2019 Japanese unified local elections
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The first stage of the 19th unified local elections (第19回統一地方選挙, dai-jūkyū-kai tōitsu chihō senkyo) in Japan took place on April 7, 2019 with the second following on 21 April 2019. [1]
Gubernatorial elections
- Hokkaido: Incumbent Naomichi Suzuki LDP-supported independent
- Kanagawa Prefecture: Yuji Kuroiwa (LDP/NKP/DPJ) re-elected
- Fukui Prefecture: Incumbent Tatsuji Sugimoto (LDP/ORA)
- Mie Prefecture: Eikei Suzuki (LDP/NKP) re-elected
- Osaka Prefecture: Incumbent Hirofumi Yoshimura (ORA) former Osaka Mayor
- Nara Prefecture: Shōgo Arai (LDP/NKP/DPJ) re-elected
- Tottori Prefecture: Shinji Hirai (LDP/NKP/DPJ) re-elected
- Shimane Prefecture: Incumbent Tatsuya Maruyama former Director General of the Fire Department Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
- Tokushima Prefecture: Kamon Iizumi (LDP/NKP/DPJ) re-elected
- Fukuoka Prefecture: Hiroshi Ogawa (LDP/NKP/DPJ/SDP) re-elected
- Oita Prefecture: Incumbent Katsusada Hirose (LDP/NKP)
Mayoral elections
- Sapporo: Katsuhiro Akimoto (DPJ/JIP/SDP) re-elected
- Sagamihara: Incumbent Kentarou Motomura
- Shizuoka: Nobuhiro Tanabe (LDP/NKP/DPJ) re-elected
- Hamamatsu: Yasutomo Suzuki (independent) re-elected
- Osaka: Incumbent Ichiro Matsui (ORA) former Governor of Osaka Prefecture
- Hiroshima: Kazumi Matsui (LDP/NKP/DPJ) re-elected
Assembly elections
- One trans woman was elected to prefecture assemblies: Ayako Fuchigami of Hokkaido.
References
- ^ "Voter turnout in Japan's unified local elections marks record lows in cities". Mainichi Daily News. 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
