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 (-dō) of Hokkaidō and consists of Hokkaido's Kamikawa Subprefecture.
The CDP lost the seat in the 2021 elections by large margins. The CDP candidate was Masahito Nishikawa the former mayor of Asahikawa, by far the biggest city in the constituency. After the death of a young girl caused by bullying and the city being badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic Nishikawa's decision to go into national politics faced heavy criticism and he was seen as avoiding responsibility.
List of representatives Representative Party Dates Notes Hidenori Sasaki DPJ 1996 – 2003 Hiroshi Imazu LDP 2003 – 2005 Takahiro Sasaki DPJ 2005 – 2012 Hiroshi Imazu LDP 2012 – 2014 Takahiro Sasaki DPJ 2014 – 2016 DP 2016 – 2017 CDP 2017 – 2021 Kuniyoshi Azuma LDP 2021 –
Recent results
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