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]

Results

Governors
Prefecture Turnout (%) Party Candidate Votes %
Fukui Prefecture 58.35 Independent Tatsuji Sugimoto 220,774 59.3
Independent Issei Nishikawa 131,098 35.2
Communist Party Yukie Kanemoto 20,462 5.5
Fukuoka Prefecture 42.72 Independent Hiroshi Ogawa 1,293,648 73.6
Independent Kazuhisa Takeuchi 345,085 19.6
Independent Kiyoshi Shinoda 119,871 6.8
Hokkaido 58.34 Independent Naomichi Suzuki 1,621,171 62.7
Independent Tomohiro Ishikawa 963,942 37.3
Kanagawa Prefecture 40.28 Independent Yuji Kuroiwa 2,251,289 76.3
Independent Makiko Kishi 700,091 23.7
Mie Prefecture 46.68 Independent Eikei Suzuki 615,281 89.7
Independent Kanako Suzuki 70,657 10.3
Nara Prefecture 48.49 Independent Shōgo Arai 256,451 47.5
Independent Kiyoshige Maekawa 174,277 32.3
Independent Minoru Kawashima 108,701 20.2
Ōita Prefecture 47.41 Independent Katsusada Hirose 360,246 80.7
Communist Party Kai Yamashita 66,502 14.9
Independent Yoshiko Shutō 19,701 4.4
Osaka Prefecture 49.49 Osaka Restoration Association Hirofumi Yoshimura 2,266,103 64.4
Independent Tadakazu Konishi 1,254,200 35.6
Shimane Prefecture 62.04 Independent Tatsuya Maruyama 150,338 43.6
Independent Seiji Ōba 120,276 34.9
Independent Jirō Shimada 40,694 11.8
Independent Yasuko Yamasaki 33,699 9.8
Tokushima Prefecture 48.34 Independent Kamon Iizumi 158,972 53.0
Independent Taiji Kishimoto 122,779 40.9
Communist Party Atsushi Amou 18,332 6.1
Tottori Prefecture 53.09 Independent Shinji Hirai 225,883 92.3
Independent Hideyuki Fukuzumi 14,056 5.7
Independent Hiroshi Inoue 4,905 2.0
Source: NHK

Prefectural assemblies
Prefecture Total
seats		 Seats won
LDP Komeito CDP JCP DPFP SDP NIK LP Kibō Others Ind.
Hokkaido 100 51 8 24 3 0 – 0 – – 0 14
Aichi Prefecture 102 57 6 7 0 8 – 0 – – 1 23
Akita Prefecture 43 24 1 1 1 – 2 – – – – 14
Aomori Prefecture 48 28 2 1 3 3 0 – – – – 11
Chiba Prefecture 94 45 8 10 2 6 1 0 – – 1 21
Ehime Prefecture 47 15 2 2 1 0 – – – – 1 26
Fukui Prefecture 37 25 1 1 1 – – – – – – 9
Fukuoka Prefecture 87 40 10 5 2 12 – – – – 1 17
Gifu Prefecture 46 29 2 1 1 3 – – – – – 10
Gunma Prefecture 50 25 3 2 2 – – – – – – 18
Hiroshima Prefecture 64 32 6 – 1 1 – – – – – 24
Hyōgo Prefecture 86 27 12 5 5 1 – 9 – – 0 27
Ishikawa Prefecture 43 28 2 – 1 2 1 – – – – 9
Kagawa Prefecture 41 27 2 1 2 2 3 – – – – 4
Kagoshima Prefecture 51 34 3 1 1 0 1 0 – – – 11
Kanagawa Prefecture 105 47 8 23 5 5 – – 0 0 1 16
Kōchi Prefecture 37 19 3 1 5 0 – – – – – 9
Kumamoto Prefecture 49 31 3 1 1 – – – – – 0 13
Kyoto Prefecture 60 28 5 2 12 5 – 2 – – 0 6
Mie Prefecture 51 21 2 – 1 – – 0 – – 10 17
Miyazaki Prefecture 39 24 3 1 2 1 4 – – – – 4
Nagano Prefecture 57 21 4 1 5 0 – 0 – – – 26
Nagasaki Prefecture 46 28 3 1 1 5 2 – – – – 6
Nara Prefecture 43 21 3 0 4 4 – 4 – – 1 6
Niigata Prefecture 53 28 2 1 1 2 2 – – – 1 16
Ōita Prefecture 43 16 3 1 2 1 1 0 – – – 19
Okayama Prefecture 55 32 5 2 2 1 – – – – 0 13
Osaka Prefecture 88 15 15 1 2 0 – – – – 51 4
Saga Prefecture 38 25 2 – 2 3 1 – – – – 5
Saitama Prefecture 93 48 9 7 6 4 – – – 0 1 18
Shiga Prefecture 44 16 2 3 4 – – – – – 9 10
Shimane Prefecture 37 19 2 1 2 1 – – – – – 12
Shizuoka Prefecture 68 35 5 1 1 3 – – – – – 23
Tochigi Prefecture 50 31 3 3 1 1 – – – – – 11
Tokushima Prefecture 38 22 2 – 2 2 – – – – – 10
Tottori Prefecture 35 14 3 3 1 3 – – – – – 11
Toyama Prefecture 40 32 1 – 2 – 3 0 – – – 2
Wakayama Prefecture 42 25 3 1 4 1 – 1 – – – 7
Yamagata Prefecture 43 27 1 2 2 1 1 – – – – 9
Yamaguchi Prefecture 47 29 5 – 2 1 – – – – 1 9
Yamanashi Prefecture 37 17 1 1 1 1 – – – – – 16
Total 2,277 1,158 166 118 99 83 22 16 0 0 79 536
Source: NHK

