2010 Ishikawa gubernatorial election

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Turnout

48.13

8.03

Governor before election

Masanori Tanimoto
SDP

Elected Governor

Masanori Tanimoto
SDP

A gubernatorial election was held on 3 April 2010 to elect the next governor of Ishikawa (山口県, Ishikawa-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island..

Candidates

Masanori Tanimoto, 64, incumbent since 1994, endorsed by SDP, Komeito, LDP, DPJ.
Yutaka Kuwabara, 64, former DPJ lawmaker.
Yoshinobu Kimura, 58, endorsed by JCP.
Teruo Yonemura, 70.

Source:^[1]

Results

Ishikawa gubernatorial 2010^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Democratic	Masanori Tanimoto *	296,628	60.94	15.93
	Democratic	Yutaka Kuwabara	105,166	23.65	n/a
	Communist	Yoshinobu Kimura	33,817	7.61	9.75
		Teruo Yonemura	9,056	2.04	n/a
Turnout			451.591	48,13	8.03
Registered electors			938,352
	Social Democratic hold		Swing	15.93

References

^ "Ishikawa governor is re-elected". The Japan Times. 16 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2022-07-28. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
^ 石川県. "石川県／過去の選挙結果—石川県知事選挙―". Pref-ishikawa-lg-jp.translate.goog. Archived from the original on 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2022-07-30.