2024 Nagoya mayoral election
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The 2024 Nagoya mayoral election was held on 24 November 2024, to elect the mayor of Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan because of the resignation of Takashi Kawamura to run for the 2024 general election.
Ichiro Hirosawa, who is a close aide of Kawamura, was elected for the first time.
Background
Kawamura's resignation
In a press conference on 1 October 2024, incumbent Takashi Kawamura (Leader of the regional party Genzei Nippon, Co-Leader of the CPJ) announced his intention to run for the next general election scheduled for 27 October 2024, and submitted a resignation to the Nagoya City Council on 9 October. However, Nagoya City Council refused.[1][2]
Kawamura reported his candidacy in the general election on 15 October. As he retired (automatically lost his job) as mayor of Nagoya pursuant to Article 90 of the Public Offices Election Act, the mayoral election was held about five months earlier than if he served until the expiration of his term of office.[3]
Parties' endorsement
- LDP
LDP's Aichi Confederation decided to nominate Toshiaki Yokoi, a LDP Nagoya city council member, as its candidate, but gave up Yokoi’s candidacy at the LDP headquarters' request and decided to endorse Kohei Otsuka.
Candidates
A total of 7 candidates registered candidacies for the election.[4]
| Name | Age | Party | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toshimitsu Ota （太田敏充） |
76 | Independent | Former office worker |
| Ichiro Hirosawa （広沢一郎） |
60 | Independent[a] | Former Deputy Mayor of Nagoya |
| Noboru Mizutani （水谷昇） |
61 | Independent | Former travel agency president |
| Hideki Fuwa （不破英紀） |
64 | Independent | Former university lecturer |
| Yoshiaki Suzuki （鈴木慶明） |
85 | Independent | Former professor of Local Autonomy College |
| Kohei Otsuka （大塚耕平） |
65 | Independent[b] | Former member of the House of Councillors |
| Keiko Ogata （尾形慶子） |
67 | Independent | Co-leader of Tōkai branch of Greens Japan |
Results
As a result of the vote counting, Hirosawa won a landslide victory by about 130,000 votes over Otsuka, the runner-up. The results shocked established political parties and made clear the public's support for the succession of Kawamura’s mayorlty, which Hirosawa had proposed.[5][6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent[a] | Ichiro Hirosawa | 392,519 | 53.43% | N/A | |
| Independent[b] | Kohei Otsuka | 261,425 | 35.58% | N/A | |
| Independent | Keiko Ogata | 53,622 | 7.30% | N/A | |
| Independent | Noboru Mizutani | 12,492 | 1.70% | N/A | |
| Independent | Toshimitsu Ota | 8,178 | 1.11% | N/A | |
| Independent | Yoshiaki Suzuki | 3,454 | 0.47% | N/A | |
| Independent | Hideki Fuwa | 2,973 | 0.40% | N/A | |
Notes
References
- ^ "名古屋 河村市長 次の衆院選 愛知1区から立候補を表明" (in Japanese). NHJ. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "河村たかし氏"オワコン"一転 日本保守党で「総理を狙う男アゲイン」" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "河村たかし名古屋市長が"最後の登庁日" 議会と最後までバトル、"河村節"で振り返った15年" (in Japanese). Nagoya Broadcasting Network. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "名古屋市長選挙2024 候補者アンケート" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Ex-Deputy Mayor Certain to Win Nagoya Mayoral Election". Yomiuri Shimbun. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Nagoya Mayoral Election Results Shock Established Parties; Former Upper House Member Supported by 4 Major Parties Defeated". Yomiuri Shimbun. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Aide overcomes 'hysterectomy' uproar to win Nagoya election". The Asahi Shimbun. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "名古屋市長選挙2024" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 3 July 2025.