2012 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election
29 July 2012
Turnout45.32 Increase 8.11
Governor before election

Sekinari Nii
Liberal Democratic

 Elected Governor

Shigetaro Yamamoto
Liberal Democratic

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 % ±%
Liberal Democratic Shigetaru Yamamoto 252,461 47.57 Decrease 23.07
Social Democratic Tetsunari Iida 185,654 34.98 Increase 5.62
Democratic Tsutomu Takamura 55,418 10.44
Shigeyuki Miwa 37,150 7.00
Turnout 537.077 45.32 Increase 8.11
Registered electors 1,185,190
Liberal Democratic hold Swing

References

  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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