2023 Hiroshima mayoral election

2023 Hiroshima mayoral election
← 2019 9 April 2023 2027 →
Turnout34.53%Decrease 2.09%
 
Candidate Kazumi Matsui Atsumi Takami Hiroshi Oyama
Party Independent Communist Independent
Popular vote 258,336 36,595 28,186
Percentage 80.0% 11.3% 8.7%
Supported by LDP, Komeito
Mayor before election

Kazumi Matsui
Independent

Elected Mayor

Kazumi Matsui
Independent

The 2023 Hiroshima Mayoral Election was held on April 9th, 2023, to elect the new mayor of Hiroshima. It was held as part of the 2023 Japanese unified local elections. The election saw incumbent mayor Kazumi Matsui winning a landslide victory for re-election. His majority of 80% of the vote was followed by Atsumi Takami, a member of the Japanese Communist Party,[1] with 11.3% of the vote.

Candidates

  • Kazumi Matsui, Incumbent mayor of Hokkaido, Former Secretary-General of the Central Labor Relations Commission of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare,[2] he ran as an independent, and was supported by the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito
  • Atsumi Takami, Secretary-General of the Hiroshima Prefectural Committee of the Japanese Communist Party. He ran as part of the Japanese Communist Party.
  • Hiroshi Oyama,[3] Former employee of an automobile company, he ran as an Independent, and was supported by no political party.

References

  1. ^ "広島市長選　共産新人の高見篤己氏が出馬表明 「核兵器廃絶を」". 毎日新聞.
  2. ^ "松井市長が4選へ立候補表明　広島市長選". 中国新聞.
  3. ^ "広島市長選に大山氏が立候補表明 3人目". 広島新聞.
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