Niigata 4th district
{{Short description|Japanese electoral district}}
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{{Nihongo|Niigata 4th District|新潟県第4区|Niigata-ken dai-yon-ku}} 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:{{Cite web |year=2022 |title= |script-title=ja:新潟県 |trans-title=Niigata Prefecture |url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000853817.pdf |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications}}
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:{{Cite web |title=衆議院小選挙区選出議員の選挙区間における人口較差を緊急に是正するための公職選挙法及び衆議院議員選挙区画定審議会設置法の一部を改正する法律の一部を改正する法律 |url=https://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_housei.nsf/html/housei/18320130628068.htm |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=www.shugiin.go.jp}}{{Cite web |title= |script-title=ja:新潟県 |trans-title=Niigata Prefecture |url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000240054.pdf |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |language=ja}}
- Niigata
- Parts of Kita (former town of Yokogoshi: due to the small number of eligible voters, their votes were also counted in Kōnan ward)
- Central government office (Kosugi, Junimae and Yokogoe areas)
- Parts of Higashi (former town of Kameda; however, there are no voters within)
- Kameda Nakajima 4 within the Ishiyama branch office jurisdiction
- Parts of Chūō (former town of Kameda; however, there are no voters within)
- Parts of Kōnan (former towns of Yokogoshi and Kameda)
- Akiha
- Minami (former city limits of Shirone)
- Nagaoka (former city of Tochio and the former town of Nakanoshima
- Tochio branch jurisdiction
- Nakanoshima Branch jurisdiction (Oshikirigawara)
- 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:{{Cite web |title=法律第百四号（平六・一一・二五） |url=https://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_housei.nsf/html/houritsu/13119941125104.htm |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=www.shugiin.go.jp}}
- 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.{{Cite web |title=公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律 |url=https://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_housei.nsf/html/housei/15420020731095.htm |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=www.shugiin.go.jp}}
History
Elected representatives
| class="wikitable"
!Representative ! colspan="2" |Party !Years served !Notes |
| Hirohisa Kurihara
| bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | |LDP |1996-2003 |Won re-election in the 2000 general election, but failed to win re-election in the 2003 general election |
| Makiko Kikuta
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}} | |DPJ |2003-2012 |won re-election in the 2005 and 2009 general elections, and was elected to the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR district in the 2012 general election |
| Megumi Kaneko
| bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | |LDP |2012-2017 |Failed to win re-election in the 2017 general election |
| rowspan="2" |Makiko Kikuta
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}} | |2017 – 2020 |Joined the CDP in 2020 along with 149 other representatives{{Cite web |title=新「立憲民主」衆参１５０人で結党 野党第一党、枝野氏「選択肢示す」：東京新聞 TOKYO Web |url=https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/55709 |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=東京新聞 TOKYO Web |language=ja}} |
| bgcolor={{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}} |
|CDP |2020 – 2024 |Moved to the 2nd district |
| Ryuichi Yoneyama
| bgcolor={{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}} | |CDP |2024 – | Moved from the 5th district |
Election results
‡ - Also ran for a seat in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR block
‡‡ - Also ran for and won in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR block
= Elections in the 2020s =
{{Election box begin|title=2024{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/15/|script-title=ja: 開票速報 小選挙区：新潟 - 2024衆議|access-date=30 December 2024|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Ryuichi Yoneyama{{superscript|‡}}
|votes = 93,764
|percentage = 44.9
|change = {{decrease}}5.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Eiichiro Washio{{superscript|‡}}
|votes = 71,672
|percentage = 34.3
|change = {{decrease}}15.6
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Hirohiko Izumida
|votes = 43,396
|percentage = 20.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors= 352,778
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=
|percentage = 60.30
|change= {{decrease}}3.87
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner= Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2021{{cite web|url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/19607/senkyoku/38914|script-title=ja:新潟4区 - 第49回衆議院議員選挙|trans-title=Niigata 4th District - 49th House of Representatives Election|language=ja|website=go2senkyo.com}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan|candidate=Makiko Kikuta{{superscript|‡}} {{small|(incumbent)}}
