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The 2023 Fukui gubernatorial election was held on 9 April 2023, to elect the next governor of Fukui Prefecture.[1] It was held as part of the 2023 Japanese unified local elections. The incumbent governor of Fukui, an independent candidate, who was supported by the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, and the Constitutional Democratic Party,[2][3] was reelected to a second term with a landslide victory.
Sugimoto faced limited competition, with the main contest coming in the form of Japanese Communist Party candidate Yuki Kanemoto.