Hokkaido 6th district
Japan House of Representatives constituency
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Hokkaidō 6th district (北海道[第]6区) is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in the prefecture (-dō) of Hokkaidō and consists of Hokkaido's Kamikawa Subprefecture.
| Hokkaido 6th District | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives | |
Numbered map of Hokkaido Prefecture single-member districts | |
| Prefecture | Hokkaido |
| Proportional District | Hokkaido |
| Electorate | 392,868(2026)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Seats | One |
| Party | LDP |
| Representative | Kuniyoshi Azuma |
| Created from | Hokkaido's 2nd medium sized district |
| Subprefecture | Kamikawa |
The CDP lost the seat in the 2021 elections by large margins. The CDP candidate was Masahito Nishikawa the former mayor of Asahikawa, by far the biggest city in the constituency. After the death of a young girl caused by bullying[2] and the city being badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic[3] Nishikawa's decision to go into national politics faced heavy criticism and he was seen as avoiding responsibility.[4]
List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hidenori Sasaki | DPJ | 1996 – 2003 | ||
| Hiroshi Imazu | LDP | 2003 – 2005 | ||
| Takahiro Sasaki | DPJ | 2005 – 2012 | ||
| Hiroshi Imazu | LDP | 2012 – 2014 | ||
| Takahiro Sasaki | DPJ | 2014 – 2016 | ||
| DP | 2016 – 2017 | |||
| CDP | 2017 – 2021 | |||
| Kuniyoshi Azuma | LDP | 2021 – | ||
Recent results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Kuniyoshi Azuma | 121,276 | 56.1 |  9.2 | |
| Centrist Reform | Masahito Nishikawa | 79,954 | 37.0 |  6.9 | |
| JCP | Kazutoshi Ogiu | 14,978 | 6.9 | 2.4 | |
| Majority | 6,501 | 19.1 | 36.2 | ||
| Turnout | 216,208 | 56.54 | 1.24 | ||
| Registered electors | 392,868 | ||||
| LDP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Takahiro Sasaki | 104,595 | 45.3 | 16.4 | |
| LDP | Hiroshi Imazu (won PR seat) | 101,748 | 44.1 | 1.2 | |
| JCP | Kazutoshi Ogyu | 24,656 | 10.6 | 2.7 | |
| Democratic gain from LDP | Swing | 7.6 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Hiroshi Imazu | 103,064 | 42.9 | 5.1 | |
| Democratic | Takahiro Sasaki | 69,272 | 28.9 | 26.5 | |
| Your | Takanobu Azumi | 48,736 | 20.3 | N/A | |
| JCP | Kazutoshi Ogyu | 18,915 | 7.9 | 2.3 | |
| LDP gain from Democratic | Swing | 15.8 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Takahiro Sasaki | 175,879 | 55.4 | 8.7 | |
| LDP | Hiroshi Imazu | 119,964 | 37.8 | 8.0 | |
| JCP | Kazutoshi Ogyu | 17,884 | 5.6 | 2.0 | |
| Happiness Realization | Shinichi Takeda | 3.554 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Democratic hold | Swing | 8.4 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Takahiro Sasaki | 143,860 | 46.7 | ||
| LDP | Hideyuki Kaneda | 141,099 | 45.8 | ||
| JCP | Hachiro Tanabe | 23,343 | 7.6 | ||
| Democratic gain from LDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Hiroshi Imazu | 112,270 | 40.16 | ||
| Democratic | Takahiro Sasaki | 111,656 | 39.94 | ||
| Independent | Masahito Nishikawa | 37,518 | 13.42 | ||
| JCP | Yoshinori Nakano | 18,144 | 6.49 | ||
| LDP gain from Democratic | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Hidenori Sasaki | 70,680 | 39.95 | 8.77 | |
| LDP | Hiroshi Imazu | 68,781 | 38.87 | 9.21 | |
| JCP | Noriko Mashita | 21,376 | 12.08 | 1.27 | |
| Liberal | Masahito Nishikawa | 16,104 | 9.10 | new | |
| Turnout | 65.03 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | 8.77 |
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