2026 Japanese general election in Hokkaido
8 February 2026 event
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This page contains the detailed results for the 2026 Japanese general election in the prefecture of Hokkaidō.
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February 8, 2026
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Within Hokkaido there is the prefecture-wide Hokkaido PR block which elects 8 members by party list proportional representation. In addition to the block seats, Hokkaidō has 12 constituencies each electing a single member each by first past the post.
Total results
Last election, in the constituency, LDP won only 3 seats, and CDP won 9 seats in a landslide. Even in Hokkaido, which has been called the "Kingdom of the Democratic Party" and has been a left-wing force since the time of JSP, LDP won 11 constituencies due to the high popularity of PM Takaichi, and CRA won only one constituency.[1]
| Party | Proportional | Constituency | Total seats | +/– | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| LDP | 911,742 | 37.01 | 4 | 1,238,262 | 50.63 | 11 | 15 |  9 | |
| CRA | 605,889 | 24.60 | 3 | 932,617 | 38.13 | 1 | 4 |  9 | |
| DPP | 218,850 | 8.88 | 1 | 29,134 | 1.19 | 0 | 1 | – | |
| Sanseitō | 163,329 | 6.63 | 0 | 140,017 | 5.72 | – | 0 | – | |
| Mirai | 134,613 | 5.46 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
| JCP | 134,084 | 5.44 | 0 | 87,141 | 3.56 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Ishin | 93,966 | 3.81 | 0 | 18,625 | 0.76 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Reiwa | 76,099 | 3.09 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
| CPJ | 60,119 | 2.44 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
| Genzei-Yukoku | 32,878 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
| SDP | 31,754 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
| Total | 2,463,323 | 100.00 | 8 | 2,445,796 | 100.00 | 12 | 20 | – | |
| Valid votes | 2,463,323 | 97.72 | 2,445,796 | 98.40 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 57,413 | 2.28 | 39,650 | 1.60 | |||||
| Total votes | 2,520,736 | 100.00 | 2,485,446 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,321,464 | 58.33 | 4,321,464 | 57.51 | |||||
| Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications[2] | |||||||||
Results by constituency
| Constituency | Incumbent | Party | Status | Elected Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido 1st | Daiki Michishita | CRA | Defeated. | Takahiro Katō | LDP | ||
| Hokkaido 2nd | Kenko Matsuki | CRA | Defeated. | Yūsuke Takahashi | LDP | ||
| Hokkaido 3rd | Yutaka Arai | CRA | Defeated. | Hirohisa Takagi | LDP | ||
| Hokkaido 4th | Kureha Otsuki | CRA | Defeated. | Hiroyuki Nakamura | LDP | ||
| Hokkaido 5th | Maki Ikeda | CRA | Defeated. | Yoshiaki Wada | LDP | ||
| Hokkaido-6th | Kuniyoshi Azuma | LDP | Reelected. | Kuniyoshi Azuma | LDP | ||
| Hokkaido-7th | Takako Suzuki | LDP | Reelected. | Takako Suzuki | LDP | ||
| Hokkaido-8th | Seiji Osaka | CRA | Defeated. | Jun Mukōyama | LDP | ||
| Hokkaido-9th | Tatsumaru Yamaoka | CRA | Defeated. Won PR seat. |
Hideki Matsushita | LDP | ||
| Hokkaido-10th | Hiroshi Kamiya | CRA | Reelected. | Hiroshi Kamiya | CRA | ||
| Hokkaido-11th | Kaori Ishikawa | CRA | Defeated. | Kōichi Nakagawa | LDP | ||
| Hokkaido-12th | Arata Takebe | LDP | Reelected. | Arata Takebe | LDP | ||
Hokkaido 1st
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Takahiro Katō | 112,618 | 43.61 | +11.57 | ||
| Centrist Reform | Daiki Michishita | 81,560 | 31.58 | −11.76 | ||
| DPP | Hidetake Usuki (Won PR seat) |
29,134 | 11.28 | New | ||
| Sanseitō | Chizuko Kanō | 22,024 | 8.53 | +0.49 | ||
| JCP | Tsuneto Mori | 12,906 | 5.00 | −3.58 | ||
| Turnout | 57.96 | 1.48 | ||||
| LDP gain from Centrist Reform | ||||||
Incumbent Daiki Michishita (CRA) succeeded to the constituency from Takahiro Yokomichi, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives. LDP nominated former Hokkaido Legislative Assembly member Takahiro Katō as its candidate. LDP won a seat in this constituency only once in the 2012 general election, originally in a district where the CRA was extremely dominant.
However, Katō gained momentum due to PM Takaichi's high popularity. In addition, DPP, which has the same RENGO as its support organization, nominated Hidetake Usuki (Rep for Hokkaido PR block) as Hokkaido 1st’s DPP candidate.
