Niigata 3rd district

Niigata 3rd District (新潟県第3区) is an electoral district of the Japanese House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet. The district was created as part of the move from multi-member districts to single-member districts in the House of Representatives.

Current district
As of 2 February 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:


 * Niigata
 * Kita
 * Akiha
 * Shibata
 * Murakami
 * Gosen
 * Agano
 * Tainai
 * Kitakanbara District
 * Higashikanbara District
 * Iwafune District

As part of the 2022 redistricting, Kita ward is now fully under the jurisdiction of the 3rd district, and Akiha Ward was gained from the 4th district.

Areas 2013–2022
From the first redistricting in 2013, until the second redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district were as follows:


 * Niigata (city)
 * Kita Ward (former city of Toyosaka)
 * Centra Government Office (excluding Hosoyama, Kosugi, Junimae and Yokogoshi)
 * Sumireno 4 within North Branch Office jurisdiction
 * Shibata
 * Murakami
 * Gosen
 * Agano
 * Tainai
 * Kitakanbara District
 * Higashikanbara District
 * Iwafune District

As part of the 2013 redistricting, the 3rd district gained sections of Kita Ward from the 1st district.

Areas from before 2013
From the creation of the district in 1994, until the first redistricting in 2013, the areas covered bny this district were as follows:


 * Shibata
 * Murakami
 * Gosen
 * Toyosaka
 * Kitakambara District
 * Part of Nakakanbara District
 * Muramatsu
 * Higashikanbara District
 * Iwafune District

Election results
‡ - Also ran in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election

‡‡ - Also ran and won in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR election