Hokkaidō 12th District (北海道第12区) is an electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. The district was established in 1994 and had major boundary changes in 2002 and 2017.
| Hokkaidō 12th District | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
 Numbered map of Hokkaidō Prefecture single-member districts | |
| Prefecture | Hokkaido |
| Proportional District | Hokkaido |
| Electorate | 286,186 (2021)[1] |
| Major settlements | Kitami City, Abashiri, Monbetsu and Wakkanai |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1994 |
| Seats | One |
| Party | LDP |
| Representative | Arata Takebe |
| Municipalities | Sōya Subprefecture and Okhotsk Subprefecture |
Area
editThe 12th District is in northern Hokkaido. It covers the areas of Sōya Subprefecture and Okhotsk Subprefecture; this includes the cities of Kitami, Abashiri, Monbetsu, and Wakkanai. It occupies about one-sixth of the area of Hokkaido and is the largest constituency in the House of Representatives (14,740.93 km2, the same as Iwate Prefecture).[2]
In 2002, the Soya Branch Office was transferred to the 7th district of Hokkaido. In 2017, The town of Horonobe was moved from the 10th district to the 12th district.
List of representatives
edit| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsutomu Takebe | LDP | 1996–2009 | Former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
| Kenkō Matsuki | DPJ | 2009–2012 | ||
| Arata Takebe | LDP | 2012- | Incumbent | |
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Arata Takebe | ||||
| CDP | Eisei Kawaharada | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Arata Takebe | 97,634 | 58.43 |  4.29
| |
| CDP | Eisei Kawaharada | 55,321 | 33.11 | ||
| JCP | Makoto Sugawara | 14,140 | 8.46 |  4.86
| |
| Majority | 25.32 | 3.70
| |||
| Turnout | 59.82 | 1.66
| |||
| LDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Arata Takebe | 97,113 | 54.1 | ||
| Kibo | Mika Minakami | 58,422 | 32.6 | ||
| JCP | Makoto Sugawara | 23,830 | 13.3 | ||
| Turnout | 179,365 | 61.48 | |||
| LDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Arata Takebe | 92,357 | 53.4 | ||
| DPJ | Mika Minakami | 62,035 | 35.9 | ||
| JCP | Makoto Sugawara | 18,451 | 10.7 | ||
| Turnout | 172,843 | 58.70 | |||
| LDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Arata Takebe | 91,208 | 50.3 | ||
| NPD | Kenkō Matsuki | 52,976 | 29.2 | ||
| DPJ | Maya Yamazaki | 25,501 | 14.1 | ||
| JCP | Makoto Sugawara | 11,532 | 6.4 | ||
| Turnout | 181,217 | 60.52 | |||
| LDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPJ | Kenkō Matsuki | 127,166 | 52.4 | ||
| LDP | Tsutomu Takebe | 112,690 | 46.4 | ||
| HRP | Kasamatsu Nagatoro | 2,763 | 1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 242,619 | ||||
| Democratic gain from LDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Tsutomu Takebe | 124,465 | 51.6 | ||
| DPJ | Kenkō Matsuki | 101,835 | 42.2 | ||
| JCP | Makoto Sugawara | 14,882 | 6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 241,182 | ||||
| LDP hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ "北海道12区". go2senkyo. initial.inc. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ 『週刊新潮』 2009年6月18日号（新潮社）
- ^ 開票速報 小選挙区：北海道 - 2021衆議 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "北海道 - 候補者 - 2014衆院選：朝日新聞デジタル".