Michishita lost to Katō as a result of a series of headwinds. It is the first time since the 2012 general election that LDP has won a seat in the constituency. Usuki (DPP) won PR block seat for the second time.[4]
Hokkaido 2nd
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Yūsuke Takahashi | 102,343 | 42.87 | +10.14 | ||
| Centrist Reform | Kenko Matsuki | 72,670 | 30.44 | −9.60 | ||
| Sanseitō | Ayako Nakada | 27,591 | 11.56 | New | ||
| Ishin | Izumi Yamazaki | 18,625 | 7.80 | −5.86 | ||
| JCP | Daisuke Hiraoka | 17,515 | 7.34 | −6.23 | ||
| Turnout | 52.99 | 0.38 | ||||
| LDP gain from Centrist Reform | ||||||
Yūsuke Takahashi (LDP) won over Kenko Matsuki (CRA). It is the first time since the 2017 general election that LDP has won a seat in the district.[5]
Hokkaido 3rd
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Hirohisa Takagi | 114,285 | 46.45 | +11.82 | ||
| Centrist Reform | Yutaka Arai | 81,318 | 33.05 | −8.69 | ||
| Sanseitō | Yoshiki Nakashima | 34,838 | 14.16 | New | ||
| JCP | Yūko Maruko | 15,595 | 6.34 | −3.21 | ||
| Turnout | 54.39 | 0.77 | ||||
| LDP gain from Centrist Reform | ||||||
It was the third confrontation between Takagi (LDP) and Arai (CRA). In the last election, Takagi lost, and Arai, then a CDP member, won the seat. In this election, Takagi regained a seat in the wake of the national LDP's tailwind.[6]
Hokkaido 4th
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Hiroyuki Nakamura | 105,656 | 47.33 | +5.50 | ||
| Centrist Reform | Kureha Otsuki | 83,516 | 37.41 | −7.70 | ||
| Sanseitō | Shōta Takahashi | 20,051 | 8.98 | New | ||
| JCP | Akemi Sasaki | 14,005 | 6.27 | −2.20 | ||
| Turnout | 57.20 | 0.12 | ||||
| LDP gain from Centrist Reform | ||||||
In the last election, CDP's Kureha Otsuki took a seat from Hiroyuki Nakamura (LDP), and Nakamura won a seat in PR block. Later, Komeito’s Hidemichi Satō (Rep for Hokkaido PR block) announced his candidacy from this constituency in next general election, and Nakamura, who was originally in the constituency, would run from the PR block, making it a symbol of LDP-Komeito election cooperation.[7]
However, in October 2025, when Komeito dissolved its coalition with LDP and its election cooperation, Satō canceled his candidacy.[8]
Nakamura ran as a candidate for LDP in the election, winning in a rematch against Otsuki and regained his seat.[9]
Hokkaido 5th
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Yoshiaki Wada | 143,229 | 57.50 | +15.94 | ||
| Centrist Reform | Maki Ikeda | 105,844 | 42.50 | −9.18 | ||
| Turnout | 60.21 | 2.01 | ||||
| LDP gain from Centrist Reform | ||||||
Including by-elections, it was the fifth confrontation between Yoshiaki Wada (LDP) and Makiko Ikeda (CRA). In the last election, Ikeda, a CDP member at that time, took a seat from Wada. In this election, Wada regained a seat from Ikeda.[10]
Hokkaido 6th
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kuniyoshi Azuma | 121,276 | 56.09 | +9.21 | |
| Centrist Reform | Masahito Nishikawa | 79,954 | 36.98 | −6.87 | |
| JCP | Kazutoshi Ogiu | 14,978 | 6.93 | −2.34 | |
| Turnout | 56.54 | 1.24 | |||
| LDP hold | |||||
It was the third confrontation between Kuniyoshi Azuma (LDP) and former mayor of Asahikawa Masahito Nishikawa (CRA). Azuma defeated Nishikawa to win his third confrontation and defend his seat.[11]
Hokkaido 7th
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Takako Suzuki | 89,336 | 65.72 | +7.28 | |
| Centrist Reform | Naoko Shinoda | 46,588 | 34.28 | −7.28 | |
| Turnout | 59.16 | 2.57 | |||
| LDP hold | |||||
As in last election, Takako Suzuki, Chairperson of the LDP Public Relations Headquarters and daughter of Muneo Suzuki, won a landslide victory over Naoko Shinoda (CRA).[12]
Hokkaido 8th
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Jun Mukōyama | 108,229 | 55.29 | +12.16 | ||
| Centrist Reform | Seiji Osaka | 87,526 | 44.71 | −6.08 | ||
| Turnout | 59.29 | 2.29 | ||||
| LDP gain from Centrist Reform | ||||||
It was the second confrontation between Jun Mukōyama (LDP) and Seiji Osaka (CRA).
