2006 Kyoto gubernatorial election

2006 Kyoto gubernatorial election
Turnout	39.44 10.74
Governor before election; Keiji Yamada; LDP	Elected Governor ; Keiji Yamada; LDP

The 2006 Kyoto gubernatorial election was held on 9 April 2006 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 second term, defeating Kinugasa Yoko with 65.62% of the vote.

Candidates edit

Keiji Yamada, 52, 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]
Kinugasa Yoko, endorsed by JCP.^[1]

Results edit

Kyoto gubernatorial 2006^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Keiji Yamada	514,893	65.62	16,93
	Communist	Kinugasa Yoko	269,740	34.38	5.17
Turnout			795.207	38,44	10.74
Registered electors			2,068.690
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing

References edit

^ ^a ^b "poll". www.japan-press.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
^ "各種選挙の結果". 京都府. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2022-07-30.

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[auto-1] "poll". 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.

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