| Hokkaidō 12th District | |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Constituency Link: | Hokkaidō 12th district |
| Parl Name: | Japanese House of Representatives |
| District Label: | Prefecture |
| District: | Hokkaido |
| Region Label: | Proportional District |
| Region: | Hokkaido |
| Electorate: | 286,186 (2021)[1] |
| Towns: | Kitami City, Abashiri, Monbetsu and Wakkanai |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Members Label: | Representative |
| Members: | Arata Takebe |
| Seats: | One |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Party Label: | Party |
| Party: | LDP |
| Blank1 Name: | Municipalities |
| Blank1 Info: | Sōya 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.
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsutomu Takebe | bgcolor= | LDP | 1996–2009 | Former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | ||
| Kenkō Matsuki | bgcolor= | DPJ | 2009–2012 | |||
| Arata Takebe | bgcolor= | LDP | 2012- | Incumbent | ||