Niigata 2nd District | |
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新潟県第2区 | |
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
Prefecture | Niigata |
Proportional Block | Hokuriku Shinetsu PR |
Electorate | 402,082 (as of September 2022) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1994 |
Seats | One |
Party | LDP |
Representatives | Kenichi Hosoda |
Niigata 2nd District (新潟県第2区, Niigata-ken dai-ni-ku) is a 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.
As of 2 February 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows: [2]
As part of the 2022 redistricting, the wards of Niigata city would no longer be internally divided.
From the first redistricting in 2013, until the second redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district were as follows: [3] [4]
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.
From the creation of the district in 1994 until the first redistricting in 2013, the areas covered by this district were as follows: [6]
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. [7]
Representative | Party | Years served | Notes | |
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Shin Sakurai | LDP | 1996–2000 | Failed to win re-election in the 2000 general election | |
Motohiko Kondo | Indep. | 2000–2003 | Joined the Liberal Democratic Party before the next election | |
LDP | 2003–2009 | Was re-elected in the 2005 general election, but failed to win re-election in the 2009 Japanese election | ||
Eiichiro Washio | DPJ | 2009–2012 | Failed to win re-election. | |
Kenichi Hosoda | LDP | 2012–2017 | ||
Eiichiro Washio | Indep. | 2017–2021 | ||
Kenichi Hosoda | LDP | 2021- |
‡ - Also ran in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election
‡‡ - Also ran and won in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democratic |
Kenichi Hosoda‡ (incumbent -
Hokuriku Shinetsu PR) (endorsed by Komeito) |
105,426 | 59.9 | 16.8 | |
DPP | Sakae Takakura‡ | 37,157 | 21.1 | New | |
Communist | Taira Ayako‡ (endorsed by the SDP) |
33,399 | 19.0 | 13.7 | |
Registered electors | 288,107 | ||||
Majority | 68,269 | 38.8 | 30.3 | ||
Turnout | 180,528 | 62.7 | 1.1 | ||
Liberal Democratic gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Eiichiro Washio (incumbent - Hokuriku Shinetsu PR) | 97,808 | 51.6 | New | |
Liberal Democratic |
Kenichi Hosoda‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) |
81,705 | 43.1 | 0.1 | |
Communist | Takehiko Igarashi | 10,055 | 5.3 | 1.7 | |
Registered electors | 302,713 | ||||
Majority | 16,103 | 8.5 | 8.4 | ||
Turnout | 193,191 | 63.8 | 8.5 | ||
Independent gain from Liberal Democratic | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic |
Kenichi Hosoda‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) |
70,589 | 43.0 | 2.5 | |
Democratic | Eiichiro Washio‡ | 70,487 | 42.9 | 4.2 | |
Social Democratic | Hideaki Watanabe‡ | 11,801 | 7.2 | 2.9 | |
Communist | Kazuo Goino | 11,434 | 7.0 | 1.4 | |
Registered electors | 304,858 | ||||
Majority | 102 | 0.1 | 6.7 | ||
Turnout | 168,495 | 55.3 | 4.9 | ||
Liberal Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democratic |
Kenichi Hosoda‡ (endorsed by Komeito) |
81,537 | 45.5 | 8.5 | |
Democratic |
Eiichiro Washio‡‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by the PNP) |
69,389 | 38.7 | 13.6 | |
Social Democratic | Hideaki Watanabe‡ | 18,169 | 10.1 | 0.4 | |
Communist | Toshihiro Miyaji | 10,042 | 5.6 | New | |
Registered electors | 309,710 | ||||
Majority | 12,148 | 6.8 | New | ||
Turnout | 186,569 | 60.2 | 15.6 | ||
Liberal Democratic gain from Democratic | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eiichiro Washio‡ (incumbent - Hokuriku Shinetsu PR) | 122,686 | 52.3 | 8.0 | |
Liberal Democratic |
Motohiko Kondo‡ (incumbent) (endorsed by Komeito) |
86,960 | 37.0 | 12.7 | |
Social Democratic | Noboru Yoneyama‡ | 22,866 | 9.7 | New | |
Happiness Realization | Satoshi Sugawara | 2,257 | 1.0 | New | |
Registered electors | 315,884 | ||||
Majority | 35,726 | 15.3 | New | ||
Turnout | 239,377 | 75.8 | 2.3 | ||
Democratic gain from Liberal Democratic | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic | Motohiko Kondo‡ (incumbent) | 113,916 | 49.7 | 5.8 | |
Democratic | Eiichiro Washio‡‡ | 101,637 | 44.3 | 21.6 | |
Communist | Yoshio Hosoi | 13,727 | 6.0 | 0.4 | |
Registered electors | 320,718 | ||||
Majority | 12,279 | 5.4 | 12.7 | ||
Turnout | 235,856 | 73.5 | 4.0 | ||
Liberal Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democratic | Motohiko Kondo‡ (incumbent) | 95,391 | 43.9 | 5.2 | |
Independent |
Masayuki Fujishima (incumbent - Kyushu PR) |
56,002 | 25.8 | New | |
Democratic | Tomio Sakagami‡ | 49,382 | 22.7 | New | |
Communist | Yoko Yoneyama | 12,225 | 5.6 | 4.0 | |
Independent | Ko Nishikawa | 4,132 | 1.9 | New | |
Registered electors | 321,636 | ||||
Majority | 39,389 | 18.1 | 8.7 | ||
Turnout | 223,537 | 69.5 | 6.4 | ||
Liberal Democratic gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Motohiko Kondo | 123,811 | 49.1 | 10.6 | |
Liberal Democratic | Arata Sakurai‡ (incumbent) | 100,220 | 39.7 | 1.1 | |
Communist | Fumihiko Murayama | 24,172 | 9.6 | 3.6 | |
Independent | Isamu Kawahara | 4,009 | 1.6 | New | |
Registered electors | Unknown | ||||
Majority | 23,591 | 9.4 | New | ||
Turnout | Unknown | 75.9 | 4.7 | ||
Independent gain from Liberal Democratic | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democratic | Arata Sakurai‡ | 94,203 | 40.8 | New | |
Independent | Motohiko Kondo | 89,044 | 38.5 | New | |
Democratic | Ichizo Kobayashi | 17,335 | 7.5 | New | |
Communist | Hiroshi Nozaki | 13,883 | 6.0 | New | |
New Socialist | Toshio Inamura‡ | 12,503 | 5.4 | New | |
Independent | Ko Nishikawa | 4,093 | 1.8 | New | |
Registered electors | 339,397 | ||||
Majority | 5,159 | 2.3 | New | ||
Turnout | 241,481 | 71.2 | New | ||
Liberal Democratic win (new seat) |