Two Shigeru Aoki candidacy 60 and 47 years old, the result is bright and dark

　Has been Tokaihyo on January 31, Saga Prefecture Karatsu is in discussions election's two "Shigeru Aoki (Shigeru Aoki)" ran. In addition to having the same surname and the same name , all are independent incumbents and men of the Liberal Democratic Party. Last time there was a difference that one person was a new face, but this time the votes were judged by the difference in age of "60" and "47". 33 people competed for 28 seats, and the 60-year-old was the 12th and the 5th winner, and the 47-year-old was the 30th and was defeated and had to be re-elected.

　The City Election Commission distinguished the two votes by having their age on the ballot along with their name.

　We were able to distinguish 1493 votes for 60 years old and 801 votes for 47 years old. In proportion to this, when the "proportionate votes" that could not be identified were assigned, the votes obtained were 1932.959 for 60 years old and 1037.037 for 47 years old. The bottom-ranked winner was 1123 votes.

　The city election is a list of candidates prepared at the polling place, and the age is also added to Mr. 2. However, he said that he did not give any special advice on how to fill in the vote when voting, saying that it would be unfair with other candidates. It was up to Mr. 2 to inform them of the distinction method, and both said, "It is difficult to attract people due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and I am worried about how far it can be known."

　In the last election four years ago, the difference between "incumbent" and "newcomer" was also used. At that time, the 56-year-old incumbent had 2947,697 votes, and the 43-year-old new face had 1522,302 votes.

Source: https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASP217732P21TTHB003.html