2023-12-10 03:03:00
Voting is being held at 57 locations in the ward on the 10th for the Koto ward mayor’s election following the resignation of the previous ward mayor. According to the ward election committee, the number of voters on that day was 422,616. As of noon, 34,700 people had voted, with a turnout of 8.21%, 2.86 points lower than the previous vote (11.07%).
All elections are run by independent newcomers.
▽Former Tokyo Metropolitan Mayor Tomoka Okubo (52) = Recommended by Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, People’s Democratic Party, and Tokyo Citizens First Association
▽Former ward councilor Yasuya Mito (34)
▽Takashi Ino (58), former National Tax Agency employee
▽Pediatrician Hiroyuki Kogure (44) = Recommended by Japan Restoration Society
▽Former ward councilor Natsumi Sakai (37) = Supporter of Constitutional Democratic Party, Communist Party, Reiwa Shinsengumi, Social Democratic Party, Tokyo Consumer Network
Five people (in order of filing) are competing.
Voting is open until 8pm. Votes will be counted on the same day at the Fukagawa Sports Center starting at 8:50 p.m.
◆The voting rate last time was 48.86% What regarding this time?
Voter turnout for the ward mayor’s election held in the April unified local elections was 48.86%, higher than the previous election, but turnout for individual mayor’s elections is often sluggish, and each camp did its best to solicit votes. .
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