2014 Kyoto gubernatorial election

2014 Kyoto gubernatorial election
Turnout	34.45 7.45
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	5,78
	Communist	Nozomu Ozaki	215,744	30.96	5.78
Turnout			708.889	34,45	7.45
Registered electors			2,057.594
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing

References

^ ^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.
^ "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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[auto-1] 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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