Hyogo 8th district (兵庫県第8区, Hyōgo-ken Dai-hachiku), also referred to as Hyōgo hachi-ku (兵庫8区), is a constituency of the
House of Representatives in the
Diet of Japan. It is located in southwestern
Hyōgo and consists of the city of
Amagasaki. As of September 2015, 379,207 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 2nd district that elected five representatives by
single non-transferable vote.