There are 12 people in total, including the above incumbents and newcomers.

In the election contest, in addition to measures against rising prices in response to the situation in Ukraine, it is expected that discussions will be held on issues in Hokkaido such as the Northern Territories issue, Japan-Russia relations, and energy policy.

In the Hokkaido constituency with a capacity of 3, the opposition party won 2 seats 6 years ago, and the ruling party won 2 seats 3 years ago. It will be deployed.

The polling date is the 10th of next month.

The number of seats in the Hokkaido constituency has increased to 3 from the last time, and 6 years ago the opposition party won 2 seats and 3 years ago the ruling party won 2 seats.

Again, the Liberal Democratic Party is aiming to win two seats with two people. Mr. Hasegawa is recommended by the Komeito, and Mr. Funahashi is recommended by the Komeito and New Party Daichi.

One opposition. The Constitutional Democratic Party will also support two people and aim to secure two seats.

Mr. Tokunaga is recommended by the Social Democratic Party, and Mr. Ishikawa is recommended by the Reiwa Shinsengumi and the Social Democratic Party.

Mr. Usuki for the Democratic Party for the People, Mr. Hatakeyama for the Communist Party, and both parties will each have their own candidates and aim to win seats.

The NHK party has three people.

The battle for the Hokkaido constituency over the three seats. This time, the total war of each party will be developed to determine which of the ruling and opposition parties can win more seats.

House of Councilors election once every three years. We are also paying attention to what the voter turnout will be here in Hokkaido.

Looking at the previous 25th election in 2019 (the first year of Reiwa), the highest turnout in Hokkaido was the 12th election in 1980 (Showa 55), which was held on the same day as the House of Representatives election. It was 76.28%. Six of the 25 elections up to the last election exceeded 70%, and are concentrated in the period from the latter half of the Showa period to the Heisei period.

On the contrary, the lowest voter turnout was 46.92% in the 17th election in 1995 (Heisei 7) when the capacity was changed from "4" to "2" due to the correction of the fixed number. This is the only time that it has fallen below 50% until the last time.

This is the third time in the Upper House election since the age at which the right to vote has been lowered to 18 years or older.

According to the Road Election Commission, the voter turnout in Hokkaido was 56.78% in the 24th election in 2016 (Heisei 28), two times before the teens voted for the first time, but the point extraction Teens were 38.20%. The breakdown was 42.88% for 18 years old and 33.59% for 19 years old.

In the last 25 elections in 2019 (the first year of Reiwa), the turnout of Hokkaido was 53.76% overall, while that of teens was 31.27%. The breakdown was 35.23% for 18 years old and 26.73% for 19 years old.

The turnout of teens is lower than the whole, especially at the age of 19.

As the election commissions in each region step up their efforts to improve the turnout of the younger generation, it will be interesting to see what the turnout of teens will be. It was


NHK Hokkaido's special site "Choice Hokkaido" introduces various data and trivia related to elections.

For the voter turnout of the past House of Councilors election, see "Hokkaido House of Councilors Election Day"