Mayors of designated cities
Designated city Turnout (%) Party Candidate Votes %
Hamamatsu 55.75 Independent Yasutomo Suzuki 195,728 55.1
Independent Ryotaro Yamamoto 134,611 37.9
Independent Masashi Nozawa 25,195 7.1
Hiroshima 36.62 Independent Kazumi Matsui 295,038 85.4
Independent Kazuyuki Sengo 27,876 8.1
Independent Kazuhiro Kaneko 22,365 6.5
Osaka 52.70 Osaka Restoration Association Ichirō Matsui 660,819 58.1
Independent Akira Yanagimoto 476,351 41.9
Sagamihara 48.91 Independent Kentarou Motomura 132,186 46.7
Independent Toshio Kayama 74,456 26.3
Independent Yuichiro Miyazaki 40,467 14.3
Independent Daijiro Yagi 35,753 12.6
Sapporo 56.25 Independent Katsuhiro Akimoto 634,365 70.6
Independent Tatsuo Watanabe 264,008 29.4
Shizuoka 48.76 Independent Nobuhiro Tanabe 138,454 49.6
Independent Shingo Amano 107,407 38.5
Independent Katsushi Hayashi 33,322 11.9
Source: NHK

Designated city assemblies
Designated city Total
seats		 Seats won
LDP Komeito JCP CDP DPFP NIK SDP Kibō Others Ind.
Chiba 50 18 8 6 5 5 – – – 2 6
Fukuoka 62 21 12 6 5 3 2 – – 5 8
Hamamatsu 46 9 5 4 0 0 – – – – 28
Hiroshima 54 26 8 5 – – 0 1 0 0 14
Kawasaki 60 19 11 11 8 2 0 – 0 1 8
Kobe 69 20 12 9 7 2 10 – – 3 6
Kumamoto 48 14 8 2 1 0 – – – 0 23
Kyoto 67 21 10 18 3 4 4 – – 5 2
Nagoya 68 21 11 5 11 6 – – – 14 0
Niigata 51 18 4 6 4 0 – 1 – 1 17
Okayama 46 17 8 5 2 1 – – – – 13
Osaka 83 17 18 4 0 – – – – 40 4
Sagamihara 46 15 8 4 6 4 – 1 0 0 8
Saitama 60 23 11 7 11 3 0 1 – 0 4
Sakai 48 9 11 4 1 – – – – 18 5
Sapporo 68 26 10 10 19 1 0 – – 1 1
Yokohama 86 33 16 9 16 2 0 0 – 1 9
Total 1,012 327 171 115 99 33 16 4 0 91 156
Source: NHK

See also

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.
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