Hokkaido 1st district (1947–1993)

{{Short description|Former Japan House of Representatives constituency}}

{{more citations needed|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox constituency

|name = Hokkaidō 1st District

|nativename = 北海道第1区

|constituency_type =

|parl_name = Japanese House of Representatives

|image = File:Hokkaido-1stDistrict-1993.png

|caption = Map of Hokkaidō with 1st District highlighted in blue

|district = Hokkaidō

|future =

|year = 1947

|abolished = 1994

|members =

|seats =

|elects_howmany = 6

|next = Hokkaido 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th

}}

The {{nihongo|Hokkaido 1st District|北海道第1区|Hokkaidō dai ichi-ku|lead=yes}} is a former constituency for the House of Representatives between the 1947 and 1993 elections. It was abolished following the 1994 electoral reform when Japan moved from single non-transferable vote to a parallel system.{{Citation |last=Nakamura |first=Etsuhiro |title=1994 Electoral Reform in Japan: Background, Process, and Impact on Governance and Public Policy |date=2022 |work=Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance |pages=3765–3773 |editor-last=Farazmand |editor-first=Ali |url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-66252-3_3263 |access-date=2025-04-12 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-66252-3_3263 |isbn=978-3-030-66251-6}}

Comprising Sapporo, Chitose, Otaru, Ebetsu, and surrounds, at the final election it existed for in 1993, it had 1,805,093 registered electors.{{Cite web |title=北海道1区 - 第40回衆議院議員選挙(衆議院議員総選挙)1993年07月18日投票 | 選挙ドットコム |url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/17789/senkyoku/29181 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=選挙ドットコム |language=ja}} The area which was Hokkaido 1st is now represented by 5 single member constituencies, Hokkaidō 1st district, Hokkaidō 2nd district, Hokkaidō 3rd district, Hokkaidō 4th district, and Hokkaidō 5th district.

List of representatives

class="wikitable" border="1"
Election

! colspan="2" | Elected 1st

! colspan="2" | 2nd

! colspan="2" | 3rd

! colspan="2" | 4th

! colspan="2" | 5th

! colspan="2" | 6th

1947

| {{party color cell|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}}

| rowspan="2" | Hidetoshi Tomabechi (LP, DLP)

| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)}}

| Saburō Shiikuma (DP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Kiyoshi Masaki (JSP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Kazuo Sakai (JSP)

| {{party color cell| Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}}

| Masanobu Ogawara (LP)

| colspan="2" rowspan="15" bgcolor=grey |

1949

| {{party color cell|Democratic Liberal Party (Japan)}}

| {{party color cell|Democratic Liberal Party (Japan)}}

| Hidejirō Uno (DLP)

| {{party color cell| Democratic Liberal Party (Japan)}}

| Masanobu Ogawara (DLP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Kiyoshi Masaki (JSP)

| {{party color cell| Independent}}

| Tetsuo Uraguchi

1952

| {{party color cell|Kaishintō}}

| Saburō Shiikuma (Kaishintō)

| rowspan="2" {{party color cell| Left Socialist Party of Japan}}

| rowspan="2" | Setsuo Yokomichi (LSP)

| {{party color cell|Kaishintō}}

| Kingo Machimura (Kaishintō)

| {{party color cell|Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)}}

| Yoshitomo Susukida (LP)

| {{party color cell| Left Socialist Party of Japan}}

| Kiyoshi Masaki (LSP)

1953

| {{party color cell|Democratic Liberal Party (Japan)}}

| Hidetoshi Tomabechi (DLP)

| rowspan="2" {{party color cell| Left Socialist Party of Japan}}

| rowspan="3" | Kiyoshi Masaki (LSP, JSP)

| {{party color cell|Kaishintō}}

| Saburō Shiikuma (Kaishintō)

| {{party color cell|Kaishintō}}

| Kingo Machimura (Kaishintō)

1955

| {{party color cell| Left Socialist Party of Japan}}

| rowspan="3" | Setsuo Yokomichi (LSP, JSP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Democratic Party}}

| Saburō Shiikuma (JDP)

| {{party color cell|Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)}}

| Yoshitomo Susukida (LP)

| {{party color cell|Independent}}

| Kingo Machimura (Ind)

1958

| rowspan="2" {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Kingo Machimura (LDP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Saburō Shiikuma (LDP)

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Yoshitomo Susukida (LDP)

1960

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Tomiyo Takada (LDP)

| rowspan="2" {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| rowspan="2" | Saburō Shiikuma (LDP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Torazō Shimamoto (JSP)

| {{party color cell|Independent}}

| rowspan="2" | Shōichi Suhara (Ind, LDP)

1963

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Usaburō Chisaki III (LDP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Setsuo Yokomichi (JSP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Yasuo Tomariya (JSP)

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

1967

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Setsuo Yokomichi (JSP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Torazō Shimamoto (JSP)

