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Japan House of Representatives constituency
Hokkaidō 6th district (北海道[第]6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 (-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
[2] and the city being badly affected by the
COVID-19 pandemic
[3] Nishikawa's decision to go into national politics faced heavy criticism and he was seen as avoiding responsibility.
[4]
List of representatives
Recent results
References
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1947–1993)
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SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1928–1942)
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FPTP/SNTV "small" districts (1920–1924)
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12 (16 Representatives)
Hokkaidō (
8 block seats , 12 district seats)
Tōhoku (
12 block seats , 23 district seats) Kita- (North)
Kantō (
19 block seats , 32 district seats) Minami- (South)
Kantō (
23 block seats , 33 district seats)
Tokyo (
19 block seats , 25 district seats)
Hokuriku -
Shin'etsu (
10 block seats , 19 district seats)
Tōkai (
21 block seats , 32 district seats)
Kinki (
28 block seats , 47 district seats)
Chūgoku (
10 block seats , 20 district seats)
Shikoku (
6 block seats , 11 district seats)
Kyūshū (
20 block seats , 35 district seats) Districts eliminated in the 2002 reapportionments Districts eliminated in the 2013 reapportionments Districts eliminated in the 2017 reapportionments Districts eliminated in the 2022 reapportionments