House of Representatives Shizuoka 4 Wards Election Opposition Party Confrontation Composition Starting from 9:00 pm, Votes April 26, 20:14

As the new coronavirus infection continues to spread, the voting for the by-elections in the 4th ward of the lower house of Shizuoka, where the ruling and opposition parties will face each other, will be closed at 8:00 pm, and the voting will start at 9:00 pm.

In the by-elections of Shizuoka's 4 wards of the House of Representatives following the death of former LDP's former Minister of the Environment Mochizuki, four new members ran for debate over the government's response to the new coronavirus.

Voting is closed at 8:00 pm, and according to the Shizuoka Prefecture Election Management Committee, the voting rate as of 7:30 pm is 22.95%, which is 11.87 points lower than in the Lower House election three years ago.

On the other hand, by the 25th, 31917 people, which is about 10% of voters, have completed early voting.

The counting of votes starts after 9 pm.

NHK has issued an "Emergency Situation" based on the Act on Special Measures against New Coronaviruses, so in order to prevent infection, we did not conduct exit surveys in this by-election, and interviewed the situation in advance. We will tell you that you are sure to win by comprehensively judging the status of votes.