Uniform regional elections in Japan 2011

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The 17th unified regional elections ( Japanese 第 17 回 統一 地方 選 挙 , dai-jūnana-kai tōitsu chihōsseyo ) in Japan took place in April 2011. On April 10, 2011, governors were initially elected in twelve prefectures , 41 prefectural parliaments as well as five mayors and 15 city councilors in the 19 “major cities by government decree” ( seirei shitei toshi ). In the second phase, around 1,000 mayoral or council elections took place on April 24, 2011 in other municipalities , including most of the districts of Tokyo and many independent cities . In addition, a by-election was held in the 6th constituency of Aichi for the Shūgiin , the lower house of the national parliament.

Because of the Tōhoku earthquake , 31 elections in the hardest-hit prefectures of Iwate , Miyagi and Fukushima were postponed on the basis of a special law , including the gubernatorial election in Iwate and the parliamentary elections in all three prefectures. The Mayor and City Council elections were also shifted Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture .

History and election campaign

The Kan cabinet of the Democratic Party (DPJ) and the New People's Party , ruling at national level, found itself in a low poll and in view of the "twisted parliament" in the dispute over budget-related laws for the fiscal year beginning in April 2011, which block the opposition led by the Liberal Democratic Party can. The DPJ had lost a number of prefectural and local elections since 2010, most recently the gubernatorial election in Aichi in February , the simultaneous mayoral election in Nagoya and in March 2011 the early council election in Nagoya.

On March 11, 2011, the Tōhoku earthquake occurred, the consequences of which affect large parts of Eastern Japan and thus influence the candidate search and the election campaign.

Prefecture level

Governors

The governors of the prefectures are chosen by simple majority vote. The official election campaign began on March 24, 2011. As in 2007, 13 governors were to stand for election in the unified regional elections in 2011, but the election in Iwate was postponed. For the remaining 12 governor posts, there were a total of 39 applicants at the beginning of the election campaign.

All governors standing for re-election were formally elected as independents, as is currently the case with 46 of the 47 incumbents nationwide. Most of the candidates were also independents. Many were supported in the elections by one or more parties through campaign assistance or election recommendations. In most gubernatorial elections a candidate had the explicit or implicit support of both major parties, only in the prefectures of Hokkaidō, Tokyo and Mie were two different candidates each from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Democratic Party (DPJ) supported; the LDP-backed candidate won in all three.

Hokkaidō

In Hokkaidō , Governor Harumi Takahashi applied for a third term with the support of the LDP and Kōmeitō . The DPJ, SDP and NVP supported the candidacy of Toshiaki Kimura, a former Ministry of Agriculture official. Other candidates were Satoshi Miyauchi for the CPY and Tadashi Katsuya, former vice president of the prefectural parliament.

Result of the gubernatorial election in Hokkaidō
candidate Support parties be right proportion of
Harumi Takahashi LDP , Kōmeitō 1,848,504 69.44%
Toshiaki Kimura DPJ , SDP , NVP 544.319 20.45%
Satoshi Miyauchi KPJ 176,544 6.63%
Tadashi Katsuya 92,491 3.47%
total 2,661,858 100.00%
invalid and lost votes 30,071 1.11%
voter turnout 2,691,929 59.46%

Tokyo

Governor Ishihara

In the most populous prefecture of Tokyo , the long-time incumbent Shintarō Ishihara , a former LDP politician who is close to the conservative LDP split-off Tachiagare Nippon , left it open for a long time whether he would run again. His older son Nobuteru , currently LDP general secretary and chairman of the LDP prefectural association, and other conservative leaders spoke out in favor of another candidacy from his father. At the beginning of March 2011, national media initially reported that Ishihara wanted to withdraw, but on March 14th he declared his candidacy again.

The Democratic Party had long left it open whether it would nominate its own candidate or support another candidate. Among other things, the Minister of Administration Renhō , who achieved a record result in Tokyo in the elections for the national upper house in 2010, and Minister of Economics Banri Kaieda were considered possible candidates. Shigefumi Matsuzawa , previously Governor of Kanagawa and a former member of the Democratic Party, had declared his candidacy on March 1, 2011, but withdrew it on March 14 after the Tōhoku earthquake.

In the prefectural parliament, which was not re-elected with the exception of a by-election in Suginami, the Democrats have been the strongest party since the 2009 election ; it is in conflict with Governor Ishihara over, among other things, the planned move of the Tsukiji market and the budget.

