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Bulgarians vote for local authorities

STORY: Bulgarians vote for local authorities DATELINE: Oct. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:59 LOCATION: Sofia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of polling stations 2. various of voters STORYLINE: Bulgarians went to polls on Sunday to elect mayors and municipal councilors. As many as 12,299 polling stations opened across the country at 7:00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) for over six million eligible voters to cast their ballots. The elections are held every four years. In this year's elections, almost 39,000 candidates are competing for the posts of mayors of the 265 municipalities and 3,041 mayoralties in Bulgaria, and the 35 quarters in Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna, as well as 5,053 seats in the municipal councils. A candidate for mayor must gain more than half of the valid votes to win the position in the first round. If no one gains more than 50 percent of votes in the first round, the top two runners will compete in a run-off on Nov. 5. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Sofia. (XHTV

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S. Koreans vote in local elections overshadowed by ship sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - Voters line up to cast their ballots in a local election at a polling station in Seoul on June 2, 2010. Nearly 4,000 officials, including 16 metropolitan mayors and provincial governors, will be chosen in the first nationwide election in two years.

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S. Koreans vote in local elections overshadowed by ship sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - A woman casts her ballot in a local election at a polling station in Seoul on June 2, 2010. Nearly 4,000 officials, including 16 metropolitan mayors and provincial governors, will be chosen in the first nationwide election in two years.

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Niigata gov. scraps TEPCO pluthermal project plan

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (R) is in talks with two local mayors at his office in Niigata on Sept. 12. Hirayama said later he has scrapped a plan for a Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) pluthermal power-generation project in the prefecture over a scandal in which the company covered up damage at its nuclear plants.

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Voting begins in key local elections across Japan

People cast votes at a polling station in the city of Osaka on April 12, 2015, as the first of two rounds of unified quadrennial local elections to choose governors, mayors and local assembly members is held across Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Joint forum of Japan, S. Korea local governments

Japanese and South Korean local government leaders including governors and mayors discuss the aging of society, a common issue for the two countries, at a joint forum held in Sejong, South Korea, on Oct. 31, 2015, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the normalization of the Japan-South Korea relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Koreans vote in local elections overshadowed by ship sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - Voters line up to cast their ballots in a local election at a polling station in Seoul on June 2, 2010. Nearly 4,000 officials, including 16 metropolitan mayors and provincial governors, will be chosen in the first nationwide election in two years. (Kyodo)

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S. Koreans vote in local elections overshadowed by ship sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - A woman casts her ballot in a local election at a polling station in Seoul on June 2, 2010. Nearly 4,000 officials, including 16 metropolitan mayors and provincial governors, will be chosen in the first nationwide election in two years. (Kyodo)

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Niigata gov. scraps TEPCO pluthermal project plan

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (R) is in talks with two local mayors at his office in Niigata on Sept. 12. Hirayama said later he has scrapped a plan for a Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) pluthermal power-generation project in the prefecture over a scandal in which the company covered up damage at its nuclear plants. (Kyodo)