Japanese unified local elections, 2007
The 16th Japanese single regional elections 2007 (Japanese 2007年 统一 地方 选 挙, 2007 NEN Toitsu Chiho Senkyo ) took place in April 2007. On April 8, 2007, 44 of the 47 prefectural parliaments, 13 governors and four mayors and 15 city councilors in " large cities by government decree " ( Seirei shitei toshi ) selected. On 22 April 2007, he assumed the mayor or council elections in more than 1000 other communities; simultaneously found in Fukushima and Okinawa by-elections for the Sangiin, the National House of Lords instead.
- 2.1 " large cities by government decree " 2.1.1 Mayor
- 2.1.2 councilors
Prefecture level
Gubernatorial elections
In 13 prefectures, including Hokkaido, Tokyo and Kanagawa governors were elected, with featured a total of nine incumbent re-election. In Hokkaido, Iwate and Fukuoka two different candidates had the support of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP) and the Democratic Party (DPJ ), the largest opposition party. In Tokyo and Kanagawa no formal support were made. For the other gubernatorial elections, there was either a jointly supported by both major parties, candidates, or only one LDP -backed candidate and a communist rival candidates.
Parliamentary elections
With the exception of Ibaraki, Tokyo and Okinawa Prefecture all parliaments ( kengikai, fugikai, dōgikai ) were re-elected. Representatives shall be determined by simple non- transferable vote in multi- mandate constituencies for four years.
Although the DPJ could almost double its share of the vote of 9 to 16 percent; However, the LDP remained in all parliaments, with the exception of Iwate, where the Democrats won from the state 21 of the 48 seats, the strongest party. In many parliaments Independent represent a significant part of the deputies. In Osaka, the Kōmeitō could surpass the DPJ as the second largest party behind the LDP. In Kanagawa, the DPJ stayed with 34 of the 107 seats just behind the LDP with 36
The number of female candidates was declined slightly compared to 2003, but the number of women elected achieved with 190 (compared to 164 in 2003 ) a new high.
Municipal level
"Cities by government decree "
Mayor
In the mayoral elections in Sapporo, Shizuoka and Hiroshima incumbents were re- elected. In Hamamatsu was the former DPJ lower house deputies Yasutomo Suzuki incumbent Yasuyuki Kitawaki, also a former DPJ deputy, cost around 204 to 192 thousand votes.
(*) Zenkichi Kojima was prior to 2003 by the third term mayor of the "old " Shizuoka before the merger took place with Shimizu and new elections were conducted.
Aldermen
In 15 Seirei shitei toshi the city parliaments were elected, and in all with the exception of Shizuoka and Kitakyushu. In Kawasaki and Nagoya, the DPJ could conquer the status as the strongest party in the Sakai Kōmeitō, in all other cities, the LDP remained the strongest party. In Sendai, Niigata and Hamamatsu However, this presented more Independent MPs than any of the two parties.
Other communities
In 13 districts of Tokyo prefecture, 96 cities, and many small towns and villages mayors were elected, as well as numerous community parliaments, including in 21 of the 23 districts of Tokyo.
In the big cities, 21 LDP candidates, two DPJ candidates, a JCP candidate and a miscellaneous prevailed; 18 elected mayors were supported by both major parties, 53 of either of the two. Nationwide attention was, among other things, the mayoral elections in Nagasaki ( Nagasaki ) where Tomihisa ropes asserted itself as the successor of only five days earlier shot Mayor Itcho Itō, in Yubari ( Hokkaido ), one in March 2007 the insolvent city where Hajime Fujikura, a former manager, was elected, and in Toyo ( Kōchi ) where Yasutaro Sawayama as an opponent of the settlement of a planned repository for high-level radioactive wastes won the election.