2004 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election
8 August 2004
Turnout38.22 Decrease 3.65
 
Candidate Sekinari Nii Toshiki Fukue
Party LDP JCP
Popular vote 371,247 90,512
Percentage 80.40% 19,60%
Governor before election

Sekinari Nii
Liberal Democratic

 Elected Governor

Sekinari Nii
Liberal Democratic

The 2004 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election was held on 8 August 2004 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]

Candidates

The candidates were:[2]

  • Sekinari Nii, 61, elected in 1996 and 2000, endorsed by LDP, DPJ and New Komeito.
  • Toshiki Fukue, 63, former chairman of the prefectural chapter of the Labour federation, for the JCP.

Results

Yamaguchi gubernatorial 2018[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Sekinari Nii * 371,247 80.40 Decrease 0.20
Communist Toshiki Fukue 90,512 19,60 Increase 0.20
Turnout 467.573 38,22 Decrease 3.65
Registered electors 1,223,321
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. ↑ "Independents to challenge governors". The Japan Times. 23 July 2004. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "平成16年8月8日執行 山口県知事選挙の投開票結果 - 山口県ホームページ". www-pref-yamaguchi-lg-jp.translate.goog. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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