The most important of the eleven candidates were:

  • Shintarō Ishihara, former writer, member of parliament and minister and since 1999 governor of the Tokyo prefecture, who was supported without a formal recommendation from the parties from the LDP and Kōmeitō,
  • Hideo Higashikokubaru , former comedian and governor of Miyazaki Prefecture until January 2011 ,
  • the entrepreneur (Watami group) Miki Watanabe, who was supported by the democratic faction in the prefectural parliament without formal support from the party and
  • Akira Koike , a former CPY MP in the National House of Lords.
Result of the gubernatorial election in Tokyo
candidate Support parties be right proportion of
Shintaro Ishihara - (partly / unofficial: LDP , Kōmeitō ) 2,615,120 43.4%
Hideo Higashikokubaru - 1,690,669 28.1%
Miki Watanabe - (partially / unofficial: DPJ ) 1,013,132 16.8%
Akira Koike KPJ 623.913 10.4%
"Dr. NakaMats " - 48,672 0.8%
Yūjirō Taniyama - 10,300 0.2%
Keigo Furukawa - 6,389 0.1%
Takeshi Sugita Atarashii Nippon ("New Japan") 5,475 0.1%
Mac Akasaka Sumairu-tō ("Smile Party") 4,598 0.1%
Osamu Ogami Tōkyō Ishin no Kai 3,793 0.1%
Kenji Himeji Heiwa-tō kakuheiki haizetsu heiwa undō ("Peace Party
- Peace Movement for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons") 		3,278 0.1%
total 6,025,339 100.0%
invalid and lost votes 47,265 0.8%
voter turnout 6,072,604 57.8%

Kanagawa

In Kanagawa Prefecture , incumbent Shigefumi Matsuzawa had initially announced that he wanted to run for the governorship in Tokyo, but later withdrew. He did not apply for a third term in Kanagawa. The DPJ, LDP and Kōmeitō then supported the former news anchor Yūji Kuroiwa as his successor, while the rival candidates were Jun'ichi Tsuyuki, former mayor of Kaisei, whose candidacy was supported by Minna no Tō and the regional parties Kanagawa Network and Network Yokohama , the CPJ-backed Hiroko Kamoi and the real estate agent Osamu Teruya.

Result of the gubernatorial election in Kanagawa
candidate Support parties be right proportion of
Yūji Kuroiwa Kōmeitō (partial / unofficial: DPJ , LDP ) 1,728,826 55.5%
Jun'ichi Tsuyuki Minna , Kanagawa Network, Network Yokohama 821,981 26.4%
Hiroko Kamoi KPJ 466.223 15.0%
Osamu Teruya 99,751 3.2%
total 3,116,817 100.0%
invalid and lost votes 148.296 4.5%
voter turnout 3,265,113 45.2%

Fukui

In Fukui Prefecture , incumbent Issei Nishikawa applied formally supported by LDP, Kōmeitō as the de facto candidate of the three largest parties for a third term. As in 2007, the opponent for the CPJ was Kunihiro Uno.

Result of the gubernatorial election in Fukui
candidate Support parties be right proportion of
Issei Nishikawa LDP , Kōmeitō 298,307 81.6%
Kunihiro Uno KPJ 67,459 18.4%
total 365.766 100.0%
invalid votes etc. 9,467 2.5%
voter turnout 375.233

Mie

In Mie , Governor Akihiko Noro retired after two terms. Eikei Suzuki , a former civil servant of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and LDP candidate in the 2009 general election in the 2nd constituency of Mie, the constituency of Masaharu Nakagawa , applied for the successor with LDP support . Even Minna no Tō and Genzei Nippon supported Suzuki's candidacy. The DPJ supported the candidacy of Naohisa Matsuda, previously mayor of Tsu , while the CPJ-supported candidate was Emi Okano.

Result of the gubernatorial election in Mie
candidate Support parties be right proportion of
Eikei Suzuki LDP , Kōmeitō , Minna 379.472 46.5%
Naohisa Matsuda DPJ 369.105 45.2%
Emi Okano KPJ 68,253 8.4%
total 816.830 100.0%
invalid votes etc. 13,519 1.6%
voter turnout 830.349 55.7%

Nara

Incumbent Shōgo Arai was re-elected for a second term in Nara Prefecture . Opposing candidates were the former communist prefectural member of parliament Shigekazu Kitano, who like Arai refused to allow Nara to participate in the “Kansai Association” , and Shunji Shiomi, president of the prefecture's medical association, who had only declared his candidacy on March 23.

