Kumamoto 2nd district
Kumamoto 2nd District is a current single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in Kumamoto and covers South Ward and West Ward of the prefectural capital Kumamoto City, the cities of Arao and Tamana and the Tamana District. As of September 2022, 313,172 eligible voters were resident in the district.
Before 1996, the area had been part of the five-member Kumamoto 1st district. Liberal Democrat Takeshi Noda, had represented the pre-reform 1st district since 1972 when he succeeded his deceased father-in-law Takeo Noda.