Gubernatorial elections in Japan 2013
In 2013, gubernatorial elections were held in nine prefectures in Japan . With Chiba, Hyogo and Shizuoka, three of the ten most populous prefectures elected their governors. Five of the governors up for re-election applied for a second term, so they were elected for the first time in 2009. In two elections there was only one candidate and there was no vote.
Note: Most candidates run as non-party in gubernatorial elections; therefore the party affiliations are not listed separately in the election results and only the recommendations and support formally expressed by the parties are listed. In the following, no distinction is made between support for national parties and prefectural associations.
January 27th
The elections in Yamagata and Gifu were scheduled for January 27th . However, the election in Yamagata remained without a vote due to the lack of opposing candidates.
Yamagata
At the beginning of the election campaign on January 10th, no candidate other than Governor Mieko Yoshimura had registered in Yamagata , so she was re-elected for a second term without a vote. In Yamagata it is the first re-election without a vote since 1959, when Tōkichi Abiko ran for his second term; Nationwide, Masanao Ozaki was last confirmed as governor of Kōchi without a vote in office in November 2011 .
Gifu
In Gifu, Governor Hajime Furuta's only challenger was Masanori Suzuki, a member of the CPJ's prefectural board . Furuta's re-election was supported by the LDP , DP and Kōmeitō .
candidate | Support parties | be right | proportion of | |||
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Hajime Furuta | LDP , DP , Kōmeitō | 474.731 | 85.0% | |||
Masanori Suzuki | KPJ | 83,859 | 15.0% | |||
total | 558,590 | 100.0% | ||||
invalid votes etc. | ||||||
voter turnout | 33.92% |
March 17th: Chiba
Kensaku Morita (63), governor of Chiba , applied for a second term with support from the center-right parties ( LDP , Ishin , Kōmeitō , Minna ). Opposing candidates were the former professor Sadanobu Miwa (75), who enjoyed the support of the CPY, and the self-employed Yūsuke Satō (31). The Democratic Party waived its own election recommendation. The official election campaign started on February 28th.
The turnout fell from over 45% in 2009 to below 32%. Morita won by more than three-quarters of the vote.
candidate | Support parties | be right | proportion of | ||||
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Kensaku Morita (Eiji Suzuki) | LDP , Kōmeitō , Minna , Ishin | 1,230,137 | 78.5% | ||||
Sadanobu Miwa | KPJ | 288,762 | 18.4% | ||||
Yūsuke Satō | - | 47,559 | 3.0% | ||||
total | 1,566,458 | 100.0% | |||||
invalid votes etc. | 29,586 | 1.85% | |||||
voter turnout | 1,596,044 | 31.96% |
April 7: Akita
For the official announcement on March 21, the only candidate announced in the Akita election was Governor Norihisa Satake , who was thus the winner without a vote. In Akita it was the first gubernatorial election without a vote.
June 16: Shizuoka
The Shizuoka gubernatorial election took place on June 16, and four by-elections to the prefectural parliament were held at the same time. The governor's election campaign began on May 30th. In addition to Governor Heita Kawakatsu , Ichirō Hirose, former professor at Tama University, and Yukihiro Shimazu, former vice-chairman of the CPY prefecture association, ran for candidates. The LDP supported Hirose, the Kōmeitō gave no election recommendation. The election campaign topics included earthquake and tsunami protection - especially before the next Tōkai earthquake , which is expected to occur off the coast of the prefecture -, the Hamaoka nuclear power plant , the economic and employment situation and the ongoing application to make Fuji a UNESCO Declare world heritage.
With voter turnout down by more than eleven points, Governor Kawakatsu prevailed for another term with over 70% of the vote.
candidate | Support parties | be right | proportion of | |
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Heita Kawakatsu | - | 1,080,609 | 72.6% | |
Ichirō Hirose | LDP | 345,617 | 23.2% | |
Yukihiro Shimazu | KPJ | 61,980 | 4.2% | |
total | 1,488,206 | 100.0% | ||
invalid votes etc. | 9,863 | 0.66% | ||
voter turnout | 1,498,069 | 49.49% |
July 21: Hyogo
In Hyogo , the 2013 gubernatorial election took place on July 21, the date of the 2013 Sangiin election . At the same time, a by-election to the prefectural parliament took place in Kobe's Tarumi district. Most recently, the gubernatorial election and the Sangiin election coincided in 2001, when Toshizō Ido was elected governor for the first time. Governor Ido's only opposing candidate was the CPJ-supported association functionary Kōtarō Tanaka, who had been Ido's only challenger in 2009. With a turnout of over 50%, Ido was clearly confirmed in office.
candidate | Support parties | be right | proportion of | ||
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Toshizō Ido | Kōmeitō , SDP | 1,684,146 | 72.8% | ||
Kōtaro Tanaka | KPJ | 627.874 | 27.2% | ||
total | 2,312,020 | 100.0% | |||
invalid votes etc. | 94.176 | 3.91% | |||
voter turnout | 2,406,196 | 53.47% |
September 8: Ibaraki
In Ibaraki , Governor Masaru Hashimoto , who has been in office since 1993 and is currently the longest-serving governor in the country, was re-elected for a sixth term.
