Niigata 2nd district

Niigata 2nd District 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:

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
** Mikata and Tsukigata branch offices
* Parts of Nishi
** Yotsugoya area
* Nishikan
Nagaoka
* 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.

Election results

‡ - Also ran in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election
''‡‡ - Also ran and won in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election''