Result of the gubernatorial election in Nara
candidate Support parties be right proportion of
Shōgo Arai LDP, Kōmeitō 292,654 50.8%
Shunji Shiomi 223,519 38.8%
Shigekazu Kitano KPJ 60,301 10.5%
total 576.491 100.0%
invalid and lost votes 19,458 3.3%
voter turnout 595,949 52.7%

Tottori

With the support of the LDP and Kōmeitō, the governor Shinji Hirai, who had been in office since 2007, came back to Tottori . The only opposing candidate with the support of the CPY was Junko Yamauchi from Shin Nihon fujin no kai , a communist-influenced movement for gender equality.

Result of the gubernatorial election in Tottori
candidate Support parties be right proportion of
Shinji Hirai LDP , Kōmeitō 255.367 91.67%
Junko Yamauchi KPJ 23,218 8.33%
total 278,585 100.00%
invalid and lost votes 4,369 1.54%
voter turnout 282,954 59.11%

Shimane

Against Shimane's governor Zembē Mizoguchi , who ran with LDP-Kōmeitō support for a second term, only Shin'ichi Mukose (KPJ) stood; Tadao Sasaki (formerly a member of the Liberal League, among others ) withdrew a previously declared candidacy on March 22nd. Another candidate, former employee Shigeki Abe, had withdrawn his candidacy after the Tōhoku earthquake.

Result of the 17th gubernatorial election in Shimane
candidate Support parties be right proportion of
Zembē Mizoguchi LDP , Kōmeitō 269,636 88.93%
Shin'ichi mucosa KPJ 33,571 11.07%
total 303.207 100.00%
invalid and lost votes 4.148 1.35%
voter turnout 307.355 52.7%

Tokushima

In Tokushima , incumbent Kamon Iizumi ran for a third term. The Democratic Party renounced its own candidate, the Kōmeitō also supported him. The CCP opponent was Chiyoko Yamamoto.

Result of the gubernatorial election in Tokushima
candidate Support parties be right proportion of
Kamon Iizumi 262,440 82.19%
Chiyoko Yamamoto KPJ 56,887 17.81%
total 319,327 100.00%
invalid and lost votes 8,362 2.55%
voter turnout 327,689 50.55%

Fukuoka

In Fukuoka, the most populous prefecture on Kyūshū, Governor Wataru Asō did not take up office after four terms. The three largest parties DPJ, LDP and Kōmeitō as well as the SDP and the NVP support the former MITI official Hiroshi Ogawa . The LDP Fukuoka had considered a candidacy of the prefectural member of parliament Isao Kurauchi, but rejected it in February 2011 after the support of Ogawa by the local LDP leader Tarō Asō threatened to split the prefectural association. The CPY-backed gubernatorial candidate was Takaaki Tamura, a former member of the Kitakyushu City Council.

Result of the gubernatorial election in Fukuoka
candidate Support parties be right proportion of
Hiroshi Ogawa Kōmeitō , SDP , NVP (partially / unofficial: DPJ , LDP ) 1,128,853 70.4%
Takaaki Tamura KPJ 474,445 29.6%
total 1,603,298 100.0%
invalid votes 83.712 5.0%
voter turnout 1,687,010 41.52%

saga

In Saga , only the CPY-supported candidacy of Masakatsu Hirabayashi stood against a third term in office of Governor Yasushi Furukawa .

Result of the gubernatorial election in Saga
candidate Support parties be right proportion of
Yasushi Furukawa LDP , Kōmeitō 337.269 85.44%
Masakatsu Hirabayashi KPJ 57,461 14.56%
total 394.730 100.00%
invalid votes etc. 8,149 2.02%
voter turnout 402.879 59.41%

Ōita

Incumbent Katsusada Hirose applied for a fourth term in Ōita Prefecture with the support of LDP, Kōmeitō and SDP. The communist rival candidate was Noboru Mieno, Hirose's only challenger in 2007.

Result of the gubernatorial election in Ōita
candidate Support parties be right proportion of
Katsusada Hirose LDP , Kōmeitō , SDP 476,847 88.06%
Noboru Mieno KPJ 64,646 11.94%
total 541.493 100.00%
invalid votes etc. 9,215 1.67%
voter turnout 550.708 56.44%

Parliaments

Elections were planned for all prefectural parliaments with the exception of Ibaraki , Tokyo and Okinawa ; because of the Tōhoku earthquake, the elections in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima were postponed, which is why only 41 parliamentary elections took place on April 10, 2011. The deputies are determined by non-transferable individual votes - in single -mandate constituencies identical to simple majority voting - predominantly in multi-mandate constituencies. The official election campaign began on April 1, 2011.