candidate | Support parties | be right | proportion of | |
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Masaru Hashimoto | 489.832 | 65.5% | ||
Shigehiro Tanaka | KPJ | 257.625 | 34.5% | |
total | 747.457 | 100.0% | ||
invalid votes etc. | 14,279 | 1.87% | ||
voter turnout | 761.736 | 31.74% |
October 27th: Miyagi
In Miyagi incumbent Yoshihiro Murai won against the CPJ-backed lawyer Masaaki Sato.
candidate | Support parties | be right | proportion of | |
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Yoshihiro Murai | 591.265 | 86.4% | ||
Masaaki Satō | KPJ | 92,790 | 13.6% | |
total | 684.055 | 100.0% | ||
invalid votes etc. | 5,219 | 0.76% | ||
voter turnout | 689.274 | 36.58% |
November 10: Hiroshima
Hidehiko Yuzaki , governor of Hiroshima , was confirmed in office with the support of the major parties against the communist Osamu Ōnishi.
candidate | Support parties | be right | proportion of | |||
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Hidehiko Yuzaki | LDP , DP , Kōmeitō | 646.316 | 88.9% | |||
Osamu Ōnishi | KPJ | 81.141 | 11.2% | |||
total | 727.457 | 100.0% | ||||
invalid votes etc. | 7,800 | 1.06% | ||||
voter turnout | 735.257 | 31.97% |
Web links
- 都 道 府 県 選 挙 管理 委員会 連 合 会 ( to-dō-fu-ken bekyo kanri iinkai rengōkai , "Association of Prefectural Election Oversight Commissions ")
- Sōmushō : gubernatorial election results (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 山形 知事 、 吉 村 氏 再 選 59 年 以来 の 無 投票 . (No longer available online.) In: Kahoku Shimpō . January 11, 2013, formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 11, 2013 (Japanese). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 2 氏 が 届 け 出 = 岐阜 知事 選 . (No longer available online.) In: The Wall Street Journal . January 10, 2013, formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 11, 2013 (Japanese). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 岐阜 県 知事 選 、 古 田氏 が 3 選 . In: Yomiuri Shimbun Online. January 28, 2013, archived from the original on February 8, 2013 ; Retrieved March 4, 2013 (Japanese).
- ↑ 千葉 県 知事 選 告示 、 現 職 と 2 新人 が 届 け 出 . In: Yomiuri Shimbun Online. February 28, 2013, archived from the original on March 5, 2013 ; Retrieved March 4, 2013 (Japanese).
- ↑ 千葉 県 知事 選 、 森 田氏 が 再 選 . In: Asahi Shimbun Digital. March 17, 2013, Retrieved March 17, 2013 (Japanese).
- ↑ Chiba Prefectural Election Oversight Commission : 平 成 25 年 3 月 17 日 執行 千葉 県 知事 選 挙
- ↑ 佐 竹 氏 が 無 投票 再 選 = 1 月 の 山形 以来 - 秋田 知事 選 . (No longer available online.) In: The Wall Street Journal . March 23, 2013, formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 7, 2013 (Japanese). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Shizuoka Prefectural Election Oversight Commission: Schedule for the gubernatorial election ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 2013 知事 選 共産 、 島 津 氏 が 出馬 表明 静岡 . (No longer available online.) In: MSN / Sankei News. May 15, 2013, archived from the original on May 21, 2013 ; Retrieved May 19, 2013 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Chūnichi Shimbun , Gubernatorial election in Shizuoka 2013 , May 19, 2013: 公 明 が 自主 へ M ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on May 19, 2013).
- ↑ Chūnichi Shimbun, May 19, 2013: 静岡 選 択 の 時 立 候補 予 定 者 座談会 詳 報 ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on May 19, 2013).
- ↑ Shizuoka Prefectural Election Oversight Commission: 2013 Gubernatorial Election
- ↑ Hyōgo Prefectural Election Oversight Commission: Schedule for the gubernatorial election and the by-election to the prefectural parliament
- ↑ Hyōgo Prefectural Election Oversight Commission : 第 23 回 参議院 議員 通常 選 挙 、 兵 庫 県 知事 選 挙 及 び 兵 庫 県 議会 議会 補 欠 欠 選 挙 の 投 開票 結果
- ↑ Ibaraki Prefectural Election Oversight Commission : 茨城 県 知事 選 挙 ・ 茨城 県 議会 議員 補 欠 選 挙 (古河 市 ・ 取 手 市 ・ 筑 西 市 選 挙 区) 投 開票 速 報 ( Memento des Originals from October 13, 2013 in the Internet link was automatically inserted ) Info: The archive not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Miyagi Prefectural Election Oversight Commission : 平 成 25 年 10 月 27 日 執行 宮城 県 知事 選 挙 ・ 結果 ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hiroshima Prefecture Electoral Supervision Commission : 広 島 県 知事 選 挙 及 び 広 島 県 議会 議員 補 欠 選 挙 投 開票 速 報 ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.