Rikuzentakata mayoral election, 2007

Rikuzentakata, Iwate held a mayoral election on February 4, 2007. Nagato Nakasato beat incumbent mayor Akihiko Yoshida.

Candidates

* Akihiko Yoshida, incumbent mayor and former city assembly member supported by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
* Nagato Nakasato, former city assembly member and candidate for the Japanese Communist Party (JCP)

Results

Election box begin | title=Mayoral election 2007: Rikuzentakata City Election box candidate
party = Independent, "JCP"
candidate = Nagato Nakasato
votes = 9,865
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Independent, "DPJ"
candidate = Akihiko Yoshida
votes = 7,341
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 17,313
percentage = 82.73 %
change = Election box end

References

* [http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2007/3/00004726.html Results from JanJan] ja icon
* [http://www.japan-press.co.jp/2513/local_govt2.html Japan Press coverage]