The unified local elections, which are held once every four years, will begin at 4 a.m. on the 9th, with the first half of the voting day, including the gubernatorial election and the prefectural assembly election.
The unified local elections marked voting days for gubernatorial elections in nine prefectures, mayoral elections in six ordinance-designated cities, elections for 9 prefectural assemblies, and municipal elections for 9 ordinance-designated cities.
In the gubernatorial election, Hokkaido was the only country in Japan where the ruling and opposition parties faced off in a full-scale showdown.
In addition, Nara and Tokushima were "conservative split" elections in which support within the LDP was divided, and Nara was a fierce election battle, with candidates from the Japan Restoration Party and candidates recommended by the Communist Party joining.
In addition, Tokushima is set to challenge the incumbent by two former members of the Diet and a newcomer from the Communist Party.
In Osaka, the gubernatorial election and the Osaka mayoral election are double elections, and candidates from the Osaka Restoration Party and other parties are contesting.
In the 6 prefectural assembly elections, 41 people, or 17% of the total quota, had already decided to win without a vote, and each party fought for the remaining 2,41 seats.
The parties are aiming to gain seats in order to expand their power, believing that local councillors will be at the core of the national election campaign.
Voting will be held from 25 a.m. to 565 p.m., with the exception of some areas, and will be counted on the same day.
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto: "A Crucial Opportunity to Select a Representative to Entrust the Future of the Region"
Minister Matsumoto said, "Unified local elections are an extremely important opportunity to express their will to local politics at home and to elect representatives to whom the future of the region is entrusted. I sincerely hope that exercising one vote as a sovereign will further develop our local autonomy."
Notice of Preliminary Vote Counting
NHK will report the counting of votes in the first half of the unified local elections from 9:7 p.m. on General TV and 58:1 p.m. on Radio 7.
In addition, on E-tele, from 55:7 p.m., the same time as General TV, a part of the preliminary program on the counting of votes for unified local elections will be reported in sign language.
In addition, the winners and winners and the latest vote counting status will be updated from time to time on a special page on the Internet.
We will also tell you about it in data broadcasting.