Editing Hokkaido (section)

=== National representation ===
{{Main|Hokkaido's Diet electoral districts}}
For the lower house of the National Diet, Hokkaidō is divided into twelve single-member electoral districts. In the [[2017 Japanese general election|2017 election]], candidates from the governing coalition of [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democrats]] and [[Kōmeitō]] won seven districts and the main opposition [[Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan|Constitutional Democrats]] five. For the proportional election segment, Hokkaidō and [[Tokyo]] are the only two prefectures that form a regional "block" district of their own. The [[Hokkaido proportional representation block]] elects eight Representatives. In 2017, the Liberal Democratic Party received 28.8% of the proportional vote and won three seats, the Constitutional Democratic Party won three (26.4% of the vote), one seat each went to [[Kibō no Tō]] (12.3%) and Kōmeitō (11.0%). The [[Japanese Communist Party]], who won a seat in [[2014 Japanese general election|2014]], lost their seat in 2017 while receiving 8.5% of the votes.

In the upper house of the National Diet, a major reapportionment in the 1990s halved the number of Councillors from Hokkaidō per election from four to two. After the elections of 2010 and 2013, the [[Hokkaido At-large district|Hokkaido electoral district]] – like most two-member districts for the upper house – is represented by two Liberal Democrats and two Democrats. In the [[2016 Japanese House of Councillors election|2016 upper house election]], the district magnitude will be raised to three, Hokkaidō will then temporarily be represented by five members and six after the [[2019 Japanese House of Councillors election|2019 election]].