Niigata 6th district

Niigata 6th District
Former Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
PrefectureNiigata
Proportional DistrictHokuriku-Shinetsu
Former constituency
Created1994
Abolished2022
SeatsOne
PartyCDP
RepresentativesMamoru Umetani [ja]
Replaced byNiigata 5th
(merged into)

Niigata 6th district (新潟県第6区, Niigata-ken dai-rokku or simply 新潟6区, Niigata-rokku) was a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Niigata Prefecture.

Areas covered

It was abolished by the revision of the Public Offices Election Act 2022,[1] and the entire area has been changed to 5th district.[2]

2013-2022[3][4]
1994-2013[5]

List of representatives

Election Representative Party Notes
1996 [6] Osamu Takatori [ja] Liberal Democratic
2000[7] Nobutaka Tsutsui Democratic
2003[8]
2005[9]
2009[10]
2012[11] Shuichi Takatori Liberal Democratic
2014[12]
2017[13]
2021[14] Mamoru Umetani [ja] CDP

Election results

2021[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CDP Mamoru Umetani [ja] 90,679 49.57 N/A
Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito) 		Shuichi Takatori
(incumbent)
(won PR seat) 		90,549 49.50
Independent Kosan Kandori 1,711 0.94 N/A
Registered electors 272,966
Turnout 67.79 Increase 1.58
CDP gain from LDP
2017[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito) 		Shuichi Takatori
(incumbent) 		94,292 50.59
Independent Mamoru Umetani [ja] 92,080 49.41 N/A
Registered electors 285,999
Turnout 66.21 Increase 9.93
LDP hold
2014[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito) 		Shuichi Takatori
(incumbent) 		83,638 52.70
Democratic Mamoru Umetani [ja] 62,766 39.55
Communist Mikiko Takahashi 12,315 7.76
Registered electors 288,032
Turnout 56.28 Decrease 7.13
LDP hold
2012[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic
(endorsed by Komeito) 		Shuichi Takatori 98,676 55.08
Democratic
(endorsed by PNP) 		Nobutaka Tsutsui
(incumbent) 		66,564 37.15
Communist Mikiko Takahashi 13,914 7.77
Registered electors 292,581
Turnout 63.41 Decrease 13.37
LDP gain from Democratic
2009[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Nobutaka Tsutsui
(incumbent) 		124,894 55.35
Liberal Democratic Shuichi Takatori
(PR seat incumbent) 		89,672 39.74
Communist Masayuki Hashimoto 9,222 4.09
Happiness Realization Daisei Kokuryo 1,836 0.81
Registered electors 298,729
Turnout 76.78 Increase 1.08
Democratic hold
2005[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Nobutaka Tsutsui
(incumbent) 		114,081 50.17
Liberal Democratic Shuichi Takatori
(won PR seat) 		102,187 44.94
Communist Shori Takeda 11,138 4.90
Registered electors 304,495
Turnout 75.70 Increase 2.25
Democratic hold

References

  1. ^ "衆議院区割り変更". House of Representatives of Japan. 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  2. ^ "新潟県区割り" (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  3. ^ "衆議院区割り変更". House of Representatives of Japan. 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  4. ^ "新潟県" (PDF). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  5. ^ "衆議院トップページ >立法情報 >制定法律情報 >第131回国会 制定法律の一覧 >法律第百四号（平六・一一・二五）". House of Representatives of Japan. 1994-11-25. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
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  8. ^ "第43回衆議院議員選挙 - 新潟6区". Senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
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  10. ^ a b "第45回衆議院議員選挙 - 新潟6区". the Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  11. ^ a b "開票結果 小選挙区 新潟". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  12. ^ a b "2014衆院選:衆議院選挙:選挙アーカイブス:NHK選挙WEB". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
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