Mock Ward Mayoral Election: review, part 2

2023.12PROJECT

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Students from the "Kira Kira Adachi Y" party, which won the top prize (election) in the Mock Ward Mayoral Election (a mock election organized by TEIGEN at Fifteen, now TEIGEN JP, 2023)

A high school student hosting next to a screen reading "Candidates' debate"

A junior high school student playing a candidate, speaking with a microphone in front of a policy slide for Adachi

Students and observers listening to the candidates' debate from the assembly seats

A high school student making the case for a policy at the lectern, under the slide "A safer, more comfortable Adachi"

A participant receiving a ballot at the mock election reception

The list of six party names and ballots on a voting booth desk at the mock election

The venue during the count, with a survey QR code shown on the screen

Students from the "Crime Prevention Party" team, runner-up

Students from the "New Era Party" team, winners of the Aozora Sakubun Kyoshitsu Prize

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The stump speeches at last.
With the superintendent of education, the chair of the election commission and many other observers watching, six parties gave six very different, young and forceful speeches.
Building a ward high school; greening Kita-senju station. Ideas with a dynamism that is exactly what a student election is for — and which took even the experts by surprise.

What each team proposed
An Adachi where everyone can shine
A safer, easier Adachi to live in
A ward high school built around what you love
An Adachi you would stay in for life
Safety equals streetscape
Starting at the river: from cooperating to creating together

After the speeches, the election commission led participants, assembly members and observers through the real voting procedure, and the count was carried out with the students holding their breath.

The result
Winner: the Shining Adachi Y Party
Runner-up: the Crime Prevention Party
Aozora Writing Class Prize (sponsor's award): the New Era Party

The prizes were book vouchers of ¥30,000, ¥10,000 and ¥10,000.

We also surveyed participants on their sense of a stake in politics and on the active-learning curriculum we designed. We will report the detailed findings and what participants said in due course.

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About TEIGEN JP

A student organization tackling the gap in opportunities for teenagers through hands-on education, with the mission of giving every teenager the chance to meet a self they have not yet met. Founded in Adachi, Tokyo in 2023; 38 high school and university students from 22 different schools across the Tokyo area take part. First Prize at the 1st National High School Policy Championship, the NHK President's Award at the 70th High School Students' Speech Contest, and a policy proposal to the then Prime Minister at his office (all 2023). The Mock Ward Mayoral Election has been held three times in Adachi, co-hosted with the Adachi Election Administration Commission in 2025 and 2026.

"15-sai no Teigen" in this article is the name TEIGEN JP used until May 2024 (name change notice).

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