Higashiōsaka, Osaka held an election for the city assembly on September 23, 2007. The right-wing parties

Liberal Democratic Party of Japan The , frequently abbreviated to LDP, the Lib Dems, or , is a major conservativeThe Liberal Democratic Party is widely described as conservative: * * * * * and Japanese nationalism, nationalistSources describing the LDP as nationalist: * ...

and

New Komeito , formerly New Komeito (NKP) and commonly referred to as simply Komei, is a political party in Japan founded by the leader of Soka Gakkai, Daisaku Ikeda, in 1964. It is generally considered centrist and socially conservative. Since 2012, it ha ...

won a majority. The

Japanese Communist Party The is a communist party in Japan. Founded in 1922, it is the oldest political party in the country. It has 250,000 members as of January 2024, making it one of the largest non-governing communist parties in the world. The party is chaired ...

emerged as the biggest opposition party.

Issues

The major issue was the no-confidence vote towards mayor

Junzō Nagao Junzō, Junzo, Junzoh or Junzou (written: 順三, 純三, 準三, 潤三 or 淳三) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese communist *, Japane ...

, a member of the

. Submitted shortly before the election it will force a mayoral election on October 23.

Results

The results showed an increase of the vote for the

with almost 10,000 votes since last election and all nine candidates was elected. The LDP lost two seats, as did the

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(自由民主党, ''Jiyū Minshutō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 49,979 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 16 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

New Komeito Party , formerly New Komeito (NKP) and commonly referred to as simply Komei, is a political party in Japan founded by the leader of Soka Gakkai, Daisaku Ikeda, in 1964. It is generally considered centrist and socially conservative. Since 2012, it ha ...

(公明党, ''Kōmeitō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 44,488 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 12 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

(日本共産党, ''Nihon Kyōsan-tō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 40,725 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 9 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Democratic Party of Japan The was a Centrism, centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist: * * * * * * * to Centre-left politics, centre-left, Liberalism, liberal or Social liberalism, social-liberal List of political parties in Japan, ...

(民主党, ''Minshutō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 12,132 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 4 , - , style="text-align:left;" , New Socialist Party (新社会, ''Shin Shakai-tō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 2,941 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 1 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Independents , style="text-align:right;" , 12,118 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 4 , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9", Total (turnout 45.48%) , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 180,388 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 46 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=4 , Sourc

References

Results from JanJan

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