2014 Shiga gubernatorial election

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Turnout

50.15

11.41


Candidate	Taizo Mikazuki	Takashi Koyari
Party	Independent	Liberal Democratic
Popular vote	253,728	240,652
Percentage	46.33%	43.94%

Governor before election

Yukiko Kada
SDP

Elected Governor

Taizo Mikazuki
Independent

A gubernatorial election was held on 11 July 2014 to elect the next governor of Shiga (石川県, Shiga-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island.

Candidates

Source:^[1]

Yukiko Kada, incumbent since 2002, 64, former Kyoto Seika University Professor is not seeking an re election. She backed Taizo Mikazuki.
Taizo Mikazuki, 43, an ex-lawmaker of the DPJ, also endorsed by the SDP.
Takashi Koyari, 47, a former Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry official. He was supported by the LDP, Komeito and Ishin no Kai.
Ikuo Tsubota, 55, junior high school teacher, endorsed by JCP.

Results

Shiga Gubernatorial election, 2014^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Taizo Mikazuki	253,728	46.33	16.84
	Liberal Democratic	Takashi Koyari	240,652	43.94	12,54
	Communist	Ikuo Tsubota	53,280	9.73	4,30
Turnout			554.078	50,15	11.41
Registered electors			1,104,765
	Swing to Democratic from Social Democratic		Swing	2.39