2021 Japanese general election in Hokkaido explained

The 2021 Japanese general election in Hokkaido were held on October 31, 2021, to elect the 20 representatives, one from each of 12 Electoral districts and 8 proportional seats.[1]

Election Name:2021 Japanese general election in Hokkaido
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2017 Japanese general election in Hokkaido
Previous Year:2017
Next Year:Next
Seats For Election:All 20 seats to the House of Representatives
Election Date:October 31, 2021
1Blank:Constituency
2Blank:Constituency votes
3Blank:PR seats
4Blank:Popular votes
5Blank:Total
6Blank:Seat change
Image1:Fumio Kishida 20211005.jpg
Party1:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Last Election1:9 seats
1Data1:6
2Data1:1,163,581
3Data1:4
4Data1:863,300
5Data1:10
6Data1: 1
Party2:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Last Election2:-
1Data2:5
2Data2:1,148,293
3Data2:3
4Data2:682,912
5Data2:8
6Data2:New
Image3:Natsuo Yamaguchi 20220929.jpg
Party3:Komeito
Last Election3:2 seats
1Data3:1
2Data3:96,843
3Data3:1
4Data3:294,371
5Data3:2

Results summary

Constituency2017
result
2021 winning partyVotes
PartyVotesShareMajorityLDPNKPCDPIshinJCPIndep.OthersTotal
CDP118,28645.33%11,301106,985118,28635,652
CDP102,56444.71%12,81989,745102,56441,076
LDP116,91744.66%4,382116,917112,53532,340
LDP109,32650.16%696109,326108,630
LDP139,95050.60%28,584139,950111,36616,7588,520
128,67055.50%35,267128,67093,4039,776
LDP80,79758.01%35,23480,79745,56312,913
CDP112,85752.68%11,478101,379112,857
113,51251.51%6,670106,842113,512
NKPNKP96,84353.93%14,12596,843 82,718
CDP91,53851.75%6,20285,33691,538
97,63458.43%42,31397,63455,32114,140

Hokkaido 1st district

Election Name:2021 Hokkaido 1st district election
Country:Hokkaido
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2017 Japanese general election in Hokkaido#Hokkaido 1st district
Previous Year:2017
Seats For Election:Hokkaido 1st district
Image1:2023年1月13日粘處長拜會衆議院議員道下大樹 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Daiki Michishita
Party1:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Popular Vote1:118,286
Percentage1:45.33%
Nominee2:Toshimitsu Funahashi
Party2:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Popular Vote2:106,985
Percentage2:41.00%
Nominee3:Satoru Kobayashi
Party3:Nippon Ishin no Kai
Popular Vote3:35,652
Percentage3:13.66%
Japanese Representative
Before Election:Daiki Michishita
Before Party:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
After Election:Daiki Michishita
After Party:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Candidates
Result

Michishita, the incumbent of the Constitutional Democratic Party, was re-elected. The LDP's Funahashi was defeated again and failed to win a seat in the Hokkaido proportional representation block.[2]

Hokkaido 2nd district

Election Name:2021 Hokkaido 2nd district election
Country:Hokkaido
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2021 Hokkaido 2nd district by-election
Previous Year:2021 (by-el)
Seats For Election:Hokkaido 2nd district
Image1:Matsuki 2021-028 retouched 3 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Kenko Matsuki
Party1:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Popular Vote1:105,807
Percentage1:44.71%
Nominee2:Yūsuke Takahashi
Party2:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Popular Vote2:89,745
Percentage2:37.93%
Nominee3:Izumi Yamazaki
Party3:Nippon Ishin no Kai
Popular Vote3:41,076
Percentage3:17.36%
Japanese Representative
Before Election:Kenko Matsuki
Before Party:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
After Election:Kenko Matsuki
After Party:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

[3]

