Election Commission

１．What is the Election Commission?

２．Types of elections related to the Election Commission

３．Information on polling places

４．Changes in the number of electoral list registrants

５．Turnout

６．Electoral List Viewing Status

７．Other information and links related to elections

The Election Commission is an executive body that is usually set up in local governments to manage office work related to elections (Local Government Act Article 181). In Yokohama City, a government-designated city, in addition to the city's Election Commission, there are Election Commissions in all 18 wards.

The Election Administration Committee conducts election affairs such as electoral lists and voting affairs, as well as clerical work to select prospective judge candidates and prospective prosecutor judge candidates.

The Nishi Ward Election Commission is a collaborative body composed of four members.
Members are elected by Congress from those who have the right to vote, have noble personality, and have fair insights into politics and elections.
The term of office of the committee is four years. The chairperson is elected from among the committee members and takes charge of the proceedings.
The Ward Election Commission will set up an office in Nishi Ward Office to carry out paperwork. Nishi Ward Office General Affairs Division Statistics and Elections Section is responsible for the office of the Election Commission of Nishi Ward.

※As of November 15, 2024
The date and time are subject to change, so if you would like to observe, please check in advance by telephone.

• Capacity 4 people (If the capacity is exceeded, it will be a lottery)
• Please come to Election Administration Commission Secretariat (50th floor on the 4th floor) 30 minutes to 10 minutes before the reception meeting starts.
• Depending on the bill to be discussed, it may be closed.

※As for the details of hearing, please see Nishi Ward Election Administration Commission meeting hearing summary (PDF: 108KB).

Reference about hearing
Nishi Ward General Affairs Division Statistics and Elections Section telephone number 045-320-8314

●You can see the summary of Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi board of elections minutes in Portable Document Format.

April 19, 2024 Election Commission Minutes (PDF: 62KB)

May 17, 2024 Election Commission Minutes (PDF: 55KB)

June 3, 2024 Election Administration Commission minutes summary (PDF: 58KB)

July 19, 2024 Election Commission Minutes (PDF: 56KB)

August 20, 2024 Election Commission Minutes (PDF: 54KB)

September 2, 2024 Election Administration Commission minutes summary (PDF: 58KB)

October 14, 2024 Election Administration Commission minutes summary (PDF: 69KB)

October 15, 2024 Election Administration Commission minutes summary (PDF: 56KB)

●The summary of the minutes of the previous fiscal year is as follows.

2017 Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi board of elections minutes summary (PDF: 244KB)

2018 Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi board of elections minutes summary (PDF: 309KB)

2019 (2019) Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi board of elections minutes summary (PDF: 115KB)

2020 Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi board of elections minutes summary (PDF: 290KB)

2021 Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi board of elections minutes summary (PDF: 210KB)

2022 Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi board of elections minutes summary (PDF: 291KB)

2023 Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi board of elections minutes summary (PDF: 227KB)

About polling place, please confirm by all means in "guidance of polling place" mailed at the time of election.

The Nishi Ward Election Commission registers in the electoral list based on Article 22 of the Public Office Election Law.
There are two types of registration: election registration, which is performed at each election, and regular registration, which is held in March, June, September, and December every year.
In each case, the Election Commission registers based on the records of the Basic Resident Register.

Regarding various data in the election, please refer to the following.

http://translate-en.city.yokohama.lg.jp/city-info/senkyo/data/
Please take a look at it.

According to the provisions of the Public Office Election Law, the Election Commission is to publish at least once a year the name of the applicant for browsing, the target of browsing, the outline of the purpose of use, etc. of the browsing status of the electoral list abstract. .

The list of electoral lists in Nishi Ward from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 is as follows:

From October 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024
List of electoral list reading situation (PDF: 90KB)

From April 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024
List of electoral list reading situation (PDF: 105KB)

Please refer to the following page for information on various data related to elections and voting and frequently asked questions.

https://translate-en.city.yokohama.lg.jp/city-info/senkyo/data/

http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/cnt/f5/ (external site)

https://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/ (external site)