In this election, Jun Oizumi, mayor of Hakodate and older brother of Japanese famous actor Yo Oizumi, supported Mukōyama (LDP).
In April 2023, with the support of Osaka and endorsement of CDP, Oizumi was elected mayor of Hakodate by a landslide victory over a candidate endorsed by LDP-Komeito coalition. Oizumi's support for Mukoyama was surprising because he remained neutral in the last election.[13][14]
As a result of the election, Mukōyama took a seat from Osaka. This is the second time LDP has won a seat in the constituency since 2012 general election.[15]
Hokkaido 9th
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Hideki Matsushita | 87,984 | 43.11 | +10.11 | ||
| Centrist Reform | Tatsumaru Yamaoka (Won PR seat) |
81,063 | 39.72 | −16.40 | ||
| Sanseitō | Miho Kanno | 22,900 | 11.22 | New | ||
| JCP | Hiroshi Tatsuno | 12,142 | 5.95 | −4.93 | ||
| Turnout | 57.75 | 4.40 | ||||
| LDP gain from Centrist Reform | ||||||
It was the second confrontation between Hideki Matsushita (LDP) and Tatsumaru Yamaoka (CRA).
Matsushita, who lost to Yamaoka by a large margin in the last election, greatly increased his vote and defeated Yamaoka by about 8,000 votes after a close race. Defeated Yamaoka won a seat in the PR block.[16]
Hokkaido 10th
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centrist Reform | Hiroshi Kamiya | 74,908 | 50.01 | −49.99 | |
| LDP | Kōichi Watanabe (Won PR seat) |
74,887 | 49.99 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 60.01 | 0.11 | |||
| Centrist Reform hold | |||||
Originally, this constituency was contested by Komeito's Hisashi Inatsu and CDP member Hiroshi Kamiya.
In the last election, Kamiya beat Inatsu by about 3,000 votes to win a close race. With his participation in CRA, Kamiya turned to his opponents, Komeito and Komeito supporters.[17][18]
On the other hand, the LDP nominated Kōichi Watanabe, former mayor of Iwamizawa, as its candidate. Watanabe has run for the PR block alone four times in the past due to his cooperation with Inatsu.
In this election, Komeito and Inatsu, who were hostile to Kamiya, supported Kamiya. LDP's Hokkaido confederation declined a speech by PM Takaichi, who is unpopular among Komeito members, because it was a New Komeito constituency.
Kamiya won the close race by only 21 votes, the most marginal seat in the election. Watanabe won a seat in the PR block. The constituency became the only constituency CRA won in the Hokkaido block.[19][20]
Hokkaido 11th
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Koichi Nakagawa | 86,019 | 50.13 | +8.79 | ||
| Centrist Reform | Kaori Ishikawa | 72,951 | 42.52 | −9.73 | ||
| Sanseitō | Takashi Uto | 12,613 | 7.35 | New | ||
| Turnout | 64.07 | 4.17 | ||||
| LDP gain from Centrist Reform | ||||||
In this constituency, former rival wives fought three times. One was Yūko Nakagawa, wife of the late former Finance Minister Shōichi Nakagawa, and the other was Kaori Ishikawa, wife of former Representative Tomohiro Ishikawa, who was convicted of corruption and competed with Shōichi.
In the last election, Kaori Ishikawa, then a member of the CDP, won her third election against Yuko Nakagawa to defend her seat.
In February 2025, Yuko declared that she would not run in the next general election.[21] In June 2025, LDP nominated Koichi Nakagawa, a former life insurance company employee and Shoichi's nephew, as its candidate.[22][23]
Sanseitō nominated Takashi Uto, a former member of the House of Councillors and a former member of the Air Self-Defense Force, as its candidate. When Uto was a member of the House of Councilors, he belonged to LDP, and after losing re-election in 2022 election, he defected to Sanseitō in 2025.
As a result, Koichi Nakagawa defeated Kaori Ishikawa to win his first election and regained the Nakagawa family's seat, which has continued since his grandfather, Ichiro Nakagawa.[24]
Hokkaido 12th
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Arata Takebe | 92,400 | 58.81 | +6.47 | |
| Centrist Reform | Eisei Kawaharada | 64,719 | 41.19 | −6.47 | |
| Turnout | 61.13 | 4.10 | |||
| LDP hold | |||||
In the last election, after a close race, Arata Takebe (LDP) won against Eisei Kawaharada, then a CDP member.
