2021 Yokohama mayoral election

The 2021 Yokohama mayoral election was held on 22 August 2021 to elect the next mayor of Yokohama. The central issue in the election was the building of an "integrated resort" IR featuring a casino.[1]

2021 Yokohama mayoral election
22 August 2021
Turnout49.05% (Increase 11.84pp)
 
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Candidate Takeharu Yamanaka Hachiro Okonogi Fumiko Hayashi
Party Independent Independent Independent
Popular vote 506,392 325,947 196,926
Percentage 33.59% 21.62% 13.06%
Supported by CDP, JCP, SDP LDP
 
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Candidate Yasuo Tanaka Shigefumi Matsuzawa
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 194,713 162,206
Percentage 12.92% 10.76%
Supported by Ishin
Election results by wards
Mayor before election

Fumiko Hayashi
Independent

 Elected Mayor

Takeharu Yamanaka
Independent

Incumbent mayor Fumiko Hayashi lost reelection, placing third to the LDP supported Hachiro Okonogi and the eventual winner, CDP and JCP supported Takeharu Yamanaka.[2][3][4][5]

Candidates

A total of 8 candidates registered candidacies for the election.[6]

NameAgeTitleOfficial website
Masataka Ota
（太田正孝）		75Former Yokohama City Council memberMasataka Ota (Japanese)
Yasuo Tanaka
（田中康夫）		65Former Governor of Nagano PrefectureYasuo Tanaka (Japanese)
Hachiro Okonogi
（小此木八郎）		56Former Chairperson of the National Public Safety CommissionHachiro Okonogi officialsite (Japanese)
Yoshikazu Tsubokura
（坪倉良和）		70Fisheries wholesaler presidentYoshikazu Tsubokura (A revolutionary grandfather who changes Japan from Yokohama!) Archived 2021-08-21 at the Wayback Machine (Japanese)
Mineyuki Fukuda
（福田峰之）		57Former Member of the House of RepresentativesMineyuki Fukuda Archived 2022-01-16 at the Wayback Machine (Japanese)
Takeharu Yamanaka
（山中竹春）		48Professor of public health at Yokohama City UniversityTakeharu Yamanaka OFFICIAL WEB SITE (Japanese)
Fumiko Hayashi
（林文子）		75Mayor of Yokohama（Current）Fumiko Hayashi officialsite Archived 2021-12-06 at the Wayback Machine (Japanese)
Shigefumi Matsuzawa
（松沢成文）		63Former Governor of Kanagawa PrefectureShigefumi Matsuzawa (Japanese)

Results
Yokohama mayoral election 22 August 2021[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent (Supported by Constitutional Democratic Party, Communist Party of Japan, Social Democratic Party) Takeharu Yamanaka 506,392 33.59% N/A
Independent (Supported by Liberal Democratic Party of Japan) Hachiro Okonogi 325,947 21.62% N/A
Independent Fumiko Hayashi (incumbent) 196,926 13.06% Decrease 39.43%
Independent Yasuo Tanaka 194,713 12.92% N/A
Independent (Supported by Ishin) Shigefumi Matsuzawa 162,206 10.76% N/A
Independent Mineyuki Fukuda 62,455 4.14% N/A
Independent Masataka Ota 39,802 2.64% N/A
Independent Yoshikazu Tsubokura 19,113 1.27% N/A

References
  1. "Suga backs anti-casino candidate in Yokohama mayoral race". Asahi. 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  2. "Opposition wins Yokohama mayor election in blow to Japan PM Suga". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. "Suga suffers blow as LDP-backed candidate loses Yokohama poll". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. Johnston, Eric (22 August 2021). "In major blow to Suga, opposition party-backed Takeharu Yamanaka wins Yokohama mayoral election". The Japan Times. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. Reynolds, Isabel; Nobuhiro, Emi (22 August 2021). "Japan's Premier Faces Fresh Blow as Ally Loses Election". Bloomberg. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. "Record eight candidates confirmed to run in Yokohama mayoral election". Inside Asian Gaming(IAG). 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  7. "横浜市長選挙候補者別得票数" (PDF). city.yokohama.lg.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 August 2021.


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