Japan House of Representatives constituency
Hokkaidō 12th District (北海道第12区) is an electoral district for the House of Representatives , the lower house of the national Diet of Japan . The district was established in 1994 and had major boundary changes in 2002 and 2017.
The 12th District is in northern Hokkaido. It covers the areas of Sōya Subprefecture and Okhotsk Subprefecture ; this includes the cities of Kitami , Abashiri , Monbetsu , and Wakkanai . It occupies about one-sixth of the area of Hokkaido and is the largest constituency in the House of Representatives (14,740.93 km2 , the same as Iwate Prefecture ).[ 2]
In 2002, the Soya Branch Office was transferred to the 7th district of Hokkaido. In 2017, The town of Horonobe was moved from the 10th district to the 12th district.
List of representatives [ edit ]
SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1947–1993) 1 2 3 4 5 (22→23 Representatives, 8→4 Councillors) SNTV "medium-sized" districts (1928–1942) 1 2 3 4 5 (20 Representatives) FPTP/SNTV "small" districts (1920–1924) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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