By-elections for the Ishikawa constituency, which will be the prelude to the upper house election in the summer, were announced on the 7th, and four people ran for the 17-day election campaign for the voting day on April 24th.



Each party is ready to do everything in its power, and the election results are expected to influence future election strategies.

The candidates

for the by-elections in the Ishikawa constituency of


the House of Councilors were in the order of


notification.


Yuji Nishimura (67), the general secretary of the party prefectural committee, and


Kenichiro Saito (41), a newcomer and businessman secretary of the "Party to Protect the People Who Do Not Pay NHK Reception Fees".



This by-election is due to the resignation of a LDP member to run for the prefectural governor's election in March.



The ruling party recommends Mr. Miyamoto of the Liberal Democratic Party, who was a member of the proportional representative election, while the opposition party recommends Mr. Oyamada of the Constitutional Democratic Party, and the Communist Party supports Mr. Nishimura. Did.



Each party is looking ahead to the upper house election in the summer, and the party executives are ready to take all possible measures, and it is expected that the election results will affect future election strategies.



In the election campaign, it is expected that there will be a debate over measures against the new coronavirus and measures against rising prices such as crude oil.



Voting will take place on April 24th.