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. It is located in the prefecture ''(-dō)'' of

Hokkaidō is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by railway via the Seikan Tunnel. The ...

and consists of Hokkaido's

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. The CDP lost the seat in the 2021 elections by large margins. The CDP candidate was Masahito Nishikawa the former mayor of

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, 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 The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

Nishikawa's decision to go into national politics faced heavy criticism and he was seen as avoiding responsibility.

List of representatives

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Recent results

{{Election box begin , title=

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link, , party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) , candidate = Kuniyoshi Azuma , votes = 100,694 , percentage = 46.9 , change = {{decrease 8.6 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan , candidate = Masahito Nishikawa , votes = 94,193 , percentage = 43.9 , change = {{increase 3.61 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Japanese Communist Party , candidate = Kazuhito Ogyō , votes = 19,909 , percentage = 9.3 , change = ''new'' {{Election box majority, , votes = 6,501 , percentage = 3 , change = {{decrease12.21 {{Election box turnout , votes= 214,796 , percentage = 55.30 , change= {{decrease 1.56 {{Election box registered electors, , reg. electors = 399,833 , ref = , change = {{decrease 3.66 {{Election box hold with party link without swing, , winner = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) {{Election box end {{Election box begin, title=

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

{{Election box winning candidate with party link, , party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) , candidate = Kuniyoshi Azuma , votes = 128,670 , percentage = 55.50 , change = {{increase9.99 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan , candidate = Masahito Nishikawa , votes = 93,403 , percentage = 40.29 , change = {{decrease14.20 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = NHK Party , candidate = Tadayuki Saitō , votes = 5,630 , percentage = 4.13 , change = {{Election box majority, , votes = , percentage = 15.21 , change = {{Election box turnout, , votes = , percentage = 56.86 , change = {{decrease2.62 {{Election box gain with party link, , winner = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) , loser = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan , swing = 12.1 {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title=

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

{{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan , candidate = Takahiro Sasaki , votes = 136,312 , percentage = 54.49 , change = {{increase9.19 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) , candidate = Hiroshi Imazu , votes = 113,851 , percentage = 45.51 , change = {{increase1.41 {{Election box hold with party link, , winner = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan , loser = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) , swing = {{increase9.19 {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title=

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

{{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Democratic Party (Japan, 1998) , candidate = Takahiro Sasaki , votes = 104,595 , percentage = 45.3 , change = {{increase16.4 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) , candidate = Hiroshi Imazu ( won PR seat) , votes = 101,748 , percentage = 44.1 , change = {{increase1.2 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Japanese Communist Party , candidate = Kazutoshi Ogyu , votes = 24,656 , percentage = 10.6 , change = {{increase2.7 {{Election box gain with party link, , winner = Democratic Party (Japan, 1998) , loser = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) , swing = {{increase7.6 {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title=

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

{{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) , candidate = Hiroshi Imazu , votes = 103,064 , percentage = 42.9 , change = {{increase5.1 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Democratic Party (Japan, 1998) , candidate = Takahiro Sasaki , votes = 69,272 , percentage = 28.9 , change = {{decrease26.5 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Your Party , candidate = Takanobu Azumi , votes = 48,736 , percentage = 20.3 , change = N/A {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Japanese Communist Party , candidate = Kazutoshi Ogyu , votes = 18,915 , percentage = 7.9 , change = {{increase2.3 {{Election box gain with party link, , winner = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) , loser = Democratic Party (Japan, 1998) , swing = {{increase15.8 {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title=

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

{{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Democratic Party (Japan, 1998) , candidate = Takahiro Sasaki , votes = 175,879 , percentage = 55.4 , change = {{increase8.7 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) , candidate = Hiroshi Imazu , votes = 119,964 , percentage = 37.8 , change = {{decrease8.0 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Japanese Communist Party , candidate = Kazutoshi Ogyu , votes = 17,884 , percentage = 5.6 , change = {{decrease2.0 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Happiness Realization Party , candidate = Shinichi Takeda , votes = 3.554 , percentage = 1.1 , change = N/A {{Election box hold with party link, , winner = Democratic Party (Japan, 1998) , swing = {{increase8.4 {{Election box end{{Election box begin , title=

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

{{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Democratic Party (Japan, 1998) , candidate = Takahiro Sasaki , votes = 143,860 , percentage = 46.7 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) , candidate = Hideyuki Kaneda , votes = 141,099 , percentage = 45.8 {{Election box candidate with party link, , party = Japanese Communist Party , candidate = Hachiro Tanabe , votes = 23,343 , percentage = 7.6 {{Election box gain with party link, , winner = Democratic Party (Japan, 1998) , loser = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) , swing = {{Election box end {{Election box begin , title=

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

{{cite web, url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/43/senkyoku/654, title=go2senkyo.com, access-date=2024-09-11, language=ja {{Election box candidate with party link, , party=Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), candidate=Hiroshi Imazu, votes=112,270, percentage=40.16, change={{Election box candidate with party link, , party=Democratic Party (Japan, 1998), candidate=Takahiro Sasaki, votes=111,656, percentage=39.94, change= {{Election box candidate with party link, party=Independent politician, candidate=Masahito Nishikawa, votes=37,518, percentage=13.42, change={{Election box candidate with party link, , party=Japanese Communist Party, candidate=Yoshinori Nakano, votes=18,144, percentage=6.49, change= {{Election box gain with party link, , winner = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) , loser = Democratic Party (Japan, 1998) , swing = {{Election box end

References

{{reflist {{Diet of Japan Hokkaido electoral districts {{Japan House of Representatives Districts {{coord missing, Hokkaidō Prefecture {{DEFAULTSORT:Hokkaido 06th district House of Representatives (Japan) districts in Hokkaido Constituencies established in 1994 1994 establishments in Japan Asahikawa Furano, Hokkaido Nayoro Shibetsu, Hokkaido Kamikawa Subprefecture