The Liberal Democratic Party was the strongest party in all the parliaments standing for election (as of December 31, 2009). Nationwide, 3,457 candidates stood for the 2,330 seats in parliament, 410 of which were elected without a vote due to the lack of opposing candidates (DPJ 50, LDP 265, Kōmeitō 8). 347 candidates were women. LDP and Kōmeitō partially cooperate in the nomination of candidates, the New People's Party withdrew its election recommendation for 311 parliamentary and 74 city council candidates of the Democratic Party in the dispute over a revision of post-privatization shortly before the start of the election. For the parliamentary elections, the national parties provided a total of: the LDP 1,243 candidates, the DPJ 572, the Kōmeitō 172, the KPJ 225, the SDP 45, the Minna no Tō 103 and Tachiagare Nippon one, 933 candidates are without a formal nomination of a party.

The parliamentary elections in Osaka and Aichi, where the regional parties Ōsaka Ishin no Kai and Genzei Nippon (in alliance with the Nihon-ichi Aichi no Kai of Governor Hideaki Ōmura ) threatened the position of the established parties, received increased national attention . The Ishin no Kai won an absolute majority of the seats, Genzei Nippon was able to move into the parliament of Aichi as the third strongest party, but was able to bring only a few candidates into parliament outside the city of Nagoya. With the exception of Osaka Prefecture, the LDP remained the strongest party in all parliaments despite a slight loss of seats; the DPJ fell nationwide from 384 before the election to 346 seats (after 2328 counted out of a total of 2330 seats; the missing seats came from the Chiba Prefecture: in two-mandate Urayasu constituency was canceled due to the earthquake and was rescheduled on May 22.). The economically liberal Minna no Tō of Yoshimi Watanabe , who entered several prefecture parliaments, including Watanabe's home prefecture Tochigi as the second strongest force, recorded nationwide profits . Communists and Social Democrats easily lost seats and are no longer represented in some parliaments.

