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Minamimaki mayoral election, 2007

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The Japanese village Minamimaki, Nagano held a mayoral election on November 11, 2007. Yukihiko Kikuchi beat the incumbent mayor Yoshito Nakajima.

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Candidates

  • Yoshito Nakajima, incumbent mayor of Minamimaki.
  • Yukihiko Kikuchi, farmer and former city assembly members for the Japanese Communist Party (JCP).

    • Issues

    The main issue was the proposed merger of the village with neighboring Kawakami. In a referendum earlier this year 87% voted not to merger. Incumbent mayor Yoshito Nakajima supported a merger while Yukihiko Kikuchi of the JCP was against it. Kikuchi also called for a "agriculture revitalization" and criticized what he called "undemocratic policies" of the incumbent mayor.

    Results

    Yukihiko Kikuchi won the election with 430 more votes than Yoshito Nakajima.

    References

    Minamimaki mayoral election, 2007 Wikipedia
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