Gubernatorial elections in Japan 2011
In 2011, there were 20 gubernatorial elections between January and November in Japan .
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 formal support given by the parties are listed.
January 30, 2011: Yamanashi
In the gubernatorial election in Yamanashi Prefecture , incumbent Shōmei Yokouchi applied for a second term with the support of the major parties. The only opposing candidate was the CPY-supported Reiko Ōkubo. With the turnout of 42.29% (2007: 66.23%) falling sharply, Yokouchi clearly prevailed.
candidate | Support parties | be right | proportion of | |||
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Shōmei Yokouchi | DP , LDP , Kōmeitō | 240.058 | 82.96% | |||
Reiko Ōkubo | KPJ | 49.294 | 17.04% | |||
total | 289.352 | 100.00% |
February 6, 2011: Aichi
The gubernatorial election in Aichi Prefecture was part of a nationally noted "triple vote" ( triple tōhyō ) in the city of Nagoya : on the initiative of Nagoya's mayor Takashi Kawamura , early mayoral elections and a recall vote for the city council took place on the same day . In the gubernatorial election, Kawamura and his regional party Genzei Nippon supported the candidacy of former LDP MP Hideaki Ōmura , who had opposed his party. Four other candidates ran for the governorship, incumbent Masaaki Kanda had withdrawn after three terms.
Ōmura, who during the election campaign had spoken out in favor of a permanent cut in prefecture taxes, received almost half of the votes cast and was able to clearly distance the candidates from the two major parties. The turnout was 52.52%.
candidate | Support parties | be right | proportion of | |||
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Hideaki Ōmura | Kōmeitō , Genzei Nippon | 1,502,571 | 49.23% | |||
Kazuhiko Shigetoku | LDP | 546.610 | 17.91% | |||
Shin'ichirō Misono | DP , SDP , NVP | 487,896 | 15.98% | |||
Michiyo Yakushiji | Minna | 324.222 | 10.62% | |||
Toshihiko Doi | KPJ | 141,320 | 4.63% | |||
total | 3,002,619 | 100.00% |
April 10, 2011: Uniform regional elections
Main article: Uniform regional elections in Japan 2011
In the first phase of the unified regional elections in 2011, the governors of Hokkaidō , Tokyo , Kanagawa , Fukui , Mie , Nara , Tottori , Shimane , Tokushima , Fukuoka , Saga and Ōita were newly elected. Incumbents stood for re-election in nine prefectures, all of which were re-elected for a further four years.
prefecture | Election winners (number for re-elections) |
Support parties | ||||
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Hokkaidō | Harumi Takahashi (3) | LDP, Kōmeitō | ||||
Tokyo | Shintaro Ishihara (4) | - (unofficial / partially: LDP, Kōmeitō) | ||||
Kanagawa | Yūji Kuroiwa | Kōmeitō (unofficial / partially: DP, LDP) | ||||
Fukui | Issei Nishikawa (3) | LDP, Kōmeitō | ||||
Mie | Eikei Suzuki | LDP, Kōmeitō, Minna | ||||
Nara | Shōgo Arai (2) | - (formerly LDP-Kōmeitō-supported) | ||||
Tokushima | Kamon Iizumi (3) | - (formerly LDP-Kōmeitō-supported) | ||||
Tottori | Shinji Hirai (2) | - (formerly LDP-Kōmeitō-supported) | ||||
Shimane | Zembē Mizoguchi (2) | LDP, Kōmeitō | ||||
Ōita | Katsusada Hirose (3) | Kōmeitō, SDP (unofficial / partially: DP, LDP) | ||||
Fukuoka | Hiroshi Ogawa | Kōmeitō, SDP, NVP, Nōseiren (unofficial / partially: DP, LDP) | ||||
saga | Yasushi Furukawa (3) | LDP, Kōmeitō |
June 5, 2011: Aomori
Governor Shingo Mimura ran for a third term in the election in Aomori Prefecture . LDP and Kōmeitō supported his re-election. Former Democratic Prefectural MP Takashi Yamauchi and Communist Yō Yoshimata ran against Mimura. Nuclear power was also a topic of national attention during the election campaign - there are several nuclear plants in Aomori, including the Rokkasho reprocessing plant; During the election campaign, Yamauchi called for construction to be halted for further nuclear facilities in Aomori, and Yoshimata for an exit from nuclear power.