Aggregate results of the 41 prefectural parliamentary elections (excluding Urayasu)
Political party be right proportion of Change
(to last election) 		MPs Change
(to last election) 		of which without a vote
Liberal Democratic Party 12,554,430 37.6% −1.0 1119 −18 265
Democratic Party 5,842,573 16.4% −1.4 346 +12 50
Kōmeitō 2,548,429 7.6% −0.3 171 −2 8th
Communist Party of Japan 1,878,498 5.6% −1.9 80 −14 4th
Minna no Tō 1,141,242 3.4% (+3.4) 41 (+41) 0
Social Democratic Party 307.414 0.9% −0.7 30th (−14) 6th
New People's Party 8,824 0.0% −0.1 0 −1 0
Tachiagare Nippon 8,604 0.0% (+0.0) 1 (+1) 0
Others 2,197,626 6.6% (+4.8) 98 (+62) 11
Independent 7,009,792 20.9% −5.6 442 −112 66
total 33,497,432 100.0% - 2328 −87 410
Results of the parliamentary elections 2011: distribution of seats
Northern Japan
(postponed: Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima)
prefecture majority LDP DPJ Kōmeitō KPJ other Independent total
Hokkaidō LDP: rel. 44 34 8th 1 - 17th 104
Aomori LDP: abs. 25th 6th 2 2 - 13 48
Akita LDP: abs. 25th 3 1 1 SDP : 2 - 13 45
Yamagata LDP: abs. 31 3 1 1 SDP : 2 - 6th 44
East and Central Japan
(not eligible: Ibaraki, Tokyo)
prefecture majority LDP DPJ Kōmeitō KPJ other Independent total
Tochigi LDP: rel. 22nd 5 3 0 Minna no Tō : 13 - 7th 50
Gunma LDP: abs. 30th 4th 3 2 Minna no Tō : 1 - 10 50
Saitama LDP: abs. 48 11 9 2 Minna no Tō : 1 SDP : 1 - 22nd 94
Chiba (including Urayasu) LDP: abs. 53 17th 7th 4th Minna no Tō : 4 Net Chiba : 2 SDP : 1 7th 95
Kanagawa LDP: rel. 40 29 10 0 Minna no Tō : 15 Kanagawa Net : 1 - 12 107
Niigata LDP: abs. 29 7th 1 1 Mushozoku no Kai : 3 SDP : 2 - 10 53
Toyama LDP: abs. 28 4th 1 1 SDP : 3 - 3 40
Ishikawa LDP: abs. 25th 8th 2 1 Shinshin Ishikawa : 1 - 6th 43
Fukui LDP: abs. 25th 5 1 1 - 5 37
Yamanashi 14th 1 1 1 - 21st 38
Nagano 16 5 3 6th Sōshikai: 3 SDP : 2 - 23 58
Gifu LDP: abs. 30th 8th 2 1 - 5 46
Shizuoka LDP: abs. 35 17th 5 0 Minna no Tō : 1 - 11 69
Aichi LDP: rel. 49 26th 6th 0 Genzei Nippon : 13 Nihon-ichi Aichi no Kai : 5 - 4th 103
Western japan
prefecture majority LDP DPJ Kōmeitō KPJ other Independent total
Mie LDP: rel. 19th 11 2 0 Shinsei Mie: 3 Minna no Tō : 1 - 15th 51
Shiga LDP: rel. 20th 12 2 0 Taiwa de tsunagō Shiga : 4 Minna no Tō : 1 - 8th 47
Kyoto LDP: rel. 25th 15th 5 11 - 4th 60
Osaka Ishin: abs. 13 10 21st 4th Ishin : 57 Minna no Tō : 1 - 3 109
Hyogo 26th 17th 12 5 Minna no Tō : 1 Nishinomiya Ishin: 1 - 27 89
Nara LDP: rel. 20th 8th 5 3 Minna no Tō : 1 SDP : 1 - 6th 44
Wakayama LDP: abs. 26th 1 4th 3 - 8th 42
Tottori LDP: rel. 16 6th 3 2 - 8th 35
Shimane LDP: rel. 18th 5 1 2 - 11 37
Okayama LDP: abs. 34 5 5 2 - 10 56
Hiroshima LDP: rel. 32 7th 6th 1 - 20th 66
Yamaguchi LDP: abs. 27 5 5 2 SDP : 1 - 9 49
Tokushima LDP: abs. 21st 4th 2 3 Minna no Tō : 1 Tachiagare Nippon : 1 - 9 41
Kagawa LDP: abs. 27 2 2 2 SDP : 4 Genki na Kagawa o tsukuru: 1 - 3 41
Ehime LDP: abs. 30th 2 3 1 SDP : 2 - 9 47
Kochi 13 1 3 5 - 17th 39
South Japan
(not optional: Okinawa)
prefecture majority LDP DPJ Kōmeitō KPJ other Independent total
Fukuoka LDP: rel. 41 20th 11 0 Nosiren: 3 - 11 86
saga LDP: abs. 27 4th 1 1 SDP : 1 - 4th 38
Nagasaki LDP: rel. 20th 11 3 1 SDP : 2 - 10 46
Kumamoto LDP: abs. 28 1 3 1 NSP : 1 - 15th 49
Ōita LDP: rel. 18th 3 3 1 SDP : 3 - 16 44
Miyazaki LDP: rel. 18th 3 3 1 SDP : 3 - 11 39
Kagoshima LDP: abs. 32 1 3 1 SDP : 1 - 13 51

Community level

"Big cities by government decree"

mayor

In the uniform regional elections, mayors were elected in Sapporo ( Hokkaidō ), Shizuoka ( Shizuoka ), Hamamatsu ( Shizuoka ), Hiroshima ( Hiroshima ) as well as in Sagamihara ( Kanagawa ), which was appointed seirei shitei toshi in 2010 . The official election campaign began on March 27, 2011. In Hamamatsu, Mayor Yasutomo Suzuki was unopposed and was re-elected without a vote. In Hiroshima, six candidates applied to succeed Tadatoshi Akiba , the LDP-Kōmeitō-supported Kazumi Matsui, a former official of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, prevailed. In Shizuoka, Zenkichi Kojima , who had been in office since 1994, withdrew. With the support of the LDP and around 45% of the votes, the former member of the prefectural parliament Nobuhiro Tanabe was elected as his successor. The incumbents were re-elected in Sapporo and Sagamihara.

Elected mayors in "major cities by government decree"
city Election winners
(number for re-elections) 		Support parties
Sapporo ( Hokkaidō ) Fumio Ueda (3) DPJ , SDP , NVP
Sagamihara ( Kanagawa ) Toshio Kayama (2)
Shizuoka ( Shizuoka ) Nobuhiro Tanabe LDP
Hamamatsu (Shizuoka) Yasutomo Suzuki (2) without voting
Hiroshima ( Hiroshima ) Kazumi Matsui LDP, Kōmeitō

Councilors

In all seirei shitei toshi with the exception of Shizuoka, Kitakyūshū ( Fukuoka ), Nagoya ( Aichi ) and Sendai ( Miyagi ), where the election is postponed due to the earthquake, the city councils were newly elected. In most of them, the Liberal Democratic Party was the strongest faction before the election. The official election campaign began on April 1, 2011. For the total of 924 seats in the 15 city councils, there were 1,361 candidates, including 239 women. Since there were more candidates than seats in all constituencies, everyone voted.

