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2019 Japanese unified local elections

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The first stage of the {{Nihongo|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.{{Cite news|url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190423/p2a/00m/0na/012000c|title=Voter turnout in Japan's unified local elections marks record lows in cities|date=2019-04-23|work=Mainichi Daily News|access-date=2020-04-18|language=en}}

Results

= Governors =

class="wikitable"

!Prefecture

!Turnout (%)

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

!%

rowspan="3" |Fukui Prefecture

| rowspan="3" align="right" |58.35

| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Tatsuji Sugimoto

|align="right" |220,774

|align="right" |59.3

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Issei Nishikawa

|align="right" |131,098

|align="right" |35.2

bgcolor="{{party color|Japanese Communist Party}}" |

|Communist Party

|Yukie Kanemoto

|align="right" |20,462

|align="right" |5.5

rowspan="3" |Fukuoka Prefecture

| rowspan="3" align="right" |42.72

| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Hiroshi Ogawa

|align="right" |1,293,648

|align="right" |73.6

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Kazuhisa Takeuchi

|align="right" |345,085

|align="right" |19.6

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Kiyoshi Shinoda

|align="right" |119,871

|align="right" |6.8

rowspan="2" |Hokkaido

| rowspan="2" align="right" |58.34

| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Naomichi Suzuki

|align="right" |1,621,171

|align="right" |62.7

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Tomohiro Ishikawa

|align="right" |963,942

|align="right" |37.3

rowspan="2" |Kanagawa Prefecture

| rowspan="2" align="right" |40.28

| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Yuji Kuroiwa

| align="right" |2,251,289

| align="right" |76.3

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Makiko Kishi

| align="right" |700,091

| align="right" |23.7

rowspan="2" |Mie Prefecture

| rowspan="2" align="right" |46.68

|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Eikei Suzuki

|align="right" |615,281

|align="right" |89.7

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Kanako Suzuki

|align="right" |70,657

|align="right" |10.3

rowspan="3" |Nara Prefecture

| rowspan="3" align="right" |48.49

|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Shōgo Arai

|align="right" |256,451

|align="right" |47.5

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Kiyoshige Maekawa

|align="right" |174,277

|align="right" |32.3

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Minoru Kawashima

|align="right" |108,701

|align="right" |20.2

rowspan="3" |Ōita Prefecture

| rowspan="3" align="right" |47.41

|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Katsusada Hirose

|align="right" |360,246

|align="right" |80.7

bgcolor="{{party color|Japanese Communist Party}}" |

|Communist Party

|Kai Yamashita

|align="right" |66,502

|align="right" |14.9

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Yoshiko Shutō

|align="right" |19,701

|align="right" |4.4

rowspan="2" |Osaka Prefecture

| rowspan="2" align="right" |49.49

|bgcolor="{{party color|Osaka Restoration Association}}" |

|Osaka Restoration Association

|Hirofumi Yoshimura

|align="right" |2,266,103

|align="right" |64.4

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Tadakazu Konishi

|align="right" |1,254,200

|align="right" |35.6

rowspan="4" |Shimane Prefecture

| rowspan="4" align="right" |62.04

|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Tatsuya Maruyama

|align="right" |150,338

|align="right" |43.6

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Seiji Ōba

|align="right" |120,276

|align="right" |34.9

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Jirō Shimada

|align="right" |40,694

|align="right" |11.8

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Yasuko Yamasaki

|align="right" |33,699

|align="right" |9.8

rowspan="3" |Tokushima Prefecture

| rowspan="3" align="right" |48.34

|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Kamon Iizumi

|align="right" |158,972

|align="right" |53.0

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Taiji Kishimoto

|align="right" |122,779

|align="right" |40.9

bgcolor="{{party color|Japanese Communist Party}}" |

|Communist Party

|Atsushi Amou

|align="right" |18,332

|align="right" |6.1

rowspan="3" |Tottori Prefecture

| rowspan="3" align="right" |53.09

|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Shinji Hirai

|align="right" |225,883

|align="right" |92.3

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Hideyuki Fukuzumi

|align="right" |14,056

|align="right" |5.7

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Hiroshi Inoue

|align="right" |4,905

|align="right" |2.0

colspan="7" |
colspan="7" |Source: [https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/touitsu/2019/ NHK]

= Prefectural assemblies =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;"

! rowspan="3" |Prefecture

! rowspan="3" |Total
seats

! colspan="11" |Seats won

class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |LDP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |Komeito

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |CDP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |JCP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |DPFP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |SDP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |NIK

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |LP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |Kibō

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |Others

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |Ind.

style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Komeito}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Japanese Communist Party}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party for the People}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Nippon Ishin no Kai}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Japan, 2016)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Kibō no Tō}};" |

