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]

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

1. "Voter turnout in Japan's unified local elections marks record lows in cities". Mainichi Daily News. 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2020-04-18.