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Japan House of Representatives constituency From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
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 |
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.
Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
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Tsutomu Takebe | LDP | 1996–2009 | Former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
Kenkō Matsuki | DPJ | 2009–2012 | ||
Arata Takebe | LDP | 2012- | Incumbent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
LDP | Arata Takebe | 97,634 | 58.43 | 4.29 | |
Constitutional Democratic | 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 | |||
Liberal Democratic 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 | |||
Liberal Democratic 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 Liberal Democratic | 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 | ||||
Liberal Democratic hold | Swing |
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