高知知事選、与党推薦の浜田氏初当選　共産系野党統一候補破る

　任期満了に伴う高知県知事選は２４日投開票され、与党が推す無所属新人で元総務省官房総括審議官の浜田省司氏（５６）＝自民、公明推薦＝が、野党統一候補として臨んだ無所属新人で共産党県委員の松本顕治氏（３５）＝共産、社民推薦＝を破り、初当選を果たした。投票率は過去最低だった２００７年を２ポイント弱上回る４７．６７％だった。
　松本氏には立憲民主、国民民主両党の県連も推薦。与党は、与野党対決の構図となった埼玉、岩手両知事選で続いた連敗を止めた。（2019/11/25-01:24）

Seiji Hamada, a former Japanese bureaucrat and a candidate backed by the ruling coalition, was elected governor of Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on Sunday.
   Hamada, 56, former internal affairs ministry official, defeated Japanese Communist Party member Kenji Matsumoto, 35, who ran as a unified opposition candidate.
   Sunday's result followed losses in two consecutive gubernatorial elections by candidates supported by the ruling bloc, in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, in August and in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in September.
   The Kochi race came after Masanao Ozaki did not seek reelection as governor after serving three successive four-year terms. In the previous two races, Ozaki won uncontested.
   Hamada collected 173,758 votes against 111,397 votes garnered by Matsumoto. Voter turnout came to 47.67 pct, down nearly 2 percentage points from the previous 2007 election.