is an electoral district of the Japanese House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet. The district is located in the Chūetsu region in central Niigata Prefecture and was created as part of the general move from multi-member districts to single-member districts in the House of Representatives.
Areas covered
Current district As of 2 February 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:
Nagaoka Kashiwazaki Ojiya Mitsuke Santō District Kariwa District
After the abolition of the 6th district, the districts boundaries changed significantly, it was moved to areas formerly covered by the 2nd and 5th districts.
Areas 2013–2022 From the first redistricting in 2013 until the second redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district are as follows:
Niigata Parts of Kita (former town of Yokogoshi: due to the small number of eligible voters, their votes were also counted in Kōnan ward) Central government office (Kosugi, Junimae and Yokogoe areas) Parts of Higashi (former town of Kameda; however, there are no voters within) Kameda Nakajima 4 within the Ishiyama branch office jurisdiction Parts of Chūō (former town of Kameda; however, there are no voters within) Parts of Kōnan (former towns of Yokogoshi and Kameda) Akiha Minami (former city limits of Shirone) Nagaoka (former city of Tochio and the former town of Nakanoshima Tochio branch jurisdiction Nakanoshima Branch jurisdiction (Oshikirigawara) Sanjō Kamo Mitsuke Minamikanbara District
Areas from before 2013 From 1996 until the first redistricting in 2013, the areas covered by this district were as follows:
Sanjo City Niitsu City Kamo City Mitsuke City Tochio City Shirane City Nakakanbara District Kosudo Yokogoshi Kameda Minamikabara District
In 2002, the redistricting did not change the borders of the district, but did change the official designation of Yokogoshi to recognise its official incorporation as a town in between the creation of the district and the redistricting.
History
Elected representatives RepresentativePartyYears servedNotesHirohisa KuriharaLDP1996-2003Won re-election in the 2000 general election, but failed to win re-election in the 2003 general electionMakiko KikutaDPJ2003-2012won re-election in the 2005 and 2009 general elections, and was elected to the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR district in the 2012 general electionMegumi KanekoLDP2012-2017Failed to win re-election in the 2017 general electionMakiko KikutaIndep.2017 – 2020Joined the CDP in 2020 along with 149 other representativesCDP2020 – 2024Moved to the 2nd district Ryuichi YoneyamaCDP2024 – 2026 Moved from the 5th districtEiichiro WashioLDP2026 –
Election results ‡ - Also ran for a seat in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR block
‡‡ - Also ran for and won in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR block
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
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