# Hokkaido 6th district

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 and the city being badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic Nishikawa's decision to go into national politics faced heavy criticism and he was seen as avoiding responsibility.

## List of representatives

| Representative | Party | Dates |
| Hidenori Sasaki | DPJ | 1996 – 2003 |
| Hiroshi Imazu | LDP | 2003 – 2005 |
| Takahiro Sasaki | DPJ | 2005 – 2012 |
| Hiroshi Imazu | LDP | 2012 – 2014 |
| Takahiro Sasaki | DPJ | 2014 – 2016 |
| Takahiro Sasaki | DP | 2016 – 2017 |
| Takahiro Sasaki | CDP | 2017 – 2021 |
| Kuniyoshi Azuma | LDP | 2021 – |

## Recent results

2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Kuniyoshi Azuma | 100,694 | 46.9 | 8.6 |
| | CDP | Masahito Nishikawa | 94,193 | 43.9 | 3.61 |
| | JCP | Kazuhito Ogyō | 19,909 | 9.3 | new |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,501 | 3 | 12.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 214,796 | 55.30 | 1.56 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 399,833 | | 3.66 |
| | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold | LDP hold |
2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LDP | Kuniyoshi Azuma | 128,670 | 55.50 | 9.99 |
| | CDP | Masahito Nishikawa | 93,403 | 40.29 | 14.20 |
| | Anti-NHK | Tadayuki Saitō | 5,630 | 4.13 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 15.21 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 56.86 | 2.62 |
| | LDP gain from CDP | LDP gain from CDP | Swing | 12.1 | |
2017 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| CDP | Takahiro Sasaki | 136,312 | 54.49 | 9.19 |
| LDP | Hiroshi Imazu | 113,851 | 45.51 | 1.41 |
| CDP hold | CDP hold | Swing | 9.19 | |
2014 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Democratic | Takahiro Sasaki | 104,595 | 45.3 | 16.4 |
| LDP | Hiroshi Imazu (won PR seat) | 101,748 | 44.1 | 1.2 |
| JCP | Kazutoshi Ogyu | 24,656 | 10.6 | 2.7 |
| Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Swing | 7.6 | |
2012 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| LDP | Hiroshi Imazu | 103,064 | 42.9 | 5.1 |
| Democratic | Takahiro Sasaki | 69,272 | 28.9 | 26.5 |
| Your | Takanobu Azumi | 48,736 | 20.3 | N/A |
| JCP | Kazutoshi Ogyu | 18,915 | 7.9 | 2.3 |
| LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | Swing | 15.8 | |
2009 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Democratic | Takahiro Sasaki | 175,879 | 55.4 | 8.7 |
| LDP | Hiroshi Imazu | 119,964 | 37.8 | 8.0 |
| JCP | Kazutoshi Ogyu | 17,884 | 5.6 | 2.0 |
| Happiness Realization | Shinichi Takeda | 3.554 | 1.1 | N/A |
| Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Swing | 8.4 | |
2005 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Takahiro Sasaki | 143,860 | 46.7 |
| LDP | Hideyuki Kaneda | 141,099 | 45.8 |
| JCP | Hachiro Tanabe | 23,343 | 7.6 |
| Democratic gain from LDP | Democratic gain from LDP | Swing | |
2003 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| LDP | Hiroshi Imazu | 112,270 | 40.16 |
| Democratic | Takahiro Sasaki | 111,656 | 39.94 |
| Independent | Masahito Nishikawa | 37,518 | 13.42 |
| JCP | Yoshinori Nakano | 18,144 | 6.49 |
| LDP gain from Democratic | LDP gain from Democratic | Swing | |