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Usaburō Chisaki III (LDP)

| rowspan="2" {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| rowspan="2" | Noboru Minowa (LDP)

| {{party color cell|Kōmeitō (1962–1998)}}

| Minoru Saitō (KP)

1969

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Usaburō Chisaki III (LDP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Takahiro Yokomichi (JSP)

| {{party color cell|Kōmeitō (1962–1998)}}

| Minoru Saitō (KP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Torazō Shimamoto (JSP)

1972

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Torazō Shimamoto (JSP)

| {{party color cell|Japanese Communist Party}}

| Mitsuo Tada (JCP)

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Noboru Minowa (LDP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Takahiro Yokomichi (JSP)

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Usaburō Chisaki III (LDP)

1976

| rowspan="2" {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| rowspan="2" | Takahiro Yokomichi (JSP)

| rowspan="2" {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| rowspan="2" | Usaburō Chisaki III (LDP)

| {{party color cell|Kōmeitō (1962–1998)}}

| Minoru Saitō (KP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Torazō Shimamoto (JSP)

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Noboru Minowa (LDP)

1979

| {{party color cell|Japanese Communist Party}}

| Mitsuo Tada (JCP)

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Noboru Minowa (LDP)

| rowspan="2" {{party color cell|Kōmeitō (1962–1998)}}

| rowspan="2" | Minoru Saitō (KP)

1980

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Usaburō Chisaki III (LDP)

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Noboru Minowa (LDP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Tsuneto Kobayashi (JSP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Takahiro Yokomichi (JSP)

1983

| {{party color cell|Independent}}

| Yasuko Takemura (Ind)

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Nobutaka Machimura (LDP)

| {{party color cell|Kōmeitō (1962–1998)}}

| Minoru Saitō (KP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Tsuneto Kobayashi (JSP)

| rowspan="2" {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| rowspan="2" | Noboru Minowa (LDP)

1986

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Nobutaka Machimura (LDP)

| rowspan="2"{{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| rowspan="2" | Tsuneto Kobayashi (JSP)

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Shizuo Satō (LDP)

| {{party color cell|Kōmeitō (1962–1998)}}

| Fusao Fujiwara (KP)

| {{party color cell|Japanese Communist Party}}

| Kenji Kodama (JCP)

1990

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Hideko Itō (JSP)

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Akira Matsūra (LDP)

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Nobutaka Machimura (LDP)

| {{party color cell|Japanese Communist Party}}

| Kenji Kodama (JCP)

| {{party color cell|Kōmeitō (1962–1998)}}

| Fusao Fujiwara (KP)

1993

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Nobutaka Machimura (LDP)

| {{party color cell|Kōmeitō (1962–1998)}}

| Junichi Osanai (KP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Hideko Itō (JSP)

| {{party color cell|Japan New Party}}

| Satoshi Arai (NP)

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}}

| Shizuo Satō (LDP)

| {{party color cell|Japan Socialist Party}}

| Ryōichi Ikeda (JSP)

Election results

{{Election box begin|title=1993: Hokkaido 1st (6 Members){{Cite web |title=北海道1区 - 第40回衆議院議員選挙(衆議院議員総選挙)1993年07月18日投票 | 選挙ドットコム |url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/17789/senkyoku/29181 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=選挙ドットコム |language=ja}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party of Japan

|candidate = Nobutaka Machimura

|votes = 186,192

|percentage = 15.73

|change = {{increase}} 2.68

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Kōmeitō (1962–1998)

|candidate = Junichi Osanai

|votes = 171,089

|percentage = 14.45

|change = {{increase}} 2.12

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Japan Socialist Party

|candidate = Hideko Itō

|votes = 160,629

|percentage = 13.57

|change = {{decrease}} 8.4

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Japan New Party

|candidate = Satoshi Arai

|votes = 137,014

|percentage = 11.57

|change = new

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party of Japan

|candidate = Shizuo Satō

|votes = 133,465

|percentage = 11.27

|change = {{decrease}} 1.78

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Japan Socialist Party

|candidate = Ryōichi Ikeda

|votes = 132,812

|percentage = 11.22

|change = {{decrease}} 3.76

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Japanese Communist Party

|candidate = Kenji Kodama

|votes = 125,643

|percentage = 10.61

|change = {{decrease}} 2.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Japan Renewal Party

|candidate = Tomoko Matsūra

|votes = 77,837

|percentage = 6.57

|change = new

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party of Japan

|candidate = Shōzen Kanaishi

|votes = 28,561

|percentage = 2.41

|change = {{decrease}} 7.19

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent

|candidate = Kenichi Sawada

|votes = 14,149

|percentage = 1.20

|change = new

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent

|candidate = Yasuhiko Abe

|votes = 11,336

|percentage = 0.96

|change = {{decrease}} 1.14

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent

|candidate = Kagisaburō Kobayashi

|votes = 5,232

|percentage = 0.44

|change = new

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,183,949

|percentage = 66.29

|change = {{decrease}} 5.27

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 1,805,093

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title= 1990: Hokkaido 1st (6 Members){{Cite web |title=北海道1区 - 第39回衆議院議員選挙(衆議院議員総選挙)1990年02月18日投票 | 選挙ドットコム |url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/17790/senkyoku/29310 |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=選挙ドットコム |language=ja}} }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Japan Socialist Party

