Hokkaido 12th district

Hokkaidō 12th District
Parliamentary constituency
for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Hokkaidō Prefecture
single-member districts
PrefectureHokkaido
Proportional DistrictHokkaido
Electorate286,186 (2021)[1]
Major settlementsKitami City, Abashiri, Monbetsu and Wakkanai
Current constituency
Created1994
SeatsOne
PartyLDP
RepresentativeArata Takebe
MunicipalitiesSōya Subprefecture and Okhotsk Subprefecture

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.

Area

The 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

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

2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Arata Takebe
CDP Eisei Kawaharada
Turnout
2021[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Arata Takebe 97,634 58.43 Increase4.29
CDP Eisei Kawaharada 55,321 33.11
JCP Makoto Sugawara 14,140 8.46 Decrease4.86
Majority 25.32 Increase3.70
Turnout 59.82 Decrease1.66
LDP hold Swing
2017
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
2014[4]
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
2012
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
2009
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
2005
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

  1. ^ "北海道12区". go2senkyo. initial.inc. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ 『週刊新潮』 2009年6月18日号（新潮社）
  3. ^ 開票速報 小選挙区：北海道 - 2021衆議 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  4. ^ "北海道 - 候補者 - 2014衆院選：朝日新聞デジタル".