Hokkaido 3rd district

Election Name:2021 Hokkaido 3rd district election
Country:Hokkaido
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2017 Japanese general election in Hokkaido#Hokkaido 3rd district
Previous Year:2017
Seats For Election:Hokkaido 3rd district
Image1:Hirohisa_Takagi_20230915.jpg
Nominee1:Hirohisa Takagi
Party1:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Popular Vote1:116,917
Percentage1:44.66%
Nominee2:Yutaka Arai
Party2:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Popular Vote2:112,535
Percentage2:42.99%
Nominee3:Yasufumi Owada
Party3:Nippon Ishin no Kai
Popular Vote3:32,340
Percentage3:12.35%
Japanese Representative
Before Election:Satoshi Arai
Before Party:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
After Election:Hirohisa Takagi
After Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

[4]

Hokkaido 4th district

Election Name:2021 Hokkaido 4th district election
Country:Hokkaido
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2017 Japanese general election in Hokkaido#Hokkaido 4th district
Previous Year:2017
Seats For Election:Hokkaido 4th district
Image1:20211006nakamura hiroyuki.jpg
Nominee1:Hiroyuki Nakamura
Party1:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Popular Vote1:109,326
Percentage1:50.16%
Nominee2:Kureha Ōtsuki
Party2:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Popular Vote2:108,630
Percentage2:49.84%
Japanese Representative
Before Election:Hiroyuki Nakamura
Before Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
After Election:Hiroyuki Nakamura
After Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

[5]

Hokkaido 5th district

Election Name:2021 Hokkaido 5th district election
Country:Hokkaido
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2017 Japanese general election in Hokkaido#Hokkaido 5th district
Previous Year:2017
Seats For Election:Hokkaido 5th district
Image1:Yoshiaki Wada 20150714.jpg
Nominee1:Yoshiaki Wada
Party1:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Popular Vote1:139,950
Percentage1:50.60%
Nominee2:Maki Ikeda
Party2:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Popular Vote2:111,366
Percentage2:40.26%
Japanese Representative
Before Election:Yoshiaki Wada
Before Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
After Election:Yoshiaki Wada
After Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

[6]

Hokkaido 6th district

Election Name:2021 Hokkaido 6th district election
Country:Hokkaido
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2017 Japanese general election in Hokkaido#Hokkaido 6th district
Previous Year:2017
Seats For Election:Hokkaido 6th district
Image1:Kuniyoshi Azuma 20230123shiseihoshin a 06.jpg
Nominee1:Kuniyoshi Azuma
Party1:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Popular Vote1:128,670
Percentage1:55.50%
Nominee2:Masato Saikawa
Party2:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Popular Vote2:93,403
Percentage2:40.29%
Japanese Representative
Before Election:Takahiro Sasaki
Before Party:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
After Election:Kuniyoshi Azuma
After Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

[7]

Hokkaido 7th district

Election Name:2021 Hokkaido 7th district election
Country:Hokkaido
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2017 Japanese general election in Hokkaido#Hokkaido 7th district
Previous Year:2017
Seats For Election:Hokkaido 7th district
Image1:Ito yoshitaka.jpg
Nominee1:Yoshitaka Itō
Party1:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Popular Vote1:80,797
Percentage1:58.01%
Nominee2:Naoko Shinoda
Party2:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Popular Vote2:45,563
Percentage2:32.71%
Japanese Representative
Before Election:Yoshitaka Itō
Before Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
After Election:Yoshitaka Itō
After Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

[8]

Hokkaido 8th district

Election Name:2021 Hokkaido 8th district election
Country:Hokkaido
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2017 Japanese general election in Hokkaido#Hokkaido 8th district
Previous Year:2017
Seats For Election:Hokkaido 8th district
Image1:Seiji Ōsaka 201101 (cropped 3).jpg
Nominee1:Seiji Osaka
Party1:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Popular Vote1:112,857
Percentage1:52.68%
Nominee2:Kazuo Maeda
Party2:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Popular Vote2:101,379
Percentage2:47.32%
Japanese Representative
Before Election:Seiji Osaka
Before Party:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
After Election:Seiji Osaka
After Party:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

[9]

Hokkaido 9th district

Election Name:2021 Hokkaido 9th district election
Country:Hokkaido
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2017 Japanese general election in Hokkaido#Hokkaido 9th district
Previous Year:2017
Seats For Election:Hokkaido 9th district
Image1:2022年7月14日粘處長拜會眾議院山岡達丸議員 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Tatsumaru Yamaoka
Party1:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Popular Vote1:113,512
Percentage1:51.51%
Nominee2:Manabu Horii
Party2:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Popular Vote2:106,842
Percentage2:48.49%
Japanese Representative
Before Election:Manabu Horii
Before Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
After Election:Tatsumaru Yamaoka
After Party:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

