At the same time the former city assembly member and previous prefecture assembly member, SAITO, ran the race for mayor as an independent candidate backed by the former hospital director for Maizuru Municipal Hospital and relatives of the (now defunct) former Maizuru mayor, resulting in a split among the conservatives.
また、元市民病院院長や元舞鶴市長（故人）の親族の応援を得て無所属で出馬した元舞鶴市会議員で前府会議員の斎藤によって保守分裂した。