Aggregated results of the council elections in "major cities by government decree"
Political party be right proportion of Change
(to last election) 		MPs
Liberal Democratic Party 1,905,126 24.1% −2.6 222
Democratic Party 1,356,990 17.2% −4.2 147
Kōmeitō 1,234,567 15.6% −0.7 157
Communist Party of Japan 814.376 10.3% −1.9 99
Minna no Tō 432.096 5.5% (+5.5) 40
Social Democratic Party 53,781 0.7% −0.6 7th
Tachiagare Nippon 13,639 0.2% (+0.2) 1
Others 772.687 9.8% (+4.5) 73
Independent 1,306,294 16.6% +0.1 178
total 7,889,556 100.0% - 924
Results of the council elections in “major cities by government decree” 2011: allocation of seats
city majority LDP DPJ Kōmeitō KPJ Minna SDP Others Independent total
Sapporo ( Hokkaidō ) DPJ: rel. 21st 22nd 10 5 1 0 Shimin Net : 3 Kaikaku Sapporo: 2 4th 68
Saitama ( Saitama ) LDP: rel. 19th 13 11 7th 1 - Saitama Mirai: 1 - 8th 60
Chiba ( Chiba ) LDP: rel. 14th 10 8th 6th 2 - Net Chiba : 2 - 12 54
Yokohama ( Kanagawa ) LDP: rel. 30th 17th 15th 5 13 0 Yokohama-kai : 2 Network Yokohama : 1 3 86
Kawasaki (Kanagawa) LDP: rel. 16 14th 13 10 6th - - 1 60
Sagamihara (Kanagawa) 1 9 8th 4th 4th 1 - 22nd 49
Niigata ( Niigata ) 11 6th 4th 7th - 1 Midori no Niigata: 1 - 26th 56
Hamamatsu ( Shizuoka ) 5 2 5 2 0 1 - 31 46
Kyōto ( Kyōto ) LDP: rel. 23 13 12 15th 1 0 Kyōto-tō: 4 - 1 69
Osaka ( Osaka ) Ishin: rel. 17th 8th 19th 8th 0 - Ishin : 33 - 1 86
Sakai (Osaka) Ishin: rel. 7th 5 12 8th 0 - Ishin : 13 - 7th 52
Kobe ( Hyōgo ) LDP: rel. 19th 13 12 9 8th 0 NSP : 2 Tachiagare Nippon : 1 5 69
Okayama ( Okayama ) - 4th 8th 5 - 4th Shimin no Tō 'Jiyū to Sekinin': 1 - 34 55
Hiroshima ( Hiroshima ) LDP: rel. 21st 3 8th 3 1 3 - 16 55
Fukuoka ( Fukuoka ) LDP: rel. 18th 8th 12 5 3 1 Mirai Fukuoka: 7 Heiseikai: 1 7th 62

Remaining municipalities

Altogether, the mayor and parliament in hundreds of independent cities (excluding “major cities by government decree”), Tokyo “special districts” and cities and villages belonging to the district were available for election. The official election campaign in independent cities and “special districts” was April 17, 2011, in cities and villages belonging to the district on April 19, 2011.

National media coverage include some Tokyo mayoral elections. For example, the conservative incumbent in Taitō District , Hiroshi Yoshizumi, faced a strong LDP-backed candidacy from former Upper House MP Sanzō Hosaka - and the mayoral elections in the prefecture capitals of Tsu ( Mie ), Nagasaki ( Nagasaki ) and Ōita ( Ōita ), in Takamatsu ( Kagawa) ) the incumbent was re-elected without a vote. Altogether there were 46 candidates for the 13 Tokyo mayors, 203 for the 88 city mayors, and in the council elections 1,162 candidates in 21 "special districts" and 8,625 (including 1,268 women) for the total of 7,104 seats in 293 independent cities.

