Niigata 4th district

Niigata 4th District (新潟県第4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 general 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:


 * Nagaoka
 * Kashiwazaki
 * Ojiya
 * Mitsuke
 * Santō District
 * Kariwa District

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:


 * 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:


 * 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.

Election results
‡ - Also ran for a seat in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR block

‡‡ - also rand for and won in the Hokuriku Shinetsu PR block