, also referred to as , is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan located in southwestern Hyogo Prefecture. The district consists of the Hyōgo, Kita and Nagata wards of Kobe and, after redistricting in 2017, a part of Nishinomiya (the former villages of Yamaguchi and Shiose). As of September 2015, 357,643 eligible voters were registered in the district. It is one of the 48 districts in the Kansai region that form the Kinki proportional representation block.
The district was established as part of the electoral reform of 1994; the area was previously part of Hyōgo 1st district, which covered the whole of Kobe and elected five representatives by single non-transferable vote.
From the district's creation until 2026, the was held by Kazuyoshi Akaba of the Komeito party, except for the DPJ landslide 2009 election when Koichi Mukoyama won the seat. Akaba subsequently defeated Mukoyama in the December 2012 election.
List of representatives Representative Party DatesNotes Kazuyoshi Akaba New Frontier(1996–98) 1996 – 2009 Senior Vice-Minister of Finance (November 2005 – September 2006) Komeito(1998-2009) Koichi Mukoyama Democratic 2009 – 2012 Kazuyoshi Akaba Komeito 2012 – 2026 Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and Cabinet Senior Vice-Minister(December 2012 – September 2014) Keishi Abe Ishin 2026 –
Election results
See also Hyogo at-large district, Hyogo Prefecture's district for the House of Councillors
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