! style="background:white;" |

! style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

style="text-align: left;" |Hokkaido

!100

|51

|8

|24

|3

|0

|–

|0

|–

|–

|0

|14

style="text-align: left;" |Aichi Prefecture

!102

|57

|6

|7

|0

|8

|–

|0

|–

|–

|1

|23

style="text-align: left;" |Akita Prefecture

!43

|24

|1

|1

|1

|–

|2

|–

|–

|–

|–

|14

style="text-align: left;" |Aomori Prefecture

!48

|28

|2

|1

|3

|3

|0

|–

|–

|–

|–

|11

style="text-align: left;" |Chiba Prefecture

!94

|45

|8

|10

|2

|6

|1

|0

|–

|–

|1

|21

style="text-align: left;" |Ehime Prefecture

!47

|15

|2

|2

|1

|0

|–

|–

|–

|–

|1

|26

style="text-align: left;" |Fukui Prefecture

!37

|25

|1

|1

|1

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|9

style="text-align: left;" |Fukuoka Prefecture

!87

|40

|10

|5

|2

|12

|–

|–

|–

|–

|1

|17

style="text-align: left;" |Gifu Prefecture

!46

|29

|2

|1

|1

|3

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|10

style="text-align: left;" |Gunma Prefecture

!50

|25

|3

|2

|2

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|18

style="text-align: left;" |Hiroshima Prefecture

!64

|32

|6

|–

|1

|1

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|24

style="text-align: left;" |Hyōgo Prefecture

!86

|27

|12

|5

|5

|1

|–

|9

|–

|–

|0

|27

style="text-align: left;" |Ishikawa Prefecture

!43

|28

|2

|–

|1

|2

|1

|–

|–

|–

|–

|9

style="text-align: left;" |Kagawa Prefecture

!41

|27

|2

|1

|2

|2

|3

|–

|–

|–

|–

|4

style="text-align: left;" |Kagoshima Prefecture

!51

|34

|3

|1

|1

|0

|1

|0

|–

|–

|–

|11

style="text-align: left;" |Kanagawa Prefecture

!105

|47

|8

|23

|5

|5

|–

|–

|0

|0

|1

|16

style="text-align: left;" |Kōchi Prefecture

!37

|19

|3

|1

|5

|0

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|9

style="text-align: left;" |Kumamoto Prefecture

!49

|31

|3

|1

|1

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|0

|13

style="text-align: left;" |Kyoto Prefecture

!60

|28

|5

|2

|12

|5

|–

|2

|–

|–

|0

|6

style="text-align: left;" |Mie Prefecture

!51

|21

|2

|–

|1

|–

|–

|0

|–

|–

|10

|17

style="text-align: left;" |Miyazaki Prefecture

!39

|24

|3

|1

|2

|1

|4

|–

|–

|–

|–

|4

style="text-align: left;" |Nagano Prefecture

!57

|21

|4

|1

|5

|0

|–

|0

|–

|–

|–

|26

style="text-align: left;" |Nagasaki Prefecture

!46

|28

|3

|1

|1

|5

|2

|–

|–

|–

|–

|6

style="text-align: left;" |Nara Prefecture

!43

|21

|3

|0

|4

|4

|–

|4

|–

|–

|1

|6

style="text-align: left;" |Niigata Prefecture

!53

|28

|2

|1

|1

|2

|2

|–

|–

|–

|1

|16

style="text-align: left;" |Ōita Prefecture

!43

|16

|3

|1

|2

|1

|1

|0

|–

|–

|–

|19

style="text-align: left;" |Okayama Prefecture

!55

|32

|5

|2

|2

|1

|–

|–

|–

|–

|0

|13

style="text-align: left;" |Osaka Prefecture

!88

|15

|15

|1

|2

|0

|–

|–

|–

|–

|51

|4

style="text-align: left;" |Saga Prefecture

!38

|25

|2

|–

|2

|3

|1

|–

|–

|–

|–

|5

style="text-align: left;" |Saitama Prefecture

!93

|48

|9

|7

|6

|4

|–

|–

|–

|0

|1

|18

style="text-align: left;" |Shiga Prefecture

!44

|16

|2

|3

|4

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|9

|10

style="text-align: left;" |Shimane Prefecture

!37

|19

|2

|1

|2

|1

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|12

style="text-align: left;" |Shizuoka Prefecture

!68

|35

|5

|1

|1

|3

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|23

style="text-align: left;" |Tochigi Prefecture

!50

|31

|3

|3

|1

|1

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|11

style="text-align: left;" |Tokushima Prefecture

!38

|22

|2

|–

|2

|2

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|10

style="text-align: left;" |Tottori Prefecture

!35

|14

|3

|3

|1

|3

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|11

style="text-align: left;" |Toyama Prefecture

!40

|32

|1

|–

|2

|–

|3

|0

|–

|–

|–

|2

style="text-align: left;" |Wakayama Prefecture

!42

|25

|3

|1

|4

|1

|–

|1

|–

|–

|–

|7

style="text-align: left;" |Yamagata Prefecture

!43

|27

|1

|2

|2

|1

|1

|–

|–

|–

|–

|9

style="text-align: left;" |Yamaguchi Prefecture

!47

|29

|5

|–

|2

|1

|–

|–

|–

|–

|1

|9

style="text-align: left;" |Yamanashi Prefecture

!37

|17

|1

|1

|1

|1

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|16

class="sortbottom"

