Hyogo 2nd district (兵庫県第2区, Hyōgo-ken Dai-niku), also referred to as Hyōgo ni-ku (兵庫2区), is a constituency of the
House of Representatives in the
Diet of Japan located in southwestern
Hyogo Prefecture. The district consists of the
Hyōgo,
Kita and
Nagata wards of
Kobe and, after redistricting in 2017, a part of
Nishinomiya (the former villages of Yamaguchi and Shiose). As of September 2015, 357,643 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1] It is one of the 48 districts in the
Kansai region that form the
Kinki proportional representation block.
The district was established as part of the electoral reform of 1994; the area was previously part of
Hyōgo 1st district, which covered the whole of Kobe and elected five representatives by
single non-transferable vote.