Tochigi 2nd district (栃木県 ��区, ''Tochigi-ken- ai-ikku'') is a single-member constituency of the

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, the lower house of the national

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. It is located in northeastern Tochigi and consists of the towns of Kanuma,

Nikkō is a city located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 80,239 in 36,531 households, and a population density of 55 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It is a popular destination for Japanese and ...

, Sakura, parts of cities of

Utsunomiya is the prefectural capital city of Tochigi Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 519,223, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Utsunomiya is famous for its '' gyoza' ...

and Tochigi and the entirety og Shioya District. As of 2016, 272,047 eligible voters were registered in the district.

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(MIC)

The district is currently represented by former Governor of Tochigi

Akio Fukuda is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Imaichi, Tochigi and graduate of Tohoku University, he joined the city government of I ...

. Previous representatives in the district include former

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Kōya Nishikawa and

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Mayumi Moriyama was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Early life and education Moriyama was born in Tokyo on 7 November 1927. Her father was a businessman, who ...

List of representatives

Election results

References

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