is an electoral district in the Japanese House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet. The district was established in 1994 as part of the general move from multi-member districts to single-member districts in the House of Representatives.
In the 2024 Japanese general election, incumbent candidate, former Economy Vice Minister Kenichi Hosoda was not endorsed by the LDP because of involvement in the 2023–2024 Japanese slush fund scandal and ran as an independent candidate.
Areas covered
Current district As of 2 February 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:
Niigata Minami Nishi Nishikan Sanjō Kamo Tsubame Nishikanbara District Minamikanbara District
As part of the 2022 redistricting, the wards of Niigata city would no longer be internally divided.
Areas 2013–2022 From the first redistricting in 2013, until the second redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district were as follows:
Niigata Parts of Minami (former villages of Ajikata, Tsukigata and Nakanokuchi) Mikata and Tsukigata branch offices Parts of Nishi (former towns of Maki and Nishikawa) Yotsugoya area Nishikan Nagaoka (former towns of Koshiji, Mishima, Yoita, Teradomari Oguni and the former village of Washima) Areas of Nishitsu that were formerly a part of Koshiji Kashiwazaki Tsubame Sado Nishikanbara District Santō District Kariwa District
As part of the 2013 redistricting, the district gained parts of Minami, Nishi and Nishikan wards from the 1st district and gained parts of the city of Nagaoka from the 5th district.
Areas from before 2013 From the creation of the district in 1994 until the first redistricting in 2013, the areas covered by this district were as follows:
Kashiwazaki Tsubame Ryōtsu Nishikanbara District Santo District Kariwa District Sado District
There was a small change in 2002 when the former town of Kurosaki in Nishinkanbara District was transferred to the 1st district, though the legal name of the town and county did not change.
History
Elected representatives +RepresentativePartyYears servedNotesShin SakuraiLDP1996 – 2000Failed to win re-election in the 2000 general electionMotohiko KondoIndep.2000 – 2003Joined the Liberal Democratic Party before the next electionLDP2003 – 2009Was re-elected in the 2005 general election, but failed to win re-election in the 2009 Japanese electionEiichiro WashioDPJ2009 – 2012Failed to win re-election.Kenichi HosodaLDP2012 – 2017Eiichiro WashioIndep.2017 – 2021Kenichi HosodaLDP2021 – 2024Failed to win re-election.Makiko KikutaCDP2024 – 2026 Failed to win re-election but was elected to the PR BlockIsato KunisadaLDP2026 –
Election results ‡ - Also ran in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election
‡‡ - Also ran and won in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
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