2016 Hokkaido 5th district by-election

A by-election for the Hokkaido-5th seat in the Japanese House of Representatives was held on 24 April 2016, coinciding with another by-election in Kyoto. The by-election was triggered by the death of the sitting member, former Speaker of the House and Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura from cerebral infarction in Osaka on 1 June 2015. Machimura, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, was a long-serving representative for the district, holding the seat almost continuously between 1996 and 2015 (except for a brief period between 2009 and 2010). The seat has been considered safe for the LDP, with Machimura retaining it on a 14.1% margin in the 2014 general election.

2016 Hokkaido 5th district by-election
24 April 2016
Hokkaido 5th district
Turnout57.63%
 
Nominee Yoshiaki Wada Maki Ikeda
Party Liberal Democratic Independent
Alliance Komeito / PJK / NPD Democratic / JCP / SDP / PLP
Popular vote 135,842 123,517
Percentage 52.38% 47.62%
Representative before election

Nobutaka Machimura
Liberal Democratic

 Elected Representative

Yoshiaki Wada
Liberal Democratic

In a result that has been considered a boost for the LDP ahead of the mid-year House of Councillors election, Machimura's son-in-law Yoshiaki Wada won the election with 52.4% of the vote, retaining the seat for the LDP.

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