Hokkaidō 7th District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Hokkaidō Prefecture single-member districts
PrefectureHokkaido
Proportional DistrictHokkaido
Electorate253,134 (2021)[1]
Current constituency
Created1996, renamed in 2003
SeatsOne
PartyLiberal Democratic
RepresentativeYoshitaka Itō (2009-present)
Created fromHokkaidō 5th district (1947–1993)
MunicipalitiesKushiro and Nemuro Subprefectures

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.

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.[2]

The district has been represented by Liberal Democrat Yoshitaka Itō since 2009. 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[3]
Hiroko Nakano DPJ 2005–2009 Reelected in the Hokkaidō PR block[4]
Yoshitaka Itō LDP 2009– Incumbent

Election results

2021[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Yoshitaka Itō (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by Kōmeitō)		 80,797 58.01 Decrease8.6
CDP Naoko Shinoda 45,563 32.71
Communist Akemi Ishikawa 12,913 9.27 Decrease24.1
Turnout 56.19 Increase0.02
2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Yoshitaka Itō (Incumbent)
(Endorsed by Kōmeitō)		 95,200 66.6 Increase20.7
Communist Akemi Ishikawa 47,740 33.4 Increase25.0
Turnout 56.17 Decrease3.74
2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Yoshitaka Itō (Endorsed by Kōmeitō) 72,281 45.88 Decrease2.3
Democratic Takako Suzuki (elected by PR) 72,056 45.73
Communist Akemi Ishikawa 13,218 8.39 Increase2.6
2012[6]
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
2009[7]
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
2005[8]
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
2003[9]
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
2000: Hokkaidō 13th district[10]
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[11] 16,055 8.7
Others Shin'ichi Katō 1,071 0.6
1996: Hokkaidō 13th district[12]
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

  1. ↑ "北海道7区". go2senkyo. initial.inc. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ↑ 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 (in Japanese)
  3. ↑ 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. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  4. ↑ 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. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  5. ↑ 開票速報 小選挙区：北海道 - 2021衆議 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  6. ↑ 開票結果・速報（小選挙区・北海道） 衆院選2012（衆議院選挙） (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  7. ↑ 衆議院>第45回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>北海道7区 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  8. ↑ 衆議院>第44回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>北海道7区 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  9. ↑ 衆議院>第43回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>北海道7区 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  10. ↑ 衆議院>第42回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>北海道13区 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
  11. ↑ ?, 渋谷肇
  12. ↑ 衆議院>第41回衆議院議員選挙>北海道>北海道13区 (in Japanese). VoiceJapan. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-04-16.

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