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 freshman 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP (Kōmeitō 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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[8] | 16,055 | 8.7 | ||
| Others | Shin'ichi Katō | 1,071 | 0.6 | ||
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Eikō Kaneta | 94,290 | 49.2 | ||
| DPJ | Yasuki Sakurada | 85,553 | 44.6 | ||
| JCP | Masatada Mashiko | 11,889 | 6.2 | ||
| 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
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