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.
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.
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. NameAgePartyTitleToshimitsu Ota（太田敏充）76IndependentFormer office workerIchiro Hirosawa（広沢一郎）60IndependentFormer Deputy Mayor of NagoyaNoboru Mizutani（水谷昇）61IndependentFormer travel agency president Hideki Fuwa（不破英紀）64IndependentFormer university lecturerYoshiaki Suzuki（鈴木慶明）85IndependentFormer professor of Local Autonomy College Kohei Otsuka（大塚耕平）65IndependentFormer member of the House of Councillors Keiko Ogata（尾形慶子）67 IndependentCo-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.
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