Fukushima Okuma Mayor Selection Former Deputy Mayor is elected for the first time Most residents evacuate outside town November 11 0:31

The mayoral election in Okuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture, where the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is located, was voted on the 10th as most residents continued to evacuate outside the town, and the former deputy mayor won the first election. .

It is a result of the Okuma mayoral election.

▽ Akira Yoshida, no affiliation / new win 3549 votes.
▽ Koichi Suzuki, no affiliation, new 863 votes.

Mayor Toshinori Watanabe, who has been at the forefront of the reconstruction project, has retired as long as this term, and for the first time, the former deputy mayor, Yoshida, defeated Mr. Suzuki, the former deputy mayor. Played.

Okuma Town, where all the townspeople evacuated due to the nuclear accident, was partially canceled in April, but only about 1% of the population, about 100%, lives in the town, 99% The neighborhood is still evacuated outside the town.

The voter turnout was 53.00%, 15 points lower than 8 years before the election campaign, and the lowest ever.

Mr. Yoshida said, “People who return to town, who can't go back even if they want to return, people who come into the town, everyone can't regenerate unless they fuse together. "Said.