Hokkaido 9th district

Hokkaido 9th District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Hokkaido Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Hokkaido
Proportional District	Hokkaido
Electorate	414,438
Current constituency
Created	1994
Seats	One
Party	LDP
Representative	Manabu Horii (2012-)
Created from	Hokkaido's 4th "medium-sized" district
Municipalities	Kushiro and Nemuro Subprefectures

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

Japanese general election, 2014: Hokkaido 9th^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Manabu Horii	97,805	45.73	-9.46
	Democratic	Tatsumaru Yamaoka	86,252	40.32	+12.25
	Communist	Ryōichi Kudō	29,841	13.95	+0.62
Turnout				55.19	-2.24

Japanese general election, 2012: Hokkaido 9th^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Manabu Horii (endorsed by Komeito)	121,145	55.19	+29.13
	Democratic	Tatsumaru Yamaoka (endorsed by PNP)	61,616	28.07	-38.29
	Communist	Yasuko Hanai	29,257	13.33	+6.70
	Ainu	Naomi Shimazaki	7,495	3.41	N/A
Turnout				57.43	-17.24

Japanese general election, 2009: Hokkaido 9th^[6]
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	Eiichi Satomura	2,735	0.9	N/A
Turnout			308,795	74.67	+1.41

Japanese general election, 2005: Hokkaido 9th^[7]
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^[8]
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^[9]
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^[10]
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

↑ 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)
↑ The Japan Times, July 5, 2012: Hatoyama could face tough re-election bid against Horii
↑ 小選挙区：北海道 - 開票速報 - 2014総選挙: 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
↑ 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. External link in |work= (help)
↑ 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. External link in |work= (help)
↑ 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. External link in |work= (help)
↑ 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. External link in |work= (help)
↑ 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. External link in |work= (help)
↑ 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: |access-date= (help); External link in |work= (help)
↑ 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. External link in |work= (help)

House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by Fukuoka 8th district	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 2009–2010	Succeeded by Tokyo 18th district

Hokkaidō's electoral districts for the Diet of Japan

FPTP "small" districts (1996–present) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (13) PR Hokkaidō PR block House of Councillors At-large (13→12 Representatives (PR block: 9→8), 4 Councillors)

SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1947–1993) 1 2 3 4 5 (22→23 Representatives, 8→4 Councillors)

Limited voting "large" districts (1946) 1 2 (23 Representatives)

SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1928–1942) 1 2 3 4 5 (20 Representatives)

FPTP/SNTV "small" districts (1920–1924) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (16 Representatives)

SNTV "large" districts era (1902–1917), in Hokkaidō FPTP single-member districts Sapporo city (ku) Hakodate city (ku) Otaru city (ku) subprefectures 1 subprefectures 2 subprefectures 3 (3→6 Representatives)

Single-member districts and proportional representation "blocks" for the Japanese House of Representatives since 1996

Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Tadamori Ōshima, Aomori 3 Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan: Tatsuo Kawabata, Kinki PR

Hokkaido proportional representation block - 8 seats	Hokkaido 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (13)

Tohoku proportional representation block - 14 seats	Aomori 1 2 3 4 Iwate 1 2 3 4 Miyagi 1 2 3 4 5 6 Akita 1 2 3 Yamagata 1 2 3 (4) Fukushima 1 2 3 4 5

Kitakanto proportional representation block - 20 seats	Ibaraki 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tochigi 1 2 3 4 5 Gunma 1 2 3 4 5 Saitama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Minamikanto proportional representation block - 22 seats	Chiba 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Kanagawa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Yamanashi 1 2 (3)

Tokyo proportional representation block - 17 seats	Tokyo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Hokurikushinetsu proportional representation block - 11 seats	Niigata 1 2 3 4 5 6 Toyama 1 2 3 Ishikawa 1 2 3 Fukui 1 2 (3) Nagano 1 2 3 4 5

Tokai proportional representation block - 21 seats	Gifu 1 2 3 4 5 Shizuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (9) Aichi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Mie 1 2 3 4 5

Kinki proportional representation block - 29 seats	Shiga 1 2 3 4 Kyoto 1 2 3 4 5 6 Osaka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Hyogo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nara 1 2 3 4 Wakyama 1 2 3

Chugoku proportional representation block - 11 seats	Tottori 1 2 Shimane 1 2 (3) Okayama 1 2 3 4 5 Hiroshima 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Yamaguchi 1 2 3 4

Shikoku proportional representation block - 6 seats	Tokushima 1 2 (3) Kagawa 1 2 3 Ehime 1 2 3 4 Kōchi 1 2 (3)

Kyushu proportional representation block - 21 seats	Fukuoka 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Saga 1 2 (3) Nagasaki 1 2 3 4 Kumamoto 1 2 3 4 5 Oita 1 2 3 (4) Miyazaki 1 2 3 Kagoshma 1 2 3 4 5 Okinawa 1 2 3 4

(in parentheses): districts eliminated in the 2002 and 2013 reapportionments

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