2024.07.07 20:50Nation

都知事選、投票締め切り 過去最多56人が立候補

 任期満了に伴う東京都知事選の投票は7日、午後8時までに締め切られた。選挙戦には、過去最多となる56人が立候補。子育て支援策や行財政改革、防災などを巡り、それぞれの主張を展開した。
 都選挙管理委員会によると、午後6時現在の中間投票率は33.07%で、前回の33.50%を下回った。
 都の選挙人名簿登録者数は6月19日現在、1153万3132人。前回の投票率は55.00%だった。
 候補者数は、最多だった前回の22人よりも大幅に増加しており、事前に用意されたポスター掲示板の枠が足りなくなるといった混乱が生じた。(2024/07/07-20:50)

2024.07.07 20:50Nation

Tokyo Citizens Now Voting to Choose Next Governor


Polling stations opened on Sunday morning for Tokyo's gubernatorial election, in which a record 56 candidates have filed their candidacies and promoted their policies on child-rearing support, administrative reform and disaster prevention.
   The polling stations will close by 8 p.m., and vote counting will begin immediately.
   The number of registered voters in the Japanese capital was 11,533,132 as of June 19. Voter turnout in the previous gubernatorial election in 2020 was 55 pct.
   The candidates include incumbent Governor Yuriko Koike, 71, Shinji Ishimaru, the 41-year-old former mayor of Akitakata, Hiroshima Prefecture, former Air Self-Defense Force chief of staff Toshio Tamogami, 75, and former House of Councillors lawmaker Renho, 56.
   Voting is also underway in by-elections for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly, with a total of 30 candidates in nine electoral districts.

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