It has, historically, similar to other 2-seat, rural prefectures, been an LDP stronghold.

The closest any party has come to defeating the LDP in the district since was 2007, when Ino Minayoshi lost by only three thousand votes.

However, LDP candidates in the district have typically been kept below 50%, mainly due to LDP-infighting; Shuji Maeda took 15% of the vote in the district in 2019, which kept Otsuji below 50%, and in 2022, Ayumi Saigo took a similar amount of the vote, leading to Nomura receiving just under 50% again.

The constituency represents the entire population of Kagoshima Prefecture and has 1,369,874 registered voters as of September 2015.

[2] As of 2021, the current representatives are: People in this district elected the following members of the House of Councillors.