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The 2023 Osaka City Council election was held following the expiration of the council's four-year term on 9 April 2023, marking the first half of the 20th national unified elections. There were 128 candidates running for 81 seats in the city's 24 wards (each Osaka city ward is one electoral district).
Osaka City Hall (2016) The Osaka City Council (大阪市会, Ōsaka-shi kai) is the legislature of Osaka City.It is responsible for the "enactment, amendment and repeal of ordinances, budgetary decisions, approval of account settlements, matters of financial importances including acquisition and disposal of city assets, and others."
The mayoral election was held on 9 April, 2023 and was won by Yokoyama Hideyuki of the Osaka Ishin (Restoration) Party. 2,214,966 Osaka City residents turned out to vote which included 1,059,525 male voters, and 1,155,441 female voters. Voter turnout was 48.33%, which was a drop from 52.7% in the previous 2019 election.
The Osaka City Council (as in some other major cities shikai, not shigikai) has 86 members who are elected by single non-transferable vote every four years in unified regional elections. The wards serve as electoral districts, each elects between two and six council members.
The 2023 Osaka Prefecture Gubernatorial election is scheduled to be held on 9 April 2023 as part of the 20th unified local elections. [1] Incumbent Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura won re-election to a second term, defeating Taniguchi Mayumi who was supported by the Liberal Democratic Party, Constitutional Democratic Party and several minor candidates.
Candidates running for mayor and city council in Carlsbad had one last chance to appeal to voters before the Nov. 7 local elections during a candidate forum Monday night sponsored by KCCC radio ...
Hideyuki Yokoyama (横山 英幸, Yokoyama Hideyuki, born 13 May 1981) is a Japanese economist and politician who has served as the incumbent mayor of Osaka since 9 April 2023. He graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University with a degree in economics in 2004 and began a career under the Osaka prefectural government immediately.
11 candidates are running for three Caldwell City Council seats in the November election. Top row from left: Becky Mitchell, Chris Allgood, Dave Larson, Eric Phillips and Florina Ruvio.