In the Nagano gubernatorial election, which was a battle between the incumbent and the three newcomers, the incumbent Morikazu Abe (61), who is an independent, has been elected for the fourth time.
Voting for the Nagano gubernatorial election was closed by 8 p.m.
According to NHK's preliminary coverage of the situation and exit polls conducted on voters who had completed the voting on the 7th, Mr. Abe, who is an independent and incumbent, has a large lead over the two newcomers.
Also, in a survey conducted on those who voted before the deadline by the 6th, Mr. Abe greatly outperformed, and since it is expected that the number of votes will increase steadily in the future, Mr. Abe's fourth election is certain. I was.
Mr. Abe is from Tokyo and is 61 years old.
After working as an employee of the former Ministry of Home Affairs, he served for three years from 2001 as vice governor under the then governor of Nagano Prefecture, Yasuo Tanaka, before being elected for the first time in the 2010 gubernatorial election.
In the election campaign, I will make use of my 12-year experience in the third term to protect people's lives from the spread of the new coronavirus and soaring prices, and to promote countermeasures against population decline, with an emphasis on creating a society that is comfortable for young people and women to live in. I sued.
Although Mr. Abe did not receive the recommendation or support of a specific political party this time, he received support from many political parties and industry groups, as well as a wide range of support from so-called independents.