統一地方選挙結果、尾道市の場合　Unified local election result, Onomichi City

当選した28名の市議会議員の内、9名が新人です。

その内、3名が女性で、上位7位以内（上位25%以内）の当選でその能力を発揮しました。

とは言っても、女性議員の占める割合は14%でまたまだ低い状態です。

これらのパイオニア的な女性議員は年齢的にも若く、選挙公報に公開したその学歴や経歴から判断しても、狭い地域に限らず、有権者を幅広く引き付けたことが、得票数からも推測できます。

男性の場合、特定の団体や組織に所属しない候補者は地域に固執し、旧態依然とした縁故、名前の連呼による選挙戦でした。彼らは今回の女性議員の誕生の理由をよく理解して、次回の選挙に臨むべきでしょう。

4年後の次回も実力のある女性議員の候補者、当選者数は増加するでしょう。

30年の停滞から日本は確実に変化しています。

Of the 28 city council members elected, 9 are newcomers.

Three of them are women, and they demonstrated their ability by winning within the top 7 positions (within the top 25%).

However, the percentage of female council members is still low only at 14%.

These pioneering women city council members were young in age, and judging from their educational backgrounds and biographies published in the election bulletin, it can be inferred from the number of votes they received that they attracted a wide range of voters who were not limited to small areas.

In the case of men, candidates who did not belong to any particular group or organization stuck to their small region, and their election campaign was based on the old-fashioned nepotism and name-calling. They should go into the next election with a better understanding of the reasons for the creation of this female city council members.

The next time in four years, the number of competent female city council candidates and winners will increase.

Japan is certainly changing after 30 years of stagnation.