In this election, Takebe increased his vote and won a seat by a large margin over Kawaharada.[25]
Results of proportional representation block
| # | Party | Elected Member | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LDP | Yoshitaka Itō | PR only | |
| 2 | CRA | Hidemichi Satō | PR only | |
| 3 | LDP | Kōichi Watanabe | Hokkaido 10th | |
| 4 | LDP | Nagisa Muraki | PR only | |
| 5 | CRA | Tomoko Ukishima | PR only | |
| 6 | LDP | Yūri Yoshida | PR only | |
| 7 | DPP | Hidetake Usuki | Hokkaido 1st | |
| 8 | CRA | Tatsumaru Yamaoka | Hokkaido 9th | |
LDP party-list
| Liberal Democratic Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | # | Member | Constituency | Sekihairitsu |
| 1 | — | Hokkaido 4th | Eliminated | |
| — | Hokkaido 6th | Eliminated | ||
| — | Hokkaido 7th | Eliminated | ||
| — | Hokkaido 8th | Eliminated | ||
| — | Hokkaido 12th | Eliminated | ||
| 6 | 1 |  Yoshitaka Itō |
PR only | — |
| 7 | — | Hokkaido 1st | Eliminated | |
| — | Hokkaido 2nd | Eliminated | ||
| — | Hokkaido 3rd | Eliminated | ||
| — | Hokkaido 5th | Eliminated | ||
| — | Hokkaido 9th | Eliminated | ||
| — | Hokkaido 11th | Eliminated | ||
| 2 | Kōichi Watanabe |
Hokkaido 10th | 99.9% | |
| 14 | 3 | Nagisa Muraki |
PR only | — |
| 15 | 4 | Yūri Yoshida |
PR only | — |
CRA party-list
| Centrist Reform Alliance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | # | Member | Constituency | Sekihairitsu |
| 1 | 1 | Hidemichi Satō |
PR only | — |
| 2 | 2 | Tomoko Ukishima |
PR only | — |
| 3 | — | Hokkaido 10th | Eliminated | |
| 3 | Tatsumaru Yamaoka |
Hokkaido 9th | 92.1% | |
| 4 | Kaori Ishikawa | Hokkaido 7th | 84.8% | |
| 5 | Seiji Osaka | Hokkaido 8th | 80.8% | |
| 6 | Kureha Otsuki | Hokkaido 4th | 79.0% | |
| 7 | Maki Ikeda | Hokkaido 5th | 73.8% | |
| 8 | Daiki Michishita | Hokkaido 1st | 72.4% | |
| 9 | Yutaka Arai | Hokkaido 3rd | 71.1% | |
| 10 | Kenko Matsuki | Hokkaido 2nd | 71.0% | |
| 11 | Eisei Kawaharada | Hokkaido 12th | 70.0% | |
| 12 | Masahito Nishikawa | Hokkaido 6th | 65.9% | |
| 13 | Naoko Shinoda | Hokkaido 10th | 52.1% | |
| 15 | 14 | Aisa Kudō | PR only | — |
| 16 | 15 | Yōichi Tajima | PR only | — |
| 17 | 16 | Tatsuyuki Hirokawa | PR only | — |
DPP party-list
| Democratic Party For the People | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | # | Member | Constituency | Sekihairitsu |
| 1 | 1 | Hidetake Usuki |
Hokkaido 1st | 25.8% |
| 2 | 2 | Masaki Suzuki | PR only | — |
Sanseitō party-list
| Sanseitō | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | # | Member | Constituency | Sekihairitsu |
| 1 | 1 | Yoshiki Nakashima | Hokkaido 3rd | 30.4% |
| 2 | 2 | Ayako Nakada | Hokkaido 2nd | 26.9% |
Mirai party-list
| Team Mirai | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | # | Member | Constituency | Sekihairitsu |
| 1 | 1 | Muneyoshi Inahara | PR only | — |
JCP party-list
| Japanese Communist Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | # | Member | Constituency | Sekihairitsu |
| 1 | 1 | Kazuya Hatayama | PR only | — |
Ishin party-list
| Japan Innovation Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | # | Member | Constituency | Sekihairitsu |
| 1 | 1 | Hokkaido 2nd | Eliminated[b] | |
| 2 | 2 | Miwako Okada | PR only | — |
Reiwa party-list
| Reiwa Shinsengumi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | # | Member | Constituency | Sekihairitsu |
| 1 | 1 | Kazutaka Paterson Nomura | PR only | — |
CPJ party-list
| Conservative Party of Japan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | # | Member | Constituency | Sekihairitsu |
| 1 | 1 | Masaru Onodera | PR only | — |
TCJ-Yukoku party-list
| Tax Cuts Japan and Yukoku Alliance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | # | Member | Constituency | Sekihairitsu |
| 1 | 1 | Shohei Kadowaki | PR only | — |
SDP party-list
| Social Democratic Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | # | Member | Constituency | Sekihairitsu |
| 1 | 1 | Kazuyoshi Narumi | PR only | — |