2006 Shiga gubernatorial election

2006 Shiga gubernatorial election

2 July 2006
Turnout	44.94 6.27
Governor before election Yoshitsugu Kunimatsu LDP Elected Governor Yukiko Kada SDP

A gubernatorial election was held on 2 July 2006 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

• Yoshitsugu Kunimatsu, 68, incumbent since 1998, former prefectural official in charge of general affairs and health and welfare matters. He was supported by the LDP, New Komeito, as well as the opposition DPJ.
• Yoshinori Tsuji, 59, labor union leader, endorsed by JCP.
• Yukiko Kada, 56, Kyoto Seika University Professor. She was backed by the SDP.

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Results

Shiga gubernatorial 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Democratic	Yukiko Kada	217,842	46.03	n/a
	Liberal Democratic	Yoshitsugu Kunimatsu *	185,344	39.16	33,94
	Communist	Yoshinori Tsuji	70,110	14.81	7,93
Turnout			477.661	44,94	6.27
Registered electors			1.062.792
	Swing to Social Democratic from Liberal Democratic		Swing	6.87