! style="text-align: left;" |Total

!2,277

!1,158

!166

!118

!99

!83

!22

!16

!0

!0

!79

!536

colspan="13" |
colspan="13" |Source: [https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/touitsu/2019/ NHK]

=Mayors of designated cities=

class="wikitable"

!Designated city

!Turnout (%)

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

!%

rowspan="3" |Hamamatsu

| rowspan="3" align="right" |55.75

| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Yasutomo Suzuki

| align="right" |195,728

| align="right" |55.1

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Ryotaro Yamamoto

| align="right" |134,611

| align="right" |37.9

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Masashi Nozawa

| align="right" |25,195

| align="right" |7.1

rowspan="3" |Hiroshima

| rowspan="3" align="right" |36.62

| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Kazumi Matsui

| align="right" |295,038

| align="right" |85.4

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Kazuyuki Sengo

| align="right" |27,876

| align="right" |8.1

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Kazuhiro Kaneko

| align="right" |22,365

| align="right" |6.5

rowspan="2" |Osaka

| rowspan="2" align="right" |52.70

| bgcolor="{{party color|Osaka Restoration Association}}" |

|Osaka Restoration Association

|Ichirō Matsui

| align="right" |660,819

| align="right" |58.1

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Akira Yanagimoto

| align="right" |476,351

| align="right" |41.9

rowspan="4" |Sagamihara

| rowspan="4" align="right" |48.91

| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Kentarou Motomura

| align="right" |132,186

| align="right" |46.7

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Toshio Kayama

|align="right" |74,456

|align="right" |26.3

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Yuichiro Miyazaki

|align="right" |40,467

|align="right" |14.3

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Daijiro Yagi

| align="right" |35,753

| align="right" |12.6

rowspan="2" |Sapporo

| rowspan="2" align="right" |56.25

| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Katsuhiro Akimoto

| align="right" |634,365

| align="right" |70.6

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Tatsuo Watanabe

| align="right" |264,008

| align="right" |29.4

rowspan="3" |Shizuoka

| rowspan="3" align="right" |48.76

| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Nobuhiro Tanabe

| align="right" |138,454

| align="right" |49.6

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Shingo Amano

| align="right" |107,407

| align="right" |38.5

bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Katsushi Hayashi

| align="right" |33,322

| align="right" |11.9

colspan="7" |
colspan="7" |Source: [https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/touitsu/2019/ NHK]

= Designated city assemblies =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 0.9em;"

! rowspan="3" |Designated city

! rowspan="3" |Total
seats

! colspan="10" |Seats won

class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |LDP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |Komeito

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |JCP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |CDP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |DPFP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |NIK

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |SDP

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |Kibō

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |Others

! class="unsortable" style="width:60px;" |Ind.

style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Komeito}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Japanese Communist Party}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party for the People}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Nippon Ishin no Kai}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Kibō no Tō}};" |

! style="background:white;" |

! style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" |

style="text-align: left;" |Chiba

!50

|18

|8

|6

|5

|5

|–

|–

|–

|2

|6

style="text-align: left;" |Fukuoka

!62

|21

|12

|6

|5

|3

|2

|–

|–

|5

|8

style="text-align: left;" |Hamamatsu

!46

|9

|5

|4

|0

|0

|–

|–

|–

|–

|28

style="text-align: left;" |Hiroshima

!54

|26

|8

|5

|–

|–

|0

|1

|0

|0

|14

style="text-align: left;" |Kawasaki

!60

|19

|11

|11

|8

|2

|0

|–

|0

|1

|8

style="text-align: left;" |Kobe

!69

|20

|12

|9

|7

|2

|10

|–

|–

|3

|6

style="text-align: left;" |Kumamoto

!48

|14

|8

|2

|1

|0

|–

|–

|–

|0

|23

style="text-align: left;" |Kyoto

!67

|21

|10

|18

|3

|4

|4

|–

|–

|5

|2

style="text-align: left;" |Nagoya

!68

|21

|11

|5

|11

|6

|–

|–

|–

|14

|0

style="text-align: left;" |Niigata

!51

|18

|4

|6

|4

|0

|–

|1

|–

|1

|17

style="text-align: left;" |Okayama

!46

|17

|8

|5

|2

|1

|–

|–

|–

|–

|13

style="text-align: left;" |Osaka

!83

|17

|18

|4

|0

|–

|–

|–

|–

|40

|4

style="text-align: left;" |Sagamihara

!46

|15

|8

|4

|6

|4

|–

|1

|0

|0

|8

style="text-align: left;" |Saitama

!60

|23

|11

|7

|11

|3

|0

|1

|–

|0

|4

style="text-align: left;" |Sakai

!48

|9

|11

|4

|1

|–

|–

|–

|–

|18

|5

style="text-align: left;" |Sapporo

!68

|26

|10

|10

|19

|1

|0

|–

|–

|1

|1

style="text-align: left;" |Yokohama

!86

|33

|16

|9

|16

|2

|0

|0

|–

|1

|9

class="sortbottom"

! style="text-align: left;" |Total

!1,012

!327

!171

!115

!99

!33

!16

!4

!0

!91

!156

colspan="12" |
colspan="12" |Source: [https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/touitsu/2019/ NHK]

See also

References

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