Niigata at-large district | |
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新潟県選挙区 | |
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Councillors | |
Prefecture | Niigata |
Electorate | 1,842,601 (as of September 2022)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1947 |
Seats | 2 |
Councillors | Class of 2019:
Class of 2022:
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The Niigata at-large district (Japanese: 新潟県選挙区, Hepburn: Niigata-ken senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Niigata Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. Since July 2019, it has two Councillors in the 242-member house, a decrease from its previous contingent of 3. Similar to other rural two seat districts in Northern Japan such as the Iwate at-large district, it often shows a willingness to buck the LDP and instead vote for opposition backed candidates, such as in 2019. Nonetheless, the LDP won the district by six points in the 2022 elections, and Uchikoshi only won by a margin of four points.