地ち方ほう選せん挙きょ

noun

local election; regional election

Refers to elections for prefectural, municipal, or other sub-national offices in Japan.

• 来らい月げつ、地ち方ほう選せん挙きょが行おこなわれる。

  Local elections will be held next month.

• 地ち方ほう選せん挙きょの投とう票ひょう率りつは年ねん々ねん低てい下かしている。

  Voter turnout in local elections has been declining year by year.