Hokkaido 8th district explained

Hokkaido 8th District
Type:Parliamentary
Constituency Link:Hokkaidō 8th district
Parl Name:Japanese House of Representatives
District Label:Prefecture
District:Hokkaido
Region Label:Proportional District
Region:Hokkaido
Electorate:361,180 (2021)[1]
Year:1996
Members Label:Representative
Members:Seiji Osaka
Seats:One
Elects Howmany:One
Party Label:Party
Party:Constitutional Democratic
Blank1 Name:Subprefecture
Blank1 Info:Oshima and Hiyama

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 of Hokkaidō and consists of Hokkaido's Hiyama and Oshima subprefectures.

History

From 1947 the district was known as the Hokkaido 3rd district and elected three members to the House. Under the 1994 reforms that came into effect at the 1996 general election, the district's boundaries were not changed but it was renamed to the 8th district and had its representation reduced to one. This reduction was offset by the introduction of the multi-member Hokkaido proportional representation block that elects eight members to represent the entire prefecture.

List of representatives

RepresentativePartyDatesNotes
Yoshio Hachirobgcolor= DPJ1996 – 2003Switched to the Hokkaido 4th district.
Seiichi Kanetabgcolor= DPJ2003 – 2009
Seiji Osakabgcolor= DPJ2009 – 2012
Kazuo Maedabgcolor= LDP2012 – 2014won a proportional seat in the Hokkaidō block in 2014
Seiji Osakabgcolor= DPJ2014 – 2017
bgcolor= CDP2017 –

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 北海道8区 . go2senkyo . initial.inc . 17 November 2021.