2019 Japanese unified local elections
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]
Results
Governors
Prefecture
|
Turnout (%)
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Fukui Prefecture
|
58.35
|
|
Independent
|
Tatsuji Sugimoto
|
220,774
|
59.3
|
|
Independent
|
Issei Nishikawa
|
131,098
|
35.2
|
|
Communist Party
|
Yukie Kanemoto
|
20,462
|
5.5
|
Fukuoka Prefecture
|
42.72
|
|
Independent
|
Hiroshi Ogawa
|
1,293,648
|
73.6
|
|
Independent
|
Kazuhisa Takeuchi
|
345,085
|
19.6
|
|
Independent
|
Kiyoshi Shinoda
|
119,871
|
6.8
|
Hokkaido
|
58.34
|
|
Independent
|
Naomichi Suzuki
|
1,621,171
|
62.7
|
|
Independent
|
Tomohiro Ishikawa
|
963,942
|
37.3
|
Kanagawa Prefecture
|
40.28
|
|
Independent
|
Yuji Kuroiwa
|
2,251,289
|
76.3
|
|
Independent
|
Makiko Kishi
|
700,091
|
23.7
|
Mie Prefecture
|
46.68
|
|
Independent
|
Eikei Suzuki
|
615,281
|
89.7
|
|
Independent
|
Kanako Suzuki
|
70,657
|
10.3
|
Nara Prefecture
|
48.49
|
|
Independent
|
Shōgo Arai
|
256,451
|
47.5
|
|
Independent
|
Kiyoshige Maekawa
|
174,277
|
32.3
|
|
Independent
|
Minoru Kawashima
|
108,701
|
20.2
|
Ōita Prefecture
|
47.41
|
|
Independent
|
Katsusada Hirose
|
360,246
|
80.7
|
|
Communist Party
|
Kai Yamashita
|
66,502
|
14.9
|
|
Independent
|
Yoshiko Shutō
|
19,701
|
4.4
|
Osaka Prefecture
|
49.49
|
|
Osaka Restoration Association
|
Hirofumi Yoshimura
|
2,266,103
|
64.4
|
|
Independent
|
Tadakazu Konishi
|
1,254,200
|
35.6
|
Shimane Prefecture
|
62.04
|
|
Independent
|
Tatsuya Maruyama
|
150,338
|
43.6
|
|
Independent
|
Seiji Ōba
|
120,276
|
34.9
|
|
Independent
|
Jirō Shimada
|
40,694
|
11.8
|
|
Independent
|
Yasuko Yamasaki
|
33,699
|
9.8
|
Tokushima Prefecture
|
48.34
|
|
Independent
|
Kamon Iizumi
|
158,972
|
53.0
|
|
Independent
|
Taiji Kishimoto
|
122,779
|
40.9
|
|
Communist Party
|
Atsushi Amou
|
18,332
|
6.1
|
Tottori Prefecture
|
53.09
|
|
Independent
|
Shinji Hirai
|
225,883
|
92.3
|
|
Independent
|
Hideyuki Fukuzumi
|
14,056
|
5.7
|
|
Independent
|
Hiroshi Inoue
|
4,905
|
2.0
|
|
Source: NHK
|
Prefectural assemblies
Mayors of designated cities
Designated city
|
Turnout (%)
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Hamamatsu
|
55.75
|
|
Independent
|
Yasutomo Suzuki
|
195,728
|
55.1
|
|
Independent
|
Ryotaro Yamamoto
|
134,611
|
37.9
|
|
Independent
|
Masashi Nozawa
|
25,195
|
7.1
|
Hiroshima
|
36.62
|
|
Independent
|
Kazumi Matsui
|
295,038
|
85.4
|
|
Independent
|
Kazuyuki Sengo
|
27,876
|
8.1
|
|
Independent
|
Kazuhiro Kaneko
|
22,365
|
6.5
|
Osaka
|
52.70
|
|
Osaka Restoration Association
|
Ichirō Matsui
|
660,819
|
58.1
|
|
Independent
|
Akira Yanagimoto
|
476,351
|
41.9
|
Sagamihara
|
48.91
|
|
Independent
|
Kentarou Motomura
|
132,186
|
46.7
|
|
Independent
|
Toshio Kayama
|
74,456
|
26.3
|
|
Independent
|
Yuichiro Miyazaki
|
40,467
|
14.3
|
|
Independent
|
Daijiro Yagi
|
35,753
|
12.6
|
Sapporo
|
56.25
|
|
Independent
|
Katsuhiro Akimoto
|
634,365
|
70.6
|
|
Independent
|
Tatsuo Watanabe
|
264,008
|
29.4
|
Shizuoka
|
48.76
|
|
Independent
|
Nobuhiro Tanabe
|
138,454
|
49.6
|
|
Independent
|
Shingo Amano
|
107,407
|
38.5
|
|
Independent
|
Katsushi Hayashi
|
33,322
|
11.9
|
|
Source: NHK
|
Designated city assemblies
See also
References
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