2021 Yokohama mayoral election

2021 Yokohama mayoral election
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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

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]

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]

  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.