In the Mayor of Fukushima election, which was a battle between the incumbent and the newcomer, Mr. Hiroshi Kohata, the incumbent, was definitely elected for the second time.
Voting for the Mayor of Fukushima election was closed at 8 pm earlier.
In NHK's preliminary situation coverage and exit polls conducted on voters who voted on the 21st, incumbent Hiroshi Kohata is far ahead of newcomer Sho Takahashi.
Also, in a survey of people who voted early by the 20th, Mr. Kibata exceeded the number, and it is expected that the number of votes will increase steadily in the future, so Mr. Kibata's second election is certain. became.
Mr. Kibata is 61 years old from Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture.
After working as a section chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the director of the Fukushima Reconstruction Bureau of the Reconstruction Agency, I won the first election by winning an election campaign by four people in the previous election four years ago.
In this election, we received recommendations from local organizations of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Constitutional Democratic Party, the Komeito Party, the Democratic Party for the People, and the Social Democratic Party, and appealed for the promotion of settlement of the younger generation and the rebuilding of the local economy.
As a result, it gained widespread support not only from the supporters of each party who received the recommendation, but also from nonpartisan groups.