# Niigata 6th district

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, and the entire area has been changed to 5th district.

### 2013-2022

* Itoigawa
* Jōetsu
* Myōkō
* Tōkamachi
* Nakauonuma District

### 1994-2013

* Itoigawa
* Jōetsu
* Arai（merged into Myoko）
* Tōkamachi
* Nakauonuma District
* Higashikubiki District
* Nakakubiki District
* Nishikubiki District

## List of representatives

| Election | Representative | Party |
| 1996 | Osamu Takatori [ja] | Liberal Democratic |
| 2000 | Nobutaka Tsutsui | Democratic |
| 2003 | Nobutaka Tsutsui | Democratic |
| 2005 | Nobutaka Tsutsui | Democratic |
| 2009 | Nobutaka Tsutsui | Democratic |
| 2012 | Shuichi Takatori | Liberal Democratic |
| 2014 | Shuichi Takatori | Liberal Democratic |
| 2017 | Shuichi Takatori | Liberal Democratic |
| 2021 | Mamoru Umetani [ja] | CDP |

## Election results

2021 :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 272,966 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 67.79 | 1.58 |
| | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP |
2017 :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 285,999 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 66.21 | 9.93 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2014 :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 288,032 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 56.28 | 7.13 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2012 :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 292,581 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 63.41 | 13.37 |
| | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic |
2009 :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 298,729 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 76.78 | 1.08 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
2005 :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 304,495 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 75.70 | 2.25 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |