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is a single-member electoral district for the
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, the lower house of the
National Diet , transcription_name = ''Kokkai'' , legislature = 215th Session of the National Diet , coa_pic = Flag of Japan.svg , house_type = Bicameral , houses = , foundation=29 November 1890(), leader1_type ...
of Japan. The district is located in the prefecture ''(-dō)'' of
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and represents the municipalities within Hokkaido's Sorachi and
Rumoi 290px, Rumoi city hall 290px, central Rumoi is a city in Rumoi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 18,132 in 10519 households, and a population density of 61 people per km2. The total area of the city is . T ...
subprefectures, as well as the towns of Horokanai (formerly within Sorachi, now a part of
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) and Horonobe (formerly within Rumoi, now a part of
Sōya Subprefecture is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Its population is estimated to be 77,500 as of July 31, 2004 and its area is . It is the northernmost subprefecture of Japan. Wakkanai Airport is located in Wakkanai. Rishiri Airport is locat ...
).


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
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and
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districts that had existed under the multi-member system since 1947. In 1996 the seat was won by
Democratic Party of Japan The was a Centrism, centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist: * * * * * * * to Centre-left politics, centre-left, Liberalism, liberal or Social liberalism, social-liberal List of political parties in Japan, ...
member
Tadamasa Kodaira is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Early life and education Kodaira is a native of Iwamizawa, Hokkaidō and graduated from ...
, 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
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candidate
Hisashi Inatsu Hisashi Inatsu (born 9 February 1958) is a former Japanese politician from Komeito who represented Hokkaido 10th district in the House of Representatives. He served as the deputy minister of health in the Second Kishida Cabinet The Second Kis ...
at the 2012 general election. Inatsu retained the seat in subsequent elections until 2024.


List of representatives


Recent results


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hokkaido 10th district House of Representatives (Japan) districts in Hokkaido Constituencies established in 1994 1994 establishments in Japan Akabira, Hokkaido Ashibetsu, Hokkaido Bibai Fukagawa, Hokkaido Iwamizawa Mikasa, Hokkaido Rumoi, Hokkaido Sunagawa, Hokkaido Takikawa, Hokkaido