2012 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election

2012 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election
Turnout	45.32 8.11
Governor before election; Sekinari Nii; LDP	Elected Governor ; Shigetaro Yamamoto; LDP

A gubernatorial election was held on 29 July 2012 to elect the next governor of Yamaguchi (山口県, Yamaguchi-ken), a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region of the main island of Honshu.^[1]

Sekinari Nii (LDP), who had held office since 1996, did not stand for re-election.

Candidates

Shigetaru Yamamoto, former bureaucrat of the ministry of Transports, endorsed by LDP and New Komeito.
Tetsunari Iida, engineer, anti-nuclear and pro renewable energy. Backed by the SDP and the JCP.
Tsutomu Takamura, former member of the House of Representatives for the DPJ.
Shigeyuki Miwa, physician, former Director of Health Promotion Division of the Yamaguchi Prefecture.

Source:^[2]

Results

Yamaguchi gubernatorial 2012^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Shigetaru Yamamoto	252,461	47.57	23.07
	Social Democratic	Tetsunari Iida	185,654	34.98	5.62
	Democratic	Tsutomu Takamura	55,418	10.44
		Shigeyuki Miwa	37,150	7.00
Turnout			537.077	45.32	8.11
Registered electors			1,185,190
	LDP hold		Swing

References

^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yamaguchi-ken" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 1039-1040, p. 1039, at Google Books; "Chūgoku" at p. 127, p. 127, at Google Books.
^ "Japan anti-nuclear candidate loses governor race, changes debate". Eco-Business.
^ "平成24年7月29日執行山口県知事選挙確定開票状況 - 山口県ホームページ". www-pref-yamaguchi-lg-jp.translate.goog.

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yamaguchi-ken" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 1039-1040, p. 1039, at Google Books; "Chūgoku" at p. 127, p. 127, at Google Books.

[2] "Japan anti-nuclear candidate loses governor race, changes debate". Eco-Business.

[3] "平成24年7月29日執行山口県知事選挙確定開票状況 - 山口県ホームページ". www-pref-yamaguchi-lg-jp.translate.goog.

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