{"id":166538,"date":"2024-10-29T15:05:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T06:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=166538&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-10-29T15:05:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T06:05:47","slug":"voter-turnout-fukuoka-drops","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/voter-turnout-fukuoka-drops\/","title":{"rendered":"Voter Turnout in Fukuoka Prefecture Drops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Prefecture\u2019s Election Management Committee announced that the voter turnout in 11 local districts for the recent House of Representatives election was confirmed at 51.59%, a slight decrease of 0.53 percentage points from the previous election three years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This marks a continuation of the gradual decline in voter turnout since a peak of 68.77% in 2009. Turnout dropped below 50% for the first time in 2014, setting a record low of 48.81%. However, both the 2017 and the previous election saw over 50% participation, though numbers have remained lower compared to earlier years. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20241028\/5010026011.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-166539\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_photoac-vote-paper_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C931&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Voter Turnout in Fukuoka Prefecture Drops\" width=\"1400\" height=\"931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_photoac-vote-paper_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_photoac-vote-paper_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_photoac-vote-paper_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fnn_photoac-vote-paper_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from Photo AC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Prefecture\u2019s Election Management Committee announced that the voter turnout in 11 local districts for the recent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":166542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-166538","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-politics","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/166538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}