Hokkaido 10th district explained

Hokkaido 10th District
Type:Parliamentary
Constituency Link:Hokkaidō 10th district
Parl Name:Japanese House of Representatives
District Label:Prefecture
District:Hokkaido
Region Label:Proportional District
Region:Hokkaido
Electorate:284,648 (2021)[1]
Members Label:Representative
Members:Hisashi Inatsu
Seats:One
Elects Howmany:One
Party Label:Party
Party:Komeito[2]
Previous:Portions of the former 2nd and 4th districts
Blank1 Name:Subprefecture
Blank1 Info:Sorachi and Rumoi (plus portions of Kamikawa and Sōya)

is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan.

The district is located in the prefecture (-dō) of Hokkaidō and represents the municipalities within Hokkaido's Sorachi and Rumoi subprefectures, as well as the towns of Horokanai (formerly within Sorachi, now a part of Kamikawa Subprefecture) and Horonobe (formerly within Rumoi, now a part of Sōya Subprefecture).

History

The district was created in 1994 when the current system of single-member districts was introduced and first contested in the 1996 general election. It was formed from portions of the former 2nd and 4th districts that had existed under the multi-member system since 1947. In 1996 the seat was won by Democratic Party of Japan member Tadamasa Kodaira, who had been one of the representatives of the former 4th district since 1990. Kodaira retained the seat at the following four elections, until his loss to Komeito candidate Hisashi Inatsu at the 2012 general election. Inatsu has retained the seat in subsequent elections.

List of representatives

RepresentativePartyDatesNotes
Tadamasa Kodairabgcolor= DPJ1996 – 2012Also lost in the PR block
Hisashi Inatsubgcolor= KM2012 –

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 北海道10区 . go2senkyo . initial.inc . 17 November 2021.
  2. Web site: Composition of the House. ja.