2014 Kyoto gubernatorial election

2014 Kyoto gubernatorial election
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Turnout34.45 Decrease 7.45
 
The Governor of Kyoto Prefecture Keiji Yamada in Kyoto, Japan cropped.jpg
Candidate Keiji Yamada Nozomu Ozaki
Party LDP JCP
Popular vote 481,195 215,744
Percentage 69.04% 30.96%
Governor before election

Keiji Yamada
LDP

Elected Governor

Keiji Yamada
LDP

The 2014 Kyoto gubernatorial election was held on 06 April 2014 to elect the next governor of Kyoto (石川県, Kyoto-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island. Governor Keiji Yamada was re-elected for a fourth term, defeating Nozomu Ozaki with 69.04% of the vote.

Candidates

  • Keiji Yamada, 60, incumbent (since 2002), former Home Affairs Ministry bureaucrat, former vice governor of the prefecture. He was supported by the LDP, Komeito party, as well as the opposition DPJ and SDP.[1]
  • Nozomu Ozaki, of the Association for a Democratic Kyoto Government, endorsed by JCP.[1]

Results

Kyoto gubernatorial 2014[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Keiji Yamada 481,195 69.04 Increase 5,78
Communist Nozomu Ozaki 215,744 30.96 Decrease 5.78
Turnout 708.889 34,45 Decrease 7.45
Registered electors 2,057.594
Liberal Democratic hold Swing

References

  1. ^ a b Johnston, Eric (April 7, 2014). "Kyoto re-elects Yamada to top post". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "各種選挙の結果". 京都府. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
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