2002 Shiga gubernatorial election

7 July 2002
Turnout	38.67 27.29
Governor before election Yoshitsugu Kunimatsu LDP Elected Governor Yoshitsugu Kunimatsu LDP

A gubernatorial election was held on 13 March 2002 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, 64, incumbent since 1998, former prefectural official in charge of general affairs and health and welfare matters. He was supported by the LDP, New Komeito party and the NCP, as well as the opposition DPJ and the SDP.
• Yoshihiro Tanimoto, 63, adviser to the Shiga chapter of the Zenroren, endorsed by JCP.
• Masakazu Yamanaka, 48, a former company employee.
• Kingo Takada, 47, farmer.

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Results

Shiga gubernatorial 2002^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Yoshitsugu Kunimatsu	285,002	73.10
	Communist	Yoshihiro Tanimoto	88,636	22.74
		Masakazu Yamanaka	9,556	2.45
		Kingo Takada	6,642	1.70
Turnout			397.769	38,67	27.29
Registered electors			1.028.690
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing

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