2021.04.12 01:41Nation

福岡知事に服部氏初当選 共産系新人破る

 前知事の辞職に伴う福岡県知事選は11日投開票され、無所属新人で前副知事の服部誠太郎氏(66)=自民、立憲民主、公明推薦=が、無所属新人で元福岡市議の星野美恵子氏(70)=共産支持=を破り、初当選を果たした。投票率は過去最低の29.61%。
 服部氏は、国民民主、社民両党の県連からも推薦を受け、与野党が相乗りで支援した。病気治療に専念するため辞職した小川洋前知事の県政継承を掲げ、新型コロナウイルスや防災・減災対策の継続を訴え、幅広く支持を集めた。現行憲法下の同県歴代知事は、小川氏を含め官僚出身者が多く、服部氏は初の県職員からの「生え抜き」知事となる。
 星野氏は、社会保障の充実やジェンダー平等などをアピールし、県政の転換を訴えたが、及ばなかった。(2021/04/12-01:41)

2021.04.12 01:41Nation

Hattori Elected Fukuoka Governor for 1st Time


Seitaro Hattori, former vice governor of Fukuoka Prefecture, was elected governor of the southwestern Japan prefecture for the first time on Sunday.
   Hattori, 66, who ran as an independent in the gubernatorial election, was backed by the country's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, Komeito, and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
   The Fukuoka prefectural chapters of the Democratic Party for the People and the Social Democratic Party, both opposition parties, also supported Hattori.
   Hattori garnered 992,255 votes, against 232,465 votes for his sole contender, Mieko Hoshino, 70, also an independent candidate and former member of the assembly of the city of Fukuoka, the prefecture's capital. Hoshino was supported by the opposition Japanese Communist Party.
   Voter turnout stood at a record low of 29.61 pct. The election was held after Hiroshi Ogawa resigned as Fukuoka governor in February, about two years before the end of his third four-year-term, to concentrate on the treatment of his illness.

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