[10]

Hokkaido 10th district

Election Name:2021 Hokkaido 10th district election
Country:Hokkaido
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2017 Japanese general election in Hokkaido#Hokkaido 10th district
Previous Year:2017
Seats For Election:Hokkaido 10th district
Image1:Inatsu hisashi.jpg
Nominee1:Hisashi Inatsu
Party1:Komeito
Popular Vote1:96,843
Percentage1:53.93%
Nominee2:Hiroshi Kamiya
Party2:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Popular Vote2:82,718
Percentage2:46.07%
Japanese Representative
Before Election:Hisashi Inatsu
Before Party:Komeito
After Election:Hisashi Inatsu
After Party:Komeito

[11]

Hokkaido 11th district

Election Name:2021 Hokkaido 11th district election
Country:Hokkaido
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2017 Japanese general election in Hokkaido#Hokkaido 11th district
Previous Year:2017
Seats For Election:Hokkaido 11th district
Image1:Kaori Ishikawa 20220618.png
Nominee1:Kaori Ishikawa
Party1:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Popular Vote1:91,538
Percentage1:51.75%
Nominee2:Yūko Nakagawa
Party2:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Popular Vote2:85,336
Percentage2:48.25%
Japanese Representative
Before Election:Kaori Ishikawa
Before Party:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
After Election:Kaori Ishikawa
After Party:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

[12]

Hokkaido 12th district

Election Name:2021 Hokkaido 12th district election
Country:Hokkaido
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2017 Japanese general election in Hokkaido#Hokkaido 12th district
Previous Year:2017
Seats For Election:Hokkaido 12th district
Image1:98 takebe arata.jpg
Nominee1:Arata Takebe
Party1:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
Popular Vote1:97,634
Percentage1:58.43%
Nominee2:Eisei Kawaharada
Party2:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Popular Vote2:55,321
Percentage2:33.11%
Japanese Representative
Before Election:Arata Takebe
Before Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
After Election:Arata Takebe
After Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

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Proportional representation block

Proportional Representation block results [14]
PartyVotesPercentage Seats
bgcolor=LDP863,30033.6%4
bgcolor=CDP682,91226.6%3
bgcolor=Komeito294,37111.5%1
bgcolor=Ishin215,344 8.4%0
bgcolor=Communist207,1898.1%0
bgcolor=Reiwa102,0864.0%0
bgcolor=DPP73,6212.9%0
bgcolor=Shiji Seitō Nashi46,1421.8%0
bgcolor=Anti-NHK42,9161.7%0
bgcolor=SDP41,2481.6%0
PartyElected MemberDistrict
LDPTakako Suzuki
Koichi Watanabe
Manabu HoriiHokkaido 9th
Yūko NakagawaHokkaido 11th
CDPKureha ŌtsukiHokkaido 4th
Yutaka AraiHokkaido 3rd
Hiroshi KamiyaHokkaido 10th
bgcolor=KomeitoHidemichi Sato

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021年衆議院総選挙 北海道. NHK. 2023-10-08. ja.
  2. https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/19607/senkyoku/38780 北海道1区
  3. https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/19607/senkyoku/38781 北海道2区
  4. https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/19607/senkyoku/38782 北海道3区
  5. https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/19607/senkyoku/38783 北海道4区
  6. https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/19607/senkyoku/38784 北海道5区
  7. https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/19607/senkyoku/38785 北海道6区
  8. https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/19607/senkyoku/38786 北海道7区
  9. https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/19607/senkyoku/38787 北海道8区
  10. https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/19607/senkyoku/38788 北海道9区
  11. https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/19607/senkyoku/38789 北海道10区
  12. https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/19607/senkyoku/38790 北海道11区
  13. https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/19607/senkyoku/38791 北海道12区
  14. Web site: 2021年衆議院議員総選挙 比例北海道. NHK. 2023-10-08. ja.