Niigata's Diet electoral districts

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Niigata's House of Representatives districts as of 2018[1]

Niigata currently sends 12 elected members to the Diet of Japan, 10 to the House of Representatives and 2 to the House of Councillors. The prefecture lost 1 Councillor due to reapportionment in 2019.

House of Representatives[edit]

The current House of Representatives Niigata delegation consists of 6 members of the LDP, 3 members of the CDP and 1 independent politician..

District seats[edit]

District Representative Party Incumbency
1st Chinami Nishimura (CDP-Niigata City) CDP 1 November 2017 – present
2nd Ken'ichi Hosoda (LDP) LDP 3 November 2021 – present
3rd Hiroaki Saitō (LDP-Murakami) LDP 3 November 2021 – present
4th Makiko Kikuta (CDP-Sanjō) CDP 1 November 2017 – present
5th Ryuichi Yoneyama (I-Uonuma) Independent 3 November 2021 – present
6th Mamoru Umetani (CDP-Jōetsu) CDP 3 November 2021 – present

PR seats[edit]

Representative Party District contested Incumbency
Shūichi Takatori (LD-Jōetsu) LDP Niigata-6th 26 December 2012 – present
Ichirō Tsukada (LD-Niigata City) Niigata-3rd 24 December 2014 – present
Hirohiko Izumida (LD-Nagaoka) Niigata-5th 1 November 2017 – present
Isato Kunisada (LD-Sanjō) Niigata-4th 3 November 2021 – present

House of Councillors[edit]

The current House of Councillors Niigata delegation consists of 1 member of the CDP and 1 member of the LDP. The members are elected from the Niigata at-large district.

Party Councillors Term ends Incumbency
LDP Kazuhiro Kobayashi 2028 26 July 2022 – present
CDP Sakura Uchikoshi 2025 29 July 2019 – present

References[edit]

  1. ^ "新潟県" (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved 27 February 2018.