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2010 Kyoto gubernatorial election

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2010 Kyoto gubernatorial election

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Turnout41.09 Increase 2.65
 
The Governor of Kyoto Prefecture Keiji Yamada in Kyoto, Japan cropped.jpg
Candidate Keiji Yamada Mon Yusuke
Party LDP JCP
Popular vote 529,927 307,826
Percentage 63.26% 36.74%

Governor before election

Keiji Yamada
LDP

Elected Governor

Keiji Yamada
LDP

The 2010 Kyoto gubernatorial election was held on 11 April 2010 to elect the next governor of Kyoto (京都府, Kyoto-fu), a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island. Governor Keiji Yamada was re-elected for a third term, defeating Mon Yusuke with 63.26% of the vote.

Candidates

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  • Keiji Yamada, 56, incumbent (since 2002), former Home Affairs Ministry bureaucrat, former vice governor of the prefecture. He was supported by the LDP, Komeito party, as well as the opposition DPJ and SDP.[1]
  • Mon Yusuke, of the Association for a Democratic Kyoto Government, endorsed by JCP.[1]

Results

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Kyoto gubernatorial 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDP Keiji Yamada 529,927 63.26 Decrease 2,36
JCP Mon Yusuke 307,826 36.74 Increase 2.36
Turnout 849.767 41,09 Increase 2.65
Registered electors 2,068.135
LDP hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ a b "Progressive candidate puts up great fight in Kyoto gubernatorial election". www.japan-press.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  2. ^ "各種選挙の結果". 京都府. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2022-07-30.