2021 Yokohama mayoral election
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A mayoral election was held on 22 August 2021 to elect the next Mayor of Yokohama. The central issue in the election was the building of an "integrated resort" IR featuring a casino.[1]
Incumbent mayor Fumiko Hayashi lost reelection, placing third to the LDP supported Hachiro Okonogi and the eventual winner, CDP and JCP supported Takeharu Yamanaka.[2][3][4][5]
Candidates[]
A total of 8 candidates registered candidacies for the election.[6]
Name | Age | Title | Official website |
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Masataka Ota (太田正孝) |
75 | Former Yokohama City Council member | Masataka Ota (Japanese) |
Yasuo Tanaka (田中康夫) |
65 | Former Governor of Nagano Prefecture | Yasuo Tanaka (Japanese) |
Hachiro Okonogi (小此木八郎) |
56 | Former Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission | Hachiro Okonogi officialsite (Japanese) |
Yoshikazu Tsubokura (坪倉良和) |
70 | Fisheries wholesaler president | Yoshikazu Tsubokura (A revolutionary grandfather who changes Japan from Yokohama!) Archived 2021-08-21 at the Wayback Machine (Japanese) |
Mineyuki Fukuda (福田峰之) |
57 | Former Member of the House of Representatives | Mineyuki Fukuda (Japanese) |
Takeharu Yamanaka (山中竹春) |
48 | Professor of public health at Yokohama City University | Takeharu Yamanaka OFFICIAL WEB SITE (Japanese) |
Fumiko Hayashi (林文子) |
75 | Mayor of Yokohama��Current) | Fumiko Hayashi officialsite Archived 2021-12-06 at the Wayback Machine (Japanese) |
Shigefumi Matsuzawa (松沢成文) |
63 | Former Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture | Shigefumi Matsuzawa (Japanese) |
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent (Supported by Constitutional Democratic Party, Communist Party of Japan, Social Democratic Party) | Takeharu Yamanaka | 506,392 | 33.59% | N/A | |
Independent (Supported by Liberal Democratic Party of Japan) | Hachiro Okonogi | 325,947 | 21.62% | N/A | |
Independent | Fumiko Hayashi (incumbent) | 196,926 | 13.06% | ![]() | |
Independent | Yasuo Tanaka | 194,713 | 12.92% | N/A | |
Independent (Supported by Ishin) | Shigefumi Matsuzawa | 162,206 | 10.76% | N/A | |
Independent | Mineyuki Fukuda | 62,455 | 4.14% | N/A | |
Independent | Masataka Ota | 39,802 | 2.64% | N/A | |
Independent | Yoshikazu Tsubokura | 19,113 | 1.27% | N/A |
References[]
- ^ "Suga backs anti-casino candidate in Yokohama mayoral race". Asahi. 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ "Opposition wins Yokohama mayor election in blow to Japan PM Suga". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Suga suffers blow as LDP-backed candidate loses Yokohama poll". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Johnston, Eric (22 August 2021). "In major blow to Suga, opposition party-backed Takeharu Yamanaka wins Yokohama mayoral election". The Japan Times. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Reynolds, Isabel; Nobuhiro, Emi. "Japan's Premier Faces Fresh Blow as Ally Loses Election". Bloomberg. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Record eight candidates confirmed to run in Yokohama mayoral election". Inside Asian Gaming(IAG). 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ "横浜市長選挙候補者別得票数" (PDF). city.yokohama.lg.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
External links[]
- Information: Elections - City of Yokohama (Japanese)
Categories:
- Mayoral elections in Japan
- August 2021 events in Japan
- 2021 elections in Japan
- Japanese election stubs