{{small|(endorsed by the JCP and the SDP)}}|percentage=50.1|votes=97,494|change=New}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|candidate=Kunisada Hayato{{superscript|‡‡}}
{{small|(endorsed by Komeito)}}|votes=97,256|percentage=49.9|change={{increase}}6.2}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=307,471}}{{Election box majority|votes=238|percentage=0.2|change={{decrease}}12.4}}{{Election box turnout|votes=197,304|percentage=64.2|change={{increase}}0.1}}{{Election box gain with party link without swing|winner=Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan|loser=Independent politician}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 2010s =
{{Election box begin|title=2017{{cite web|url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/15530/senkyoku/25126|script-title=ja:新潟4区 - 第48回衆議院議員選挙|trans-title=Niigata 4th District - 48th House of Representatives Election|language=ja|website=go2senkyo.com}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate|party=Independent|candidate=Makiko Kikuta {{small|(incumbent - Hokuriku Shinetsu PR)}}
{{small|(endorsed by the JCP, SDP and the Liberal Party)}}|percentage=56.3|votes=112,600|change=New}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|candidate=Megumi Kaneko{{superscript|‡}} {{small|(incumbent)}}
{{small|(endorsed by Komeito)}}|votes=87,524|percentage=43.7|change={{decrease}}3.0}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=317,754}}{{Election box majority|votes=35,076|percentage=12.6|change=New}}{{Election box turnout|votes=203,585|percentage=64.1|change={{increase}}10.8}}{{Election box gain with party link without swing|winner=Independent politician|loser=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}
{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin|title=2014{{cite web|url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/49/senkyoku/1981|script-title=ja:新潟4区 - 第47回衆議院議員選挙|trans-title=Niigata 4th District - 47th House of Representatives Election|language=ja|website=go2senkyo.com}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|candidate=Megumi Kaneko{{superscript|‡}} {{small|(incumbent)}}
{{small|(endorsed by Komeito)}}|percentage=46.7|votes=77,137|change={{increase}}4.1}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party of Japan|candidate=Makiko Kikuta{{superscript|‡‡}}
{{small|(incumbent - Hokuriku Shinetsu PR)}}|votes=74,073|percentage=44.9|change={{increase}}8.3}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Japanese Communist Party|candidate=Hiroshi Nishizawa|votes=13,957|percentage=8.5|change={{increase}}3.3}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=316,172}}{{Election box majority|votes=3,067|percentage=1.9|change={{decrease}}5.5}}{{Election box turnout|votes=168,488|percentage=53.3|change={{decrease}}7.5}}{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|swing={{increase}}5.4}}
{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin|title=2012{{cite web|url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/47/senkyoku/1681|script-title=ja:新潟4区 - 第46回衆議院議員選挙|trans-title=Niigata 4th District - 46th House of Representatives Election|language=ja|website=go2senkyo.com}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|candidate=Megumi Kaneko{{superscript|‡}}
{{small|(endorsed by Komeito)}}|percentage=42.6|votes=80,514|change={{increase}}6.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party of Japan|candidate=Makiko Kikuta{{superscript|‡‡}} {{small|(incumbent)}}
{{small|(endorsed by the PNP)}}|votes=66,457|percentage=35.2|change={{decrease}}27.3}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Japan Restoration Party|candidate=Hirohisa Kurihara{{superscript|‡}}|votes=32,181|percentage=17.0|change=New}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Japanese Communist Party|candidate=Hiroshi Nishizawa|votes=9,908|percentage=5.2|change=New}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=318,807}}{{Election box majority|votes=14,057|percentage=7.4|change=New}}{{Election box turnout|votes=193,771|percentage=60.8|change={{decrease}}12.5}}{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|loser=Democratic Party of Japan|swing={{increase}}6.1}}{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 2000s =
{{Election box begin|title=2009{{cite web|url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/44/senkyoku/1080|script-title=ja:新潟4区 - 第45回衆議院議員選挙|trans-title=Niigata 4th District - 45th House of Representatives Election|language=ja|website=go2senkyo.com}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party of Japan|candidate=Makiko Kikuta{{superscript|‡}} {{small|(incumbent)}}|percentage=62.5|votes=144,230|change={{increase}}12.