In Nagasaki, incumbent Taue was re-elected as a candidate from the major parties, in Tsu and Ōita two different candidates had the support of Democrats and Liberal Democrats, while in Ōita, an anti-LDP stronghold for decades, the DPJ-backed Ban Kugimiya won . In Tsu - Mie is the home prefecture of DPJ General Secretary Okada and a relative stronghold of the Democrats - the democratically supported candidate won. In Setagaya , the most populous community of Tokyo, the former social democratic lower house deputies was Nobuto Hosaka elected mayor. In Yūbari ( Hokkaidō ), Japan's only insolvent independent city, Naomichi Suzuki, a former official of the Tokyo prefectural administration, won the election, at the age of 30 the youngest mayor in the country. In Suita ( Osaka ), Tetsuya Inoue was elected by the Osaka Ishin no Kai , Governor Hashimoto's regional party.

By-election to the national parliament

In the 6th constituency of Aichi for the Shūgiin , a successor to the Democrat Yoshihiro Ishida was elected, who had resigned for his candidacy in the mayoral election of the city of Nagoya in February 2011. The constituency includes northern suburbs of Nagoya. The election campaign began on April 12, 2011: Hideki Niwa , who had represented the constituency from 2005 to 2009, ran for the LDP . The Democratic Party did not put up a candidate, instead the Genzei Nippon regional party attempted a foray into national politics by nominating journalist Masayo Kawamura. Other candidates were the communist Akemi Kawae, 2010 proportional representation in the Sangiin election , as well as an independent and a Kōfuku-jitsugen-tō candidate. As with many prefectural and local elections, disaster control and reconstruction after the Tōhoku earthquake were topics of the election campaign. Niwa won.

Web links

Media: features and portals

Parties: candidates and election programs ( local manifesto )

