“First-time Female Mayors Elected in Tokyo’s Koto, Ota, and Edogawa Wards: Record Number of Female Mayors in Tokyo’s History”

Of the 11 ward mayoral elections held on the 23rd, Koto, Ota, and Edogawa were counted on the 24th. (57) was elected for the first time after defeating three newcomers, including a former metropolitan assembly recommended by the Liberal Democratic Party. Tokyo’s female ward mayors are a record six, including Toshima and Kita, who were elected for the first time on the 23rd, and Shinagawa, Suginami, and Adachi, who have not been elected incumbents.

Toshima City is a newcomer who has been nominated as a successor to the former mayor, and a former deputy mayor.High international（Takagiwa）Miyuki, 57, and former metropolitan assemblyman Kanako Yamada, 51, won the Kita Ward, where three new women challenged the incumbent men. This is the first time for Koto, Toshima, and Kita to have a female ward mayor. In addition, Hitomi Wachi, 52, a newcomer and former city councilor, was elected for the first time in the Higashiyamato mayoral election in Tokyo. The incumbent mayors who have not been re-elected are Kyoko Morisawa for Shinagawa, Satoko Kishimoto for Suginami, and Yayoi Kondo for Adachi.

According to a tally by this paper, the percentage of women elected in Tokyo’s 21st ward and 20 city council elections on the 23rd was 35.25%, about four percentage points higher than in the previous election. 36.47% (298 people) in the ward assembly election and 33.20% (161 people) in the city council election, up about 5 points and about 2 points respectively.

In Suginami Ward (fixed number of 48), 24 women were elected, outnumbering 23 men (one whose gender was not disclosed). Musashino City (constant number of 26) won the same number of men and women.

According to the Tokyo Election Administration Commission, voter turnout in Tokyo was 46.11% for the mayoral election and 44.98% for the assembly election, up 1.32 percentage points from the previous election and 1.31 percentage points respectively.