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The 2023 Hiroshima Mayoral Election was held on April 9th, 2023, to elect the new mayor of Hiroshima. It was held as part of the 2023 Japanese unified local elections. The election saw incumbent mayor Kazumi Matsui winning a landslide victory for re-election. His majority of 80% of the vote was followed by Atsumi Takami, a member of the Japanese Communist Party, [1] with 11.3% of the vote.
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