Fukagawa mayoral by-election, 2007

The town of Fukagawa, Japan held a mayoral by-election on January 21, 2007. The former mayor, Junkichi Kawano, was arrested on bid-rigging charges. The by-election comes just three months after the ordinary election on October 1, 2006. See Fukagawa mayoral election, 2006.

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party = Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
candidate = Takafumi Yamashita (山下 たかふみ)
votes = 8,041
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Harumichi Higashide (東出 はるみち)
votes = 4,441
percentage =
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party = Japanese Communist Party (JCP)
candidate = Terumi Kitana (北名 照美)
votes = 3,797
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 16,279
percentage = 77.44
change = Election box end

Sources

[http://www.city.fukagawa.hokkaido.jp/web/section/senkyo/12707001_2.html]