Hokkaido 9th district

Hokkaidō 9th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It consists of Hokkaido's Hidaka and Iburi Subprefectures. As of 2009, 414,438 eligible voters were registered in the district.[1]

Hokkaido 9th district, like neighbouring 8th and 10th district, was considered a "Democratic kingdom" (minshu-ōkoku), a stronghold of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). From its creation in 1996 until 2012 it had been represented by DPJ co-founder Yukio Hatoyama. In 2012, Hatoyama retired. The LDP had nominated Hokkaidō prefectural assemblyman and former Olympic speed skater Manabu Horii as their candidate in July 2012.[2]

In the 2000, 2003 and 2005 general elections, the Liberal Democratic Party's candidate was Hirofumi Iwakura, later mayor of Tomakomai, Iburi Subprefecture. In 2000, Iwakura lost the district to Hatoyama by a margin of less than 3,000 votes.

Before the 1994 electoral reform, the area had been part of Hokkaido 4th district where five representatives were elected by single non-transferable vote. Yukio Hatoyama (New Party Sakigake), Tatsuo Takahashi (LDP) and Tomoko Kami (JCP) had already stood as candidates there in 1993.


Election results

2012[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP (NK) Manabu Horii 121,145 55.19
DPJ (PNP) Tatsumaru Yamaoka 61,616 28.07
JCP Yasuko Hanai 29,257 13.33
Ainu Naomi Shimazaki 7,495 3.41
Japanese general election, 2009: Hokkaido 9th[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yukio Hatoyama 201,461 66.3 +17.0
Liberal Democratic Satoshi Kawabata 79,116 26.1 -16.9
Communist Akiko Satō 20,286 6.7 -1.0
Happiness Realization Party Eiichi Satomura 2,735 0.9 N/A
Turnout 308,795 74.67 +1.41
Japanese general election, 2005: Hokkaido 9th[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yukio Hatoyama 150,050 49.3 -0.7
Liberal Democratic Hirofumi Iwakura 131,130 43.0 +0.9
Communist Akiko Satō 23,400 7.7 -0.2
Turnout 308,545 73.26
Japanese general election, 2003: Hokkaido 9th[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yukio Hatoyama 141,442 50.0 +4.6
Liberal Democratic Hirofumi Iwakura 118,958 42.1 -2.5
Communist Seiji Tanimoto 22,382 7.9 -2.1
Japanese general election, 2000: Hokkaido 9th[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yukio Hatoyama 131,500 45.4 -7.4
Liberal Democratic Hirofumi Iwakura 128,975 44.6 +17.1
Communist Yūichi Tazawa 28,840 10.0 -9.7
Japanese general election, 1996: Hokkaido 9th[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Yukio Hatoyama 131,936 52.8
Liberal Democratic Tatsuo Takahashi 68,793 27.5
Communist Tomoko Kami 49,196 19.7

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 (Japanese)
  2. ↑ The Japan Times, July 5, 2012: Hatoyama could face tough re-election bid against Horii
  3. ↑ 第46回衆議院議員選挙 - 北海道9区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Heartbeats. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>北海道9区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
  6. ↑ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>北海道9区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  7. ↑ 衆議院 >第43回衆議院議員選挙 >北海道>北海道9区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  8. ↑ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>北海道9区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2009-12-40. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  9. ↑ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙 >北海道>北海道9区. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2010-01-07.