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 became the new 6th district, some parts were transferred to the 10th and 12th districts.

Current 7th district

The old 13th/current 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 (Ibuki faction). In the 2009 general election, the 7th district was the only district countrywide where a Democratic incumbent lost his seat and the only district in Hokkaidō the LDP could win. 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 1996–2000 Left NFP in 1997 and returned to the LDP
LDP 2000–2003
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

2012[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP (NK) Yoshitaka Itō 100,150 47.24
NPD (TPJ) Takako Suzuki 51,051 33.06
DPJ (PNP) Hiroko Nakano 21,513 13.93
JCP Ryōko Sasaki 8,918 5.77
2009[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP (NK support) Yoshitaka Itō 100,150 49.7
DPJ (PNP support) Hiroko Nakano (elected by PR) 99,236 49.2
HRP Sachiko Kanenari 2,131 1.1
Turnout 205,413 73.91
2005[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DPJ Hiroko Nakano 95,473 48.3
LDP Naoto Kitamura 86,924 43.9
JCP Kazushige Murakami 15,438 7.8
Turnout 204,442 71.37
2003[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Naoto Kitamura 85,585 49.8
DPJ Hiroko Nakano (elected by PR) 72,508 42.2
JCP Yasuhiko Yagi 13,617 7.9
Turnout 177,431 61.52
2000: Hokkaidō 13th district[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Naoto Kitamura 86,567 46.9
DPJ Hiroko Nakano 55,732 30.2
LP Toshiyuki Wanibuchi 25,169 13.6
JCP Tadashi Shibutani[10] 16,055 8.7
Others Shin'ichi Katō 1,071 0.6
1996: Hokkaidō 13th district[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NFP Naoto Kitamura 83,490 42.8
LDP Muneo Suzuki (elected by PR) 55,491 28.4
DPJ Atsushi Okada 41,565 21.3
JCP Akemi Ishikawa 14,736 7.5
Turnout 198,436 68.83

Previous 7th district 1996–2000

The old 7th district covered Northern Hokkaidō and consisted of the Kamikawa, Rumoi and Sōya subprefectures. Its only representative was Liberal Democrat Eikō Kaneta who had to share an alternating LDP candidacy in the new Hokkaidō 6th district with Hiroshi Imazu after the redistricting (Costa Rica method).

List of Representatives

Representative Party Dates Notes
Hokkaidō 7th district
Eikō Kaneta LDP 1996–2003 Moved to PR (Costa Rica method), reelected in the Hokkaidō PR block

Election results

2000: Hokkaidō 7th district[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Eikō Kaneta 94,290 49.2
DPJ Yasuki Sakurada 85,553 44.6
JCP Masatada Mashiko 11,889 6.2
1996: Hokkaidō 7th district[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Eikō Kaneta 65,955 34.4
DPJ Yasuki Sakurada 62,549 32.6
NFP Yoshiteru Uekusa 52,300 27.2
JCP Masatada Mashiko 11,149 5.8
Turnout 196,227 71.46

References

  1. ↑ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC): 平成21年9月2日現在における選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数の概要 (Japanese)
  2. ↑ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>自民. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  3. ↑ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>民主. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  4. ↑ 衆議院>第46回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>北海道7区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  5. ↑ 第46回総選挙>小選挙区開票速報：北海道. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  6. ↑ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>北海道7区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  7. ↑ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>北海道7区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  8. ↑ 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>北海道7区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  9. ↑ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>北海道13区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  10. ↑ ?, 渋谷肇
  11. ↑ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>北海道13区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  12. ↑ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>北海道7区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  13. ↑ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>北海道7区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Retrieved 2011-04-16.