# Hokkaido 3rd district

Hokkaidō 3rd district (北海道[第]3区, Hokkai-dō [dai-]san-ku) is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido, and consists of the wards of Toyohira, and Kiyota and most of Shiroishi ward.
The current representative from the district is Yutaka Arai of the Constitutional Democratic Party.
Before the introduction of the current first-past-the-post/proportional representation parallel electoral system for the House of Representatives in the 1990s, Sapporo city had been part of the SNTV six-member 1st district.

## List of representatives

| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes |
| Gaku Ishizaki | LDP | 1996 – 2000 | |
| Satoshi Arai | DPJ | 2000 – 2005 | Won in the PR block |
| Gaku Ishizaki | LDP | 2005 – 2009 | Also lost in the PR block |
| Satoshi Arai | DPJ | 2009 – 2012 | Won in the PR block |
| Hirohisa Takagi | LDP | 2012 – 2017 | Also lost in the PR block |
| Satoshi Arai | CDP | 2017 – 2021 | Retired in 2021 |
| Hirohisa Takagi | LDP | 2021 – 2024 | Also lost in the PR block |
| Yutaka Arai | CDP | 2024 – | |

## Recent results

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CDP | Yutaka Arai | 100,136 | 41.7 | 3.0 |
| | LDP | Hirohisa Takagi | 83,089 | 34.6 | 8.4 |
| | JCP | Richiko Itō | 22,915 | 9.6 | new |
| | Ishin | Yoshitaka Torikoshi | 21,802 | 9.1 | 3.2 |
| | Independent | Kenji Masuda | 11,972 | 5.0 | new |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.62 | 2.62 |
| | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP |
2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Hirohisa Takagi (endorsed by Kōmeitō) | 116,917 | 44,66 | 0.98 |
| | CDP | Yutaka Arai (won PR seat) | 112,535 | 42.99 | 11.37 |
| | Ishin | Yasufumi Kowada | 32,340 | 12.35 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 56.24 | 0.88 |
| | LDP gain from CDP | LDP gain from CDP | Swing | 5.25 | |
2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CDP | Satoshi Arai | 141,680 | 54.36 | 17.90 |
| | LDP | Hirohisa Takagi (endorsed by Kōmeitō and NPD) | 118,961 | 45.64 | 6.17 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22,719 | 8.72 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.12 | 4.01 |
| | CDP gain from LDP | CDP gain from LDP | Swing | 5.87 | |
2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Hirohisa Takagi (endorsed by Kōmeitō) | 92,649 | 39.47 | 2.59 |
| | Democratic | Satoshi Arai (won PR seat) | 85,591 | 36.46 | 9.50 |
| | JCP | Hiroko Yoshioka | 30,271 | 12.90 | 4.68 |
| | Ishin | Yasufumi Kowada | 26,211 | 11.17 | 3.82 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.11 | 1.97 |
2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Hirohisa Takagi (endorsed by Kōmeitō) | 88,360 | 36.88 | |
| | Democratic | Satoshi Arai (endorsed by PNP) (won PR seat) | 64,599 | 26.96 | |
| | Restoration | Yasufumi Kowada (endorsed by Your Party) | 35,907 | 14.99 | new |
| | NP-Daichi | Junko Machikawa (endorsed by TPJ) | 31,024 | 12.95 | new |
| | JCP | Tsuneto Mori | 19,705 | 8.22 | new |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 55.08 | 15.83 |
2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Satoshi Arai (endorsed by PNP) | 186,081 | 60.9 | |
| | LDP | Gaku Ishizaki (endorsed by Kōmeitō) | 112,844 | 36.9 | |
| | Happiness Realization | Yoshinori Moriyama | 6,723 | 2.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 305,648 | 70.91 | 3.26 |
2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | LDP | Gaku Ishizaki (endorsed by Kōmeitō | 138,765 | 48.4 |
| | Democratic | Satoshi Arai (won PR seat) | 125,445 | 43.7 |
| | JCP | Ryūji Kawabe | 22,581 | 7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 286,791 | 67.65 |
2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Satoshi Arai (endorsed by SDP) | 114,131 | 46.8 |
| | LDP | Gaku Ishizaki (endorsed by NCP) (won PR seat) | 111,252 | 45.6 |
| | JCP | Ryūji Kawabe | 18,537 | 7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 243,920 | 58.48 |
2000 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Satoshi Arai | 96,653 | 40.5 |
| | LDP | Gaku Ishizaki (endorsed by NCP) | 90,694 | 38.0 |
| | JCP | Kenji Kodama (won PR seat) | 41,499 | 17.4 |
| | Liberal League | Mitsuhiro Yokoyama | 9,909 | 4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 238,755 | 59.92 |
1996 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| LDP | Gaku Ishizaki | 54,275 | 26.3 |
| Democratic | Satoshi Arai (endorsed by NPS) | 51,479 | 25.0 |
| New Frontier | Wakio Mitsui | 50,902 | 24.7 |
| JCP | Kenji Kodama (won PR seat) | 40,623 | 19.7 |
| New Socialist | Tomoka Uchimoto | 9,010 | 4.4 |