| Niigata 2nd District | |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Parl Name: | Japanese House of Representatives |
| District Label: | Prefecture |
| District: | Niigata |
| Region Label: | Proportional Block |
| Region: | Hokuriku Shinetsu PR |
| Electorate: | 402,082 (as of September 2022)[1] |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Seats: | One |
| Party Label: | Party |
| Party: | CDP |
| Member Label: | Representatives |
| Member: | Makiko Kikuta |
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.[2]
As of 2 February 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:[3]
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:[4] [5]
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:[7]
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.[8]
| Shin Sakurai | bgcolor= | 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 | |||
| bgcolor= | LDP | 2003 – 2009 | Was re-elected in the 2005 general election, but failed to win re-election in the 2009 Japanese election | |||
| Eiichiro Washio | bgcolor= | DPJ | 2009 – 2012 | Failed to win re-election. | ||
| Kenichi Hosoda | bgcolor= | LDP | 2012 – 2017 | |||
| Eiichiro Washio | Indep. | 2017 – 2021 | ||||
| Kenichi Hosoda | bgcolor= | LDP | 2021 – 2024 | Failed to win re-election. | ||
| Makiko Kikuta | bgcolor= | CDP | 2024 – | Moved from the 4th district |
‡ - Also ran in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election
‡‡ - Also ran and won in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election