2021 Yokohama mayoral election

2021 Yokohama mayoral election
22 August 2021
Turnout49.05% ( 11.84pp)
 
Candidate Takeharu Yamanaka Hachiro Okonogi Fumiko Hayashi
Party Independent Independent Independent
Popular vote 506,392 325,947 196,926
Percentage 33.59% 21.62% 13.06%
Supported by CDP, JCP, SDP LDP
 
Candidate Yasuo Tanaka Shigefumi Matsuzawa
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 194,713 162,206
Percentage 12.92% 10.76%
Supported by Ishin
Election results by wards
Mayor before election

Fumiko Hayashi
Independent

 Elected mayor

Takeharu Yamanaka
Independent

The 2021 Yokohama mayoral election was held on 22 August 2021 to elect the next mayor of Yokohama. The central issue in the election was the building of an "integrated resort" IR featuring a casino.

Incumbent mayor Fumiko Hayashi lost reelection, placing third to the LDP supported Hachiro Okonogi and the eventual winner, CDP and JCP supported Takeharu Yamanaka.

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