Hokkaido 7th district
Hokkaidō 7th district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Japan's northernmost prefecture Hokkaidō. In a 2002 redistricting and reapportionment, Hokkaidō lost one seat and what had been the Hokkaido 13th district in the 1996 and 2000 general elections was renamed the 7th district. The previous 7th district was split up: the largest part merged into the 6th district and the remaining areas merged into the 10th and 12th districts.
| Hokkaidō 7th District | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary Constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
 Numbered map of Hokkaidō Prefecture single-member districts | |
| Proportional District | Hokkaidō |
| Electorate | 278,402 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1996, renamed in 2003 |
| Seats | One |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Representative | Yoshitaka Itō (2009-) |
| Municipalities | Kushiro and Nemuro Subprefectures |
| Created from | Hokkaidō 5th district (1947–1993) |
Electorate
The 7th district is located in Eastern Hokkaidō and covers the Kushiro and Nemuro subprefectures, in the Japanese viewpoint theoretically including the "Northern Territories (Southern Kuriles) administered by the Russian Federation. As of 2009, 278,402 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]
The district is currently represented by Liberal Democrat Yoshitaka Itō, who is serving his third term. In the 2009 general election, the 7th district was the only district countrywide where a Democratic incumbent lost their seat and the only district in Hokkaidō won by the LDP. In the previous election of 2005 when the LDP won a landslide victory, it was one of few districts where a Democrat could unseat a Liberal Democratic incumbent.
List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaidō 13th district | ||||
| Naoto Kitamura | NFP | 1996–1997 | Left NFP in 1997 and returned to the LDP | |
| LDP | 1997–2003 | |||
| Hokkaidō 7th district | ||||
| Naoto Kitamura | LDP | 2003–2005 | Failed reelection in the Hokkaidō PR block[2] | |
| Hiroko Nakano | DPJ | 2005–2009 | Reelected in the Hokkaidō PR block[3] | |
| Yoshitaka Itō | LDP | 2009– | Incumbent | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshitaka Itō (Incumbent) (Endorsed by Kōmeitō) |
72,281 | 45.9 | ||
| Democratic | Takako Suzuki (Re-elected to PR block) | 72,056 | 45.7 | ||
| Communist | Akemi Ishikawa | 13,218 | 8.4 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshitaka Itō (Incumbent) (Endorsed by Kōmeitō) |
72,945 | 47.2 | ||
| New Party Daichi | Takako Suzuki (endorsed by Tomorrow Party) |
51,051 | 33.1 | ||
| Democratic | Hiroko Nakano (PR block incumbent) (Endorsed by PNP) |
21,513 | 13.9 | ||
| Communist | Ryōko Sasaki | 8,918 | 5.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Yoshitaka Itō (endorsed by Kōmeitō) |
100,150 | 49.7 | ||
| Democratic | Hiroko Nakano (Incumbent) (Elected to PR block) (Endorsed by PNP) |
99,236 | 49.2 | ||
| Happiness Realization | Sachiko Kanenari | 2,131 | 1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 205,413 | 73.91 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Hiroko Nakano | 95,473 | 48.3 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Naoto Kitamura (Incumbent) (Endorsed by Kōmeitō) |
86,924 | 43.9 | ||
| Communist | Kazushige Murakami | 15,438 | 7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 204,442 | 71.37 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Naoto Kitamura (Incumbent) (Endorsed by NCP) |
85,585 | 49.8 | ||
| Democratic | Hiroko Nakano (elected by PR) (Endorsed by SDP) |
72,508 | 42.2 | ||
| Communist | Yasuhiko Yagi | 13,617 | 7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 177,431 | 61.52 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic | Naoto Kitamura (Incumbent) (Endorsed by NCP) |
86,567 | 46.9 | ||
| Democratic | Hiroko Nakano | 55,732 | 30.2 | ||
| Liberal | Toshiyuki Wanibuchi | 25,169 | 13.6 | ||
| Communist | Tadashi Shibutani[10] | 16,055 | 8.7 | ||
| Others | Shin'ichi Katō | 1,071 | 0.6 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Frontier | Naoto Kitamura (Incumbent) | 83,490 | 42.8 | ||
| Liberal Democratic | Muneo Suzuki (elected by PR) | 55,491 | 28.4 | ||
| Democratic | Atsushi Okada | 41,565 | 21.3 | ||
| Communist | Akemi Ishikawa | 14,736 | 7.5 | ||
| Turnout | 198,436 | 68.83 | |||
References
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