A gubernatorial election was held on 11 July 2010 to elect the next governor of Shiga (滋賀県, Shiga-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island.
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| Turnout | 61.56  16.62 | ||
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Candidates edit
- Yukiko Kada, incumbent since 2002, 60, former Kyoto Seika University Professor. She was backed by the SDP and DPJ.
- Ken'ichirō Ueno, 44, former representative, bureaucrat in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. He was supported by the LDP and Komeito.
- Hideaki Maruoka, endorsed by JCP.
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Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Social Democratic | Yukiko Kada * | 419,921 | 63.17 | 17.14
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| Liberal Democratic | Ken'ichirō Ueno | 208,707 | 31.40 |  7,76
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| Communist | Hideaki Maruoka | 36,126 | 5.43 | 9,38
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| Turnout | 671.414 | 61,56 | 16.62
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| Registered electors | 1.090.743 | ||||
| Social Democratic hold | Swing | 31.77 | |||
References edit
- ^ "Governor Kada Yukiko reelected in landslide victory".
- ^ "滋賀県知事選挙・第22回参議院議員通常選挙・滋賀県議会議員大津市選挙区補欠選挙｜滋賀県ホームページ". www.pref.shiga.lg.jp/.
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