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|candidate=Hiroshi Kurihara{{superscript|‡}}|votes=82,826|percentage=35.9|change={{decrease}}5.4}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Happiness Realization Party|candidate=Tsuyoshi Sekiya|votes=3,660|percentage=1.6|change=New}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=321,921}}{{Election box majority|votes=61,404|percentage=26.6|change={{increase}}17.4}}{{Election box turnout|votes=235,936|percentage=73.3|change={{increase}}1.3}}{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Democratic Party of Japan|swing={{increase}}7.5}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin|title=2005{{cite web|url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/45/senkyoku/1380|script-title=ja:新潟4区 - 第44回衆議院議員選挙|trans-title=Niigata 4th District - 44th House of Representatives Election|language=ja|website=go2senkyo.com}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party of Japan|candidate=Makiko Kikuta{{superscript|‡}} {{small|(incumbent)}}|percentage=50.5|votes=114,843|change={{decrease}}3.0}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|candidate=Hiroshi Kurihara{{superscript|‡}}|votes=93,971|percentage=41.3|change={{increase}}1.7}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Japanese Communist Party|candidate=Motomi Mutou|votes=18,503|percentage=8.1|change={{increase}}1.1}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=322,023}}{{Election box majority|votes=20,872|percentage=9.2|change={{decrease}}4.7}}{{Election box turnout|votes=231,889|percentage=72.0|change={{increase}}4.5}}{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Democratic Party of Japan|swing={{decrease}}15.0}}
{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin|title=2003{{cite web|url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/43/senkyoku/780|script-title=ja:新潟4区 - 第43回衆議院議員選挙|trans-title=Niigata 4th District - 43rd House of Representatives Election|language=ja|website=go2senkyo.com}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party of Japan|candidate=Makiko Kikuta{{superscript|‡}}|percentage=53.5|votes=113,721|change={{increase}}27.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|candidate=Hirohisa Kurihara{{superscript|‡}} {{small|(incumbent)}}|votes=83,880|percentage=39.6|change={{increase}}6.4}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Japanese Communist Party|candidate=Motomi Mutou|votes=14,776|percentage=7.0|change={{decrease}}1.3}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=321,244}}{{Election box majority|votes=29,391|percentage=13.9|change=New}}{{Election box turnout|votes=216,904|percentage=67.5|change={{decrease}}2.7}}{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Democratic Party of Japan|loser=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|swing={{increase}}13.5}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin|title=2000{{cite web|url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/42/senkyoku/477|script-title=ja:新潟4区 - 第42回衆議院議員選挙|trans-title=Niigata 4th District - 42nd House of Representatives Election|language=ja|website=go2senkyo.com}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|candidate=Hirohisa Kurihara{{superscript|‡}} {{small|(incumbent)}}|percentage=33.2|votes=72,604|change={{decrease}}8.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)|candidate=Makiko Kikuta{{superscript|‡}}|votes=69,910|percentage=32.0|change=New}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party of Japan|candidate=Tomio Sakagami{{superscript|‡}}
{{small|(incumbent - Hokuriku Shinetsu PR)}}|votes=58,008|percentage=26.5|change=New}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Japanese Communist Party|candidate=Motomi Mutou|votes=18,069|percentage=8.3|change={{increase}}0.8}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=}}{{Election box majority|votes=2,694|percentage=1.2|change={{decrease}}9.9}}{{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=70.2|change={{increase}}1.5}}{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|swing={{decrease}}4.2}}{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1990s =
{{Election box begin|title=1996{{cite web|url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/19607/senkyoku/38914|script-title=ja:新潟4区 - 第41回衆議院議員選挙|trans-title=Niigata 4th District - 41st House of Representatives Election|language=ja|website=go2senkyo.com}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|candidate=Hiroshi Kurihara{{superscript|‡}}|percentage=41.6|votes=85,743|change=New}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Hideo Watanabe|votes=62,823|percentage=30.5|change=New}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party (Japan, 1996)|candidate=Tomio Sakagami{{superscript|‡‡}}|votes=42,144|percentage=20.5|change=New}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Japanese Communist Party|candidate=Norihiko Watanabe|votes=15,408|percentage=7.5|change=New}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=310,721}}{{Election box majority|votes=22,920|percentage=11.1|change=New}}{{Election box turnout|votes=213,434|percentage=68.7|change=New}}{{Election box new seat win|winner=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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Category:House of Representatives (Japan) districts in Niigata Prefecture
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