Hokkaido 4th district
{{Short description|Japan House of Representatives constituency}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = Hokkaido 4th District
|type = Parliamentary
|constituency_link = Hokkaido 4th district
|parl_name = Japanese House of Representatives
|image = 衆議院小選挙区_北海道拡大枠.svg
|caption = Numbered map of Hokkaido Prefecture single-member districts
|image2 = 衆議院小選挙区_北海道石狩振興局.svg
|caption2 = Sapporo-area detail
|district_label = Prefecture
|district = Hokkaido
|region_label = Proportional District
|region = Hokkaido
|electorate = 363,778 (2021){{cite web |title=北海道4区 |url=https://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/19607/senkyoku/38783|website=go2senkyo |publisher=initial.inc |access-date=11 November 2021}}
|members_label = Representative
|members = Kureha Otsuki
|seats = One
|elects_howmany = One
|party_label = Party
|party = CDP
|previous = Hokkaido's 1st "medium-sized" district
|blank1_name = Municipalities
|blank1_info = Ishikari, Sapporo's Teine Ward and Shiribeshi Subprefecture
}}
{{Nihongo|Hokkaidō 4th district|北海道[第]4区}} is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It represents Shiribeshi Subprefecture of Hokkaido (including the city of Otaru) as well as Teine Ward, a portion of Nishi Ward of Sapporo city and Ishikari city.
List of representatives
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! Representative ! colspan="2" | Party ! Dates ! Notes | |
| Shizuo Satō
| bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | | LDP
| 1996 – 2003 | Also lost in the PR block |
| Yoshio Hachiro
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party of Japan}} | | DPJ
| 2003 – 2012 | Also lost in the PR block |
| Hiroyuki Nakamura
| bgcolor={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}} | | LDP
| 2012 – 2024 | Won a seat in the PR block |
| Kureha Otsuki
| bgcolor={{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}} | | CDP
| 2024 – | |
Recent results
{{Election box begin | title=2024{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/01/|script-title=ja: 小選挙区 北海道|access-date=17 November 2024|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Kureha Otsuki
|votes = 101,484
|percentage = 45.1
|change = {{decrease}}4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Hiroyuki Nakamura (elected by PR)
|votes = 94,090
|percentage = 41.8
|change = {{decrease}} 8.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Akemi Sasaki
|votes = 19,063
|percentage = 8.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Kayo Saitō
|votes = 10,322
|percentage = 4.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=
|percentage = 57.32
|change = {{decrease}}3.82
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
|loser = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2021{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/2021/01/|script-title=ja: 開票速報 小選挙区：北海道 - 2021衆議|access-date=11 November 2021|publisher=NHK|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Hiroyuki Nakamura (endorsed by Kōmeitō
|votes = 109,326
|percentage = 50.16
|change = {{increase}}4.24
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Kureha Otsuki (elected by PR)
|votes = 108,630
|percentage = 49.84
|change = {{increase}}9.85
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 696
|percentage = 0.32
|change = {{decrease}}8,62
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 61.14
|change = {{decrease}}0.80
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|swing = {{decrease}}4.31
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2017{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/senkyo/senkyo2017/kaihyo/A01.html#Area004|script-title=ja:小選挙区開票速報：北海道（定数12）|access-date=9 March 2018|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Hiroyuki Nakamura (endorsed by Kōmeitō and NPD)
|votes = 104,054
|percentage = 45.92
|change = {{increase}}0.56
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Hiranao Honda (elected by PR)
|votes = 90,619
|percentage = 39.99
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Kibō no Tō
|candidate = Miho Takahashi
|votes = 31,941
|percentage = 14.09
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 16,105
|percentage = 8.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 61.94
|change = {{increase}}4.20
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2014{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/senkyo/sousenkyo47/kaihyo/A01.html#Area004|script-title=ja:小選挙区：北海道 - 開票速報 - 2014総選挙: 朝日新聞デジタル|access-date=9 March 2018|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Hiroyuki Nakamura (endorsed by Kōmeitō)
|votes = 77,690
|percentage = 45.36
|change = {{increase}}1.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Yoshio Hachiro (endorsed by NPD)
|votes = 70,049
|percentage = 40.90
|change = {{increase}}11.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Takahiro Sakai
|votes = 23,532
|percentage = 13.74
|change = {{increase}}1.86
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,641