|candidate = Hideko Itō

|votes = 261,170

|percentage = 21.97

|change = new

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Japan Socialist Party

|candidate = Tsuneto Kobayashi

|votes = 178,130

|percentage = 14.98

|change = {{decrease}}0.61

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party of Japan

|candidate = Akira Matsūra

|votes = 155,264

|percentage = 13.06

|change = new

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party of Japan

|candidate = Nobutaka Machimura

|votes = 155,142

|percentage = 13.05

|change = {{decrease}} 2.9

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Japanese Communist Party

|candidate = Kenji Kodama

|votes = 153,527

|percentage = 12.91

|change = {{increase}}0.08

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Kōmeitō (1962–1998)

|candidate = Fusao Fujiwara

|votes = 146,626

|percentage = 12.33

|change = {{decrease}}2.07

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democratic Party of Japan

|candidate = Shizuo Satō

|votes = 114,081

|percentage = 9.60

|change = {{decrease}}5.16

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent

|candidate = Yasuhiko Abe

|votes = 24,967

|percentage = 2.10

|change = new

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,196,435

|percentage = 71.56

|change = {{increase}}3.99

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 1,671,934

}}

{{election box end}}

  • 1986 Japanese general election
  • Nobutaka Machimura, Liberal Democratic Party, 165,041 votes
  • Social Democratic Party, 161,293 votes
  • Komeito, 149,036 votes
  • Japanese Communist Party, 132,789 votes
  • 1983 Japanese general election
  • Nobutaka Machimura, Liberal Democratic Party, 171,814 votes
  • Komeito, 150,502 votes
  • Social Democratic Party, 140,623 votes
  • Japanese Communist Party, 109,206 votes
  • 1980 Japanese general election
  • Takahiro Yokomichi, Social Democratic Party, 152,850 votes
  • 1979 Japanese general election
  • Takahiro Yokomichi, Social Democratic Party, 172,598 votes
  • 1976 Japanese general election
  • Takahiro Yokomichi, Social Democratic Party, 146,400 votes
  • Torazo Shimamoto, 129,889 votes
  • 1972 Japanese general election
  • Torazo Shimamoto, 142,641 votes
  • Japanese Communist Party, 119,946 votes
  • Takahiro Yokomichi, Social Democratic Party, 111,244 votes
  • Komeito, 85,978 votes
  • 1969 Japanese general election
  • Takahiro Yokomichi, Social Democratic Party, 98,829 votes
  • Torazo Shimamoto, 61,271 votes
  • Japanese Communist Party, 46,867 votes
  • 1967 Japanese general election
  • Setsuo Yokomichi, 100,563 votes
  • Torazo Shimamoto, 95,701 votes
  • Liberal Democratic Party, 80,269 votes
  • Komeito, 76,176 votes
  • Japanese Communist Party, 22,281 votes
  • 1963 Japanese general election
  • Liberal Democratic Party, 93,915 votes
  • Setsuo Yokomichi, 91,817 votes
  • Torazo Shimamoto, 63,079 votes
  • Japanese Communist Party, 10,640 votes
  • 1960 Japanese general election
  • Setsuo Yokomichi, 83,138 votes
  • Liberal Democratic Party, 72,521 votes
  • Torazo Shimamoto, 53,422 votes
  • independent, 50,893 votes
  • Japanese Communist Party, 6,274 votes
  • 1958 Japanese general election
  • Setsuo Yokomichi, 90,624 votes
  • Kingo Machimura, Liberal Democratic Party, 82,480 votes
  • Liberal Democratic Party, 65,230 votes
  • Japanese Communist Party, 9,731 votes
  • independent, 7,850 votes
  • 1955 Japanese general election
  • Setsuo Yokomichi, 75,389 votes
  • Kingo Machimura, independent, 50,963 votes
  • Japanese Communist Party, 9,432 votes
  • independent, 4,109 votes
  • 1953 Japanese general election
  • Setsuo Yokomichi, 48,513 votes
  • Kingo Machimura, 37,573 votes
  • Japanese Communist Party, 9,538 votes
  • 1952 Japanese general election
  • Setsuo Yokomichi, 48,826 votes
  • Kingo Machimura, 42,815 votes
  • Japanese Communist Party, 10,023 votes
  • 1949 Japanese general election
  • Japanese Communist Party, 14,388 votes
  • independent, 11,066 votes
  • 1947 Japanese general election
  • independent, 12,030 votes
  • Japanese Communist Party, 4,821 votes

References

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{{Diet of Japan Hokkaido electoral districts}}

{{coord missing|Hokkaidō Prefecture}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hokkaido 1st district (1947-1993)}}

Category:Former House of Representatives (Japan) districts in Hokkaido