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Hokkaido currently sends 26 elected members to the Diet of Japan, 20 to the House of Representatives and 6 to the House of Councillors. The prefecture sends 6 Councillors after the 2019.
The current House of Representatives Hokkaido delegation consists of 9 members of the LDP, 8 CDP, 2 Komeito and 1 Independent.
| District | Representative | Party | Incumbency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  Daiki Michishita | Constitutional Democratic | 22 October 2017 – present |
| 2nd |  Kenko Matsuki | Constitutional Democratic | 25 April 2021 – present |
| 3rd |  Hirohisa Takagi | Liberal Democratic | 31 October 2021 – present |
| 4th |  Hiroyuki Nakamura | Liberal Democratic | 16 December 2012 – present |
| 5th |  Yoshiaki Wada | Liberal Democratic | 24 April 2016 – present |
| 6th |  Kuniyoshi Azuma | Liberal Democratic | 31 October 2021 – present |
| 7th |  Yoshitaka Itō | Liberal Democratic | 30 August 2009 – present |
| 8th |  Seiji Ōsaka | Constitutional Democratic | 14 December 2014 – present |
| 9th |  Manabu Horii | Constitutional Democratic | 31 October 2021 – present |
| 10th |  Hisashi Inatsu | Komeito | 16 December 2012 – present |
| 11th |  Kaori Ishikawa | Constitutional Democratic | 22 October 2017 – present |
| 12th |  Arata Takebe | Liberal Democratic | 16 December 2012 – present |
| Representative | Party | District contested | Incumbency |
|---|---|---|---|
 Koichi Watanabe | Liberal Democratic | None | 16 December 2012 – present |
 Takako Suzuki | None | 3 June 2013 – present | |
 Yūko Nakagawa | Hokkaido-11th | 31 October 2021 – present | |
| Kureha Otsuki | Constitutional Democratic | Hokkaido-4th | 31 October 2021 – present |
| Yutaka Arai | Hokkaido-3rd | 31 October 2021 – present | |
 Hiroshi Kamiya | Hokkaido-10th | 22 October 2017 – present | |
 Hidemichi Sato | Komeito | None | 16 December 2012 – present |
 Manabu Horii | Independent | Hokkaido-9th | 31 October 2021 – present |
The current House of Councillors Hokkaido delegation consists of 4 LDP and 2 members of the CDP. The members are elected from the Hokkaido at-large district.
| Class | # | Councillors | Party | Term ends | Incumbency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 |  Harumi Takahashi | Liberal Democratic | 28 July 2025 | 29 July 2019 – present |
| 2 |  Kenji Katsube | Constitutional Democratic | 28 July 2025 | 29 July 2019 – present | |
| 3 |  Tsuyohito Iwamoto | Liberal Democratic | 28 July 2025 | 29 July 2019 – present | |
| 2022 | 1 |  Gaku Hasegawa | Liberal Democratic | 25 July 2028 | 26 July 2010 – present |
| 2 |  Eri Tokunaga | Constitutional Democratic | 25 July 2028 | 26 July 2010 – present | |
| 3 |  Toshimitsu Funahashi | Liberal Democratic | 25 July 2028 | 26 July 2022 – present |
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