2014 Kagawa gubernatorial election

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Turnout

33.60

3.32

Governor before election

Keizo Hamada
Liberal Democratic

Elected Governor

Keizo Hamada
Liberal Democratic

A gubernatorial election was held on 31 August 2014 to elect the next governor of Kagawa (石川県, Kagawa-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the north of the Shikoku island.

Candidates

Keizo Hamada, 62, incumbent since 2010, former Finance Ministry bureaucrat. He was supported by LDP, New Komeito, SDP and the local chapter of DPJ.
Tadashi Kawamura, 55, secretary general of JCP prefectural committee.

Results

2014 Kagawa gubernatorial election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Keizo Hamada	223,846	83.57	28.70
	Communist	Tadashi Kawamura	44,023	16.43	8.75
Turnout			273,594	33.60	3.32
Total valid votes			267,869	97.91
Registered electors			814,209
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing	67.14