|percentage = 4.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 57.74
|change = {{decrease}}2.40
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|swing = {{decrease}}5.10
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2012{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/senkyo/sousenkyo46/kaihyo/A01.html#Area004|script-title=ja:第46回総選挙>小選挙区開票速報：北海道|access-date=9 March 2018|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Hiroyuki Nakamura
|votes = 79,588
|percentage = 44.22
|change = {{increase}}11.41
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Yoshio Hachiro
|votes = 53,217
|percentage = 29.57
|change = {{decrease}}35.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = New Party Daichi
|candidate = Hideto Tomabechi
|votes = 25,788
|percentage = 14.32
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Yōko Kikuchi
|votes = 21,379
|percentage = 11.88
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 26,371
|percentage = 14.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 186,777
|percentage = 60.14
|change = {{decrease}}13.87
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|loser = Democratic Party of Japan
|swing = {{increase}}23.66
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2009{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/senkyo2009/kaihyo/A01004.html|script-title=ja:小選挙区開票結果ー北海道４区|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=9 March 2018|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Yoshio Hachiro
|votes = 149,967
|percentage = 65.47
|change = {{increase}}18.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Tōru Miyamoto
|votes = 75,029
|percentage = 32.81
|change = {{decrease}}9.94
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Happiness Realization Party
|candidate = Shunzō Tsurumi
|votes = 3,923
|percentage = 1.72
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 74,938
|percentage = 32.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 234,260
|percentage = 74.01
|change = {{increase}}1.93
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Democratic Party of Japan
|swing = {{increase}}14.12
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2005{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/senkyo2005/kaihyo/A01004.html|script-title=ja:２００５総選挙>小選挙区開票結果ー北海道４区|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=9 March 2018|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Yoshio Hachiro
|votes = 108,023
|percentage = 47.18
|change = {{decrease}}1.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Shizuo Satō
|votes = 100,170
|percentage = 43.75
|change = {{increase}}2.92
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Teiko Kotosaka
|votes = 20,766
|percentage = 9.07
|change = {{decrease}}1.05
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 233,155
|percentage = 72.08
|change = {{increase}}7.29
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Democratic Party of Japan
|swing = {{decrease}}2.39
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2003{{cite web|url=http://go2senkyo.com/shugiin/43/senkyoku/652|script-title=ja:第43回衆議院議員選挙ー北海道4区 立候補者情報|publisher=選挙ドットコム|access-date=9 March 2018|language=ja}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Yoshio Hachiro
|votes = 100,883
|percentage = 49.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Shizuo Satō
|votes = 83,994
|percentage = 40.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Teiko Kotosaka
|votes = 20,827
|percentage = 10.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 210,272
|percentage = 64.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Democratic Party of Japan
|loser = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=2000}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Shizuo Satō
|votes = 88,825
|percentage = 42.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Ryūichi Ikeda
|votes = 81,805
|percentage = 39.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Teiko Kotosaka
|votes = 36,257
|percentage = 17.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=1996}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|candidate = Shizuo Satō
|votes = 58,371
|percentage = 30.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = New Frontier Party (Japan)
|candidate = Kōji Suzuki
|votes = 53,332
|percentage = 28.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party of Japan
|candidate = Ryūichi Ikeda
|votes = 51,714
|percentage = 27.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Japanese Communist Party
|candidate = Tokiya Yamato
|votes = 26,562
|percentage = 14.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Diet of Japan Hokkaido electoral districts}}
{{Japan House of Representatives Districts}}
{{coord missing|Hokkaidō Prefecture}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hokkaido 04th district}}
Category:House of Representatives (Japan) districts in Hokkaido
Category:Constituencies established in 1994