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ 統一 選 延期 は 27 選 挙 ＝ 岩手 知事 選 な ど - 総 務 省 . In: Jiji Tsūshin . March 18, 2011, Retrieved March 22, 2011 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ Hokkaidō Election Supervision Commission: voter turnout , election results
  4. ↑ 混 戦 は 必 至… 松 沢 氏 へ の 相乗 り は 不透明 、 自 民 は は 依然 石 原 氏 に 要 請 も . (No longer available online.) In: MSN / Sankei News. March 1, 2011, archived from the original on March 4, 2011 ; Retrieved March 1, 2011 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sankei.jp.msn.com
  5. ↑ Ishihara won't run, but Kanagawa governor will. With field wide open, Higashikokubaru may get in on the act. In: The Japan Times . March 1, 2011, accessed March 1, 2011 .
  6. ↑ 「蓮舫 氏 な ら 勝 て る」 都 知事 選 で 鳩 山 兄弟 . In: 47 News / Kyōdō Tsūshin . October 20, 2010, Retrieved October 28, 2010 (Japanese).
  7. ↑ 松 沢 氏 、 東京 都 知事 選出 馬 を 断 念 「地震 な け れ ば 戦 っ た」 . In: 47 News / Kyōdō Tsūshin . March 14, 2011, Retrieved March 15, 2011 (Japanese).
  8. ↑ 東 国 原 氏 が 出馬 表明 ＝ 都 知事 選 . In: Jiji Tsūshin . March 22, 2011, Retrieved March 22, 2011 (Japanese).
  9. ↑ Tokyo Prefecture Electoral Supervision Commission: Voter turnout ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Election result ( memento of the original of April 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.h23tochijisen.metro.tokyo.jp @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.h23tochijisen.metro.tokyo.jp
  10. ↑ Kanagawa Prefecture Electoral Supervision Commission: Turnout and Results ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pref.kanagawa.jp
  11. ↑ 福井 県 知事 選 告示 ま で １ カ 月 三 た び 与 野 党 相乗 り へ . (No longer available online.) In: Fukui Shimbun. February 24, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 1, 2011 (Japanese).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.fukuishimbun.co.jp  
  12. ↑ Election Oversight Commission of Fukui Prefecture: election results (PDF file; 52 kB)
  13. ↑ Mie Prefecture Electoral Supervision Commission: voter turnout ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Election result ( memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www1.pref.mie.lg.jp @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www1.pref.mie.lg.jp
  14. ↑ 北野 氏 共産 推薦 出馬 表明 - 荒 井 氏 と 一 騎 打 ち へ 知事 選 . In: Nara Shimbun. 47 News , February 10, 2011, accessed March 22, 2011 (Japanese).
  15. ↑ '11 統一 地方 選 ： 知事 選 告示 ま で １ カ 月 荒 井 県 政 の 評 評 価 問 う / 奈良 . (No longer available online.) In: Mainichi Shimbun . February 24, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 22, 2011 (Japanese).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / mainichi.jp  
  16. ^ Association of Prefectural Election Supervision Commissions: election result
  17. ↑ 鳥取 知事 選 、 現 職 を 支援 ＝ 公 明 . In: Jiji Tsūshin . December 2, 2010, Retrieved March 22, 2011 (Japanese).
  18. ↑ 知事 選 に 山 内 氏 が 立 候補 表明 前 回 同 様 の 構 図 に . In: Nihonkai Shimbun. 47 News , March 16, 2011, accessed March 22, 2011 (Japanese).
  19. ↑ The Senkyo: Result of the gubernatorial election in Tottori 2011 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / go2senkyo.com
  20. ↑ 知事 選 向 瀬 氏 を 擁 立 共産党 島 根 県 委員会 . In: Nihonkai Shimbun. 47 News, March 8, 2011, accessed March 22, 2011 (Japanese).
  21. ↑ 知事 選出 馬 取 り 止 め 盛 岡 市 在 住 の 安 部 氏 . In: Nihonkai Shimbun. 47 News, March 13, 2011, accessed March 22, 2011 (Japanese).
  22. ↑ The Senkyo: Result of the gubernatorial election in Shimane 2011 ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / go2senkyo.com
  23. ↑ 仙 谷 さ ん 地 元 ・ 徳 島 県 知事 選 で 民主 は 擁 立 断 念 . In: Yomiuri Shimbun . February 14, 2012, archived from the original on February 17, 2011 ; Retrieved February 19, 2011 (Japanese).
  24. ↑ Tokushima Prefecture: Election result ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www1.pref.tokushima.jp
  25. ↑ 福岡 知事 選 、 自 民 県 連 も 小川 氏 支持 を 決定 . In: Yomiuri Shimbun . February 20, 2012, archived from the original on February 22, 2011 ; Retrieved February 20, 2011 (Japanese).
  26. ↑ The Senkyo: Result of the gubernatorial election in Fukuoka 2011 ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / go2senkyo.com
  27. ↑ Fukuoka Prefecture Electoral Supervision Commission: 2011 governor and parliamentary elections
  28. ↑ 知事 選 立 候補 説明 会 に ２ 陣 営 現 職 古 川 氏 と 共産 平 林氏 . (No longer available online.) In: Saga Shimbun. March 1, 2012, formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 22, 2011 (Japanese).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.saga-s.co.jp  
  29. ↑ The Senkyo: Result of the gubernatorial election in Saga 2011 ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / go2senkyo.com
  30. ↑ Election supervision commission of the Saga prefecture: voter turnout ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and result ( memento of the original from April 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pref.saga.lg.jp @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pref.saga.lg.jp
  31. ↑ Yahoo News: 大分 県 知事 選 挙 ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dailynews.yahoo.co.jp
  32. ↑ The Senkyo: Result of the gubernatorial election in Ōita 2011 ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / go2senkyo.com
  33. ↑ ita Prefecture Electoral Supervision Commission: voter turnout (PDF file; 39 kB) and results (PDF file; 25 kB)
  34. ↑ Ministry of General Affairs : 地方 公共 団 体 の 議会 の 議員 及 び 長 の 所属 党派 別 人員 調 (Japanese: "Party membership of the members of parliament and governors / mayors in the local authorities"; PDF file; 823 kB)
  35. ↑ 国民 新 党 が 民主 385 候補 の 推薦 取 り 消 し . (No longer available online.) In: MSN / Sankei News. April 2, 2011, archived from the original on April 4, 2011 ; Retrieved April 2, 2011 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sankei.jp.msn.com
  36. ↑ 乱 気 流: '11 統一 地方 選 道 府 県 議 ・ 政令 市 議 選 告示 410 人 、 無 投票 当選 . In: Mainichi Shimbun , Tokyo morning edition. April 2, 2011, archived from the original on April 4, 2011 ; Retrieved April 2, 2011 (Japanese).
  37. ↑ The Senkyo: Result of the new election to the Chiba prefectural parliament in the constituency of the city of Urayasu 2011 ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / go2senkyo.com
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  45. ↑ 統一 地方 選 ： 後 半 戦 の 88 市長 選 な ど 告示 . (No longer available online.) In: Mainichi Shimbun . April 17, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 17, 2011 (Japanese).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / mainichi.jp  
  46. ↑ 愛 知 ６ 区 補選, 5 人 が 届 け 出 ＝ 震災 復興 争 点, 24 日 投 開票 - 衆院 . In: Jiji Tsūshin . Retrieved April 12, 2011, April 12, 2011 (Japanese).