Niigata 4th district

Niigata 4th District 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:

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
** Central government office
* Parts of Higashi
** Kameda Nakajima 4 within the Ishiyama branch office jurisdiction
* Parts of Chūō
* Parts of Kōnan
* Akiha
* Minami
Nagaoka
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.

Election results

‡ - Also ran for a seat in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR block
''‡‡ - Also ran for and won in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR block''