2023 Osaka mayoral election

2023 Osaka mayoral election
April 9, 2023
Turnout48.33%
 
Candidate Hideyuki Yokoyama Taeko Kitano
Party One Osaka Independent
Popular vote 655,802 268,227
Percentage 64.6% 26.4%
Supported by — LDP, Komeito
Mayor of Osaka before election

Ichiro Matsui
One Osaka

 Elected Mayor of Osaka

Hideyuki Yokoyama
One Osaka

The 2023 Osaka mayoral election was held on 9 April 2023 as part of the 20th unified local elections to elect the next mayor of Osaka. Incumbent mayor Ichiro Matsui decided not to seek a second term as mayor of Osaka, opting to retire from politics at the end of his term. The election resulted in a landslide victory for Hideyuki Yokoyama, the candidate from the Osaka Restoration Association, who secured 64% of the vote. Taeko Kitano, who was supported by the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito received 26% of the vote.

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