Hokkaido 8th district

Hokkaido 8th District
Parliamentary constituency for the Japanese House of Representatives
Numbered map of Hokkaido Prefecture single-member districts
Prefecture	Hokkaido
Proportional District	Hokkaido
Electorate	386,038
Current constituency
Seats	One
Party	Democratic
Representative	Seiji Osaka
Created from	Hokkaido 3rd district (1947–1993)
Subprefecture	Oshima and Hiyama

Hokkaidō 8th district (北海道[第]8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 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.

Recent results

2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Seiji Osaka	97,745	47.3	{{{change}}}
	Liberal Democratic	ja	91,351	44.2	{{{change}}}
	Communist	Yuko Harada	17,465	8.5	{{{change}}}

2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	ja	107,937	47.5	{{{change}}}
	Democratic	Seiji Osaka	77,402	34.1	{{{change}}}
	Tomorrow	Mika Kitade	25,793	11.4	{{{change}}}
	Communist	Kadai Takahashi	15,953	7.0	{{{change}}}

2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Seiji Osaka	171,114	62.6	{{{change}}}
	Liberal Democratic	ja	58,046	21.2	{{{change}}}
	Independent	Kenji Sato	40,090	14.7	{{{change}}}
	Happiness Realization	Akira Nishino	4,075	1.5	{{{change}}}

2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Seiichi Kaneta	134,963	49.8	{{{change}}}
	Liberal Democratic	Kenji Sato	114,141	42.1	{{{change}}}
	Communist	Kazuo Maekawa	21,891	8.1	{{{change}}}