The Wakayama gubernatorial election was the first in 16 years for newcomers to compete after the retirement of an incumbent. Election is assured.
Voting for the Wakayama gubernatorial election closed at 8 p.m.
According to NHK's preliminary survey of the situation and the exit poll of voters who had finished voting on the 27th, Mr. Shuhei Kishimoto, an independent newcomer and former member of the House of Representatives recommended by the Liberal Democratic Party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the Democratic Party for the People, and the Social Democratic Party Prefectural Union. is extremely dominant, far ahead of the other two newcomers.
Also, in a survey of those who voted before the deadline by the 26th, Mr. Kishimoto greatly outperformed, and it is expected that Mr. Kishimoto's number of votes will increase steadily in the future, so Mr. Kishimoto's first election is certain. became.
Mr. Kishimoto is 66 years old.
After working as a section chief at the Ministry of Finance, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2009, and was elected five times in a row.
During this time, he served as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry in the Democratic Party of Japan government.
In this election, Mr. Kishimoto appealed to put the brakes on the declining population by focusing on primary industries and tourism to revitalize the local economy and enhance child-rearing support.
As a result, in addition to the supporters of the Liberal Democratic Party, which he recommended, he gained wide support from so-called independents.