District and parts of Shimaji ...

in the Japanese House of Representatives was held on 21 April 2019.

Background

The seat became vacant following the candidacy and election of its representative,

Denny Tamaki is a Japanese politician and the current Governor of Okinawa Prefecture since August 2018. Tamaki was a member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly for Okinawa City from 2002 to 2005 and became the first Amerasian member of the Japanese Ho ...

to the governorship of

Okinawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest city o ...

. Tamaki was one of the two representatives from the Liberal Party in the House. He had served the district almost continuously since

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and defended the seat by a 17.56% margin in the 2017 election. The by-election was held on the same day with the second round of the unified local elections and another House by-election in the Osaka 12th district. The Okinawa-wide referendum in February influenced the by-election campaign. The candidate supported by Tamaki and the All-Okinawa coalition, Tomohiro Yara won the by-election against LDP candidate and former minister Aiko Shimajiri.

Candidates

# Aiko Shimajiri ( LDP), former member of the House of Councillors and

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minister. # Tomohiro Yara ( LP), freelance journalist (endorsed by the All-Okinawa coalition).

Results

Footnotes

References

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