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 electoral district – like most two-member districts for the upper house – is represented by two Liberal Democrats and two Democrats. In the 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 election.
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 electoral district – like most two-member districts for the upper house – is represented by two liberal democrats and two democrats in the 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 election