Yokohama City Council
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Type
President (gichō)
Vice-President (fuku-gichō)
Yokohama City Council 横浜市会 Yokohama-shikai | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1889 (municipal mergers of the Meiji era (明治の大合併) [1] |
| Leadership | |
President (gichō) | |
Vice-President (fuku-gichō) | |
| Structure | |
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Political groups |
Independents （4） |
| Elections | |
| Single non-transferable vote | |
Last election | April 2019 |
| Meeting place | |
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 Japan, Yokohama City Hall, Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama City, Naka Ward, Honcho, 6-50-10. | |
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| 横浜市会 | |
The Yokohama City Council (横浜市会, Yokohama-shi kai) is the legislature of Yokohama City.
- Members: 86
- Term: 4 years
- Voting System: Medium‐size constituency system (Single non-transferable vote)
- President: Tomio Shimizu (LDP)[2]
- Vice-president: Masaharu Takahashi (Komeito)[3]
Current composition
As of 2021, the city council was composed as follows:[4]
| Composition of the Yokohama City Council | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary group | Seats | |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 36 | |
| Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan | 20 | |
| Kōmeitō | 16 | |
| Japanese Communist Party | 9 | |
| Kanagawa Network | 1 | |
| Independents | 4 | |
| Total | 86 | |
Electoral districts
| Electoral districts[5][6] | |||||
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| District | Magnitude | District | Magnitude | District | Magnitude |
| Tsurumi-ku | 7 | Kanagawa-ku | 5 | Nishi-ku | 2 |
| Naka-ku | 3 | Minami-ku | 4 | Kōnan-ku | 5 |
| Hodogaya-ku | 5 | Asahi-ku | 6 | Isogo-ku | 4 |
| Kanazawa-ku | 5 | Kōhoku-ku | 8 | Midori-ku | 4 |
| Aoba-ku | 7 | Tsuzuki-ku | 5 | Totsuka-ku | 6 |
| Sakae-ku | 3 | Izumi-ku | 4 | Seya-ku | 3 |
