Niigata at-large district

Niigata at-large district
新潟県選挙区
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Councillors
PrefectureNiigata
Electorate1,842,601 (as of September 2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created1947
Seats2
CouncillorsClass of 2019:
  •   Sakura Uchikoshi (CDP)

Class of 2022:

  •   Kazuhiro Kobayashi (LDP)

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.

  1. ^ "総務省|令和4年9月1日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数" [Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Number of registered voters as of 1 September 2022] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-04.