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.
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 – 2026Also lost in the PR blockHirohisa Takagi LDP2026 –
Recent results
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