2018 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election

4 February 2018
Turnout36.49 Decrease 2.33
 
Candidate Tsugumasa Muraoka Yuzuru Kumano
Party LDP JCP
Popular vote 347,762 75,207
Percentage 82.22% 17.78%

Governor before election

Tsugumasa Muraoka
Liberal Democratic

Elected Governor

Tsugumasa Muraoka
Liberal Democratic

The 2018 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election was held on 4 February 2018 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

Results

Yamaguchi gubernatorial 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Tsugumasa Muraoka * 347,762[2] 82.22 n/a
Communist Yuzuru Kumano 75,207 17.78 n/a
Turnout 36,49 Decrease 2.33
Registered electors
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. "LDP-backed incumbents win in Nagasaki and Yamaguchi gubernatorial elections". The Japan Times Online. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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