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{{Infobox election
| election_name     = Akashian presidential election, 1970
| country           = Akashi
| type              = presidential
| vote_type         = Popular
| previous_election = Akashian presidential election, 1965
| previous_year     = 1965
| outgoing_members  = 
| election_date     = 27 June 1970
| next_election     = Akashian presidential election, 1975
| next_year         = 1975
| turnout           = 89,0%

| image1            = [[File:YurikaEhara-small.jpg|125x125px]]
| colour1           = 33D6AD 
| candidate1        = [[Yurika Ehara]]
| party1            = {{A-NU/meta/shortname}}
| popular_vote1     = 2.639.572
| percentage1       = 55,0%

| image2            = [[File:SoF-6.jpg|125x125px]]
| colour2           = FF0000
| candidate2        = Orime Sasaki
| party2            = [[Summer of Freedom|Youth Revolution]]
| popular_vote2     = 2.159.650
| percentage2       = 45,0%

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| map_image         = Akashi-election-president-1970.png
| map_caption       = Most voted candidate by [[Akashi#Administrative divisions|province]]

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| title            = [[President of Akashi|President]]
| before_election  = [[Yurika Ehara]]
| before_party     = {{A-NU/meta/shortname}}
| posttitle        = [[President of Akashi|President]] after election
| after_election   = [[Yurika Ehara]]
| after_party      = {{A-NU/meta/shortname}}
}}

A '''presidential election''' was held in [[Akashi]] on 27 June 1970.

This election was part of the long resolution to the [[Summer of Freedom]], which had forced [[Yurika Ehara]] to depart as [[Prime Minister of Akashi|Prime Minister]], although she stayed on as [[President of Akashi|President]].

Unusually, this was the only presidential election with only two candidates. Leading Zenkyōtō spokesperson Orime Sasaki announced her candidacy under a "Youth Revolution" banner. In response, the left-wing parties stood down in order to give her a clear run against Yurikara, while the centre-right parties stood down to avoid {{wpl|vote splitting}}, implicitly supporting Yurikara.

The {{A-ARP}} couldn't field a candidate as its leader Ayako Sōnō was imprisoned for {{wpl|disturbing the peace}}, while the {{A-CNP}} refused to field a candidate in protest against "the tyranny of the protesters".

Yurikara won re-election, but Orime performed much better than expected, winning 45% of the vote — the best opposition performance so far — and winning majorities in 3 [[Akashi#Administrative divisions|provinces]] — overwhelmingly in [[Kobi]] and [[Shimachi]], and narrowly in [[Matō]]. Generally, Orime won the largest cities, while the rural areas and smaller cities went for Yurikara.

The result worried Yurikara's advisor [[Kozue Hidaka]], especially Orime's narrow majority in [[Matō]]. She took this as a sign that enough voters were sufficiently fed up with Yurikara that she would've lost against another candidate.

==Result==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:right; font-size: 100%;"
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
|+
!colspan=5|Presidential election, 27 June 1970
|-
!colspan=2|Candidate
!Party
!Votes
!%
|-
|style="background:{{A-NU/meta/color}}"|
|style="text-align:left"|[[Yurika Ehara]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{A-NU}}
|2.639.572
|55,0%
|-
|style="background:red"|
|style="text-align:left"|Orime Sasaki
|style="text-align:left"|Youth Revolution
|2.159.650
|45,0%
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left"|'''Total'''
|'''4.799.221'''
|'''100%'''
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left"|'''Registered voters and turnout'''
|5.392.384
|89,0%
|}

{{Akashian elections}}

[[Category:Elections in Akashi]]