The Ishikawa prefectural governor's election, which was the first battle between newcomers in 28 years, was closed at 8 pm.
According to the exit poll of NHK, Mr. Hiroshi Hase, a former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Mr. Yukiyoshi Yamano, a former mayor of Kanazawa, and Mr. Shuji Yamada, a former member of the House of Councilors, are competing.
In the Ishikawa prefectural governor's election due to the expiration of his term, Governor Masanori Tanimoto, who is the longest incumbent governor in Japan for the seventh term, did not run, and five newcomers fought.
Voting is closed at 8:00 pm, and according to the Ishikawa Election Commission, the estimated turnout as of 7:00 pm is 32.77%, which is 11.69 points higher than the previous election four years ago.
On the other hand, by the 12th, the number of early votes was 272,120, which is about 29% of the voters, an increase of about 120,000 from the previous time.
In an exit poll conducted by NHK on the 13th of the voting day, targeting 4,207 voters who had voted at 32 voting stations in Ishikawa Prefecture, former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hiroshi Hase and former Mayor of Kanazawa, Yukiyoshi Yamano Mr. and Mr. Shuji Yamada, a former member of the House of Councilors, are competing with each other.
In addition, in a survey of 13,080 voters who voted early at 15 polling stations in the prefecture for 11 days during the election period, Mr. Yamano, Mr. Feng, and Mr. Yamada are competing.
In this election, the Liberal Democratic Party Ishikawa Prefectural Federation decided to vote voluntarily after "supporting" Mr. Feng and Mr. Yamada, but the support of the local council members belonging to the Prefectural Federation is Mr. Yamada and Mr. Feng. In addition, it was a fierce election campaign with "conservative division" between Mr. Yamano.