With a turnout of 41.5%, Governor Mimura was re-elected for another four years with around 75 percent of the vote.
candidate | Support parties | be right | proportion of | ||
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Shingo Mimura | LDP , Kōmeitō | 349.274 | 74.53% | ||
Takashi Yamauchi | DP , NVP | 83,374 | 17.79% | ||
Yō Yoshimata | KPJ | 35,972 | 7.68% | ||
total | 468.620 | 100.00% | |||
invalid votes | 4,592 | 0.97% | |||
voter turnout | 473.212 | 41.52% |
July 3, 2011: Gunma
In the gubernatorial election in Gunma Prefecture on July 3, 2011 incumbent Masaaki Ōsawa applied for a second term with the support of LDP, Kōmeitō and Minna no Tō. The official election campaign began on June 16, 2011. Opposing candidates were the prefectural parliamentarian Arata Gotō of Liberal Gunma , an opposition faction made up of supporters of Ōsawa's predecessor Hiroyuki Kodera , the entrepreneur Atsushi Ebine and the communist Keiji Kosuge. Main election campaign topics were measures from Ōsawa's first term, including the health care for middle school students and the conflict with the central democratic government over dams in Gunma, the damage after the Tōhoku-Kantō earthquake and energy policy. Ōsawa, who in his first term of office was the only governor in the country with formal party affiliation, this time ran as an independent as usual today. Ōsawa won by a clear margin over Gotō and the other two candidates.
candidate | Support parties | be right | proportion of | |||
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Masaaki Ōsawa | LDP , Kōmeitō , Minna | 392.504 | 67.54% | |||
Arata Gotō | 148,790 | 25.60% | ||||
Keiji Kosuge | KPJ | 33,355 | 5.74% | |||
Atsushi Ebine | 6,515 | 1.12% | ||||
total | 581.164 | 100.00% | ||||
invalid and lost votes | 7,518 | 1.28% | ||||
voter turnout | 588,682 | 36.62% |
July 31, 2011: Saitama
The gubernatorial election of Saitama Prefecture took place on July 31, 2011, and the official election campaign began on July 14. The incumbent has been Kiyoshi Ueda since 2003 , who is running again with the support of the prefectural associations of DP, LDP and Kōmeitō. In addition, the unionist Satoru Haratomi and the former high school teacher Nobuhiro Takeda competed with the support of the CPY.
With a historically low turnout of 24.9% in gubernatorial elections across the country, Ueda clearly prevailed with over 80% of the vote.
candidate | Support parties | be right | proportion of | |||
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Kiyoshi Ueda | DP , LDP , Kōmeitō | 1,191,071 | 84.29% | |||
Satoru Haratomi | KPJ | 171,750 | 12.15% | |||
Nobuhiro Takeda | 50,252 | 3.56% | ||||
total | 1,413,073 | 100.00% | ||||
invalid votes etc. | 25,394 | 1.77% | ||||
voter turnout | 1,438,467 | 24.89% |
September 11, 2011: Iwate
The gubernatorial election in Iwate , which was actually planned for the uniform regional elections , was postponed because of the Tōhoku earthquake . It took place at the same time as the postponed prefectural parliamentary elections and some local elections in Iwate on September 11, 2011. The official election campaign started on August 25th. Governor Takuya Tasso ran for a second term with the support of the Democratic Party. Liberal Democrats, Social Democrats and the "Regional Party Iwate" ( Chiiki Seitō Iwate ) supported the former prefectural member of Parliament Hiroyuki Takahashi, a trade unionist from Iwate with communist support and a local entrepreneur as an independent candidate. The main topic of the election campaign was the reconstruction after the earthquake.
With a historically low turnout of 59.9% for Iwate Prefecture, Governor Tasso was re-elected for a second term with more than two-thirds of the vote.
candidate | Support parties | be right | proportion of | |||
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Takuya Tasso | DP | 438.975 | 68.25% | |||
Hiroyuki Takahashi | LDP , SDP , Chiiki Seitō Iwate | 163.397 | 25.40% | |||
Tsuyumichi Suzuki | KPJ | 25,240 | 3.92% | |||
Tetsuo Ashina | - | 15,567 | 2.42% | |||
total | 643.179 | 100.00% |
November 27, 2011
On November 27, the regular gubernatorial election in Kōchi and an early new election in Osaka will take place, which will be held at the same time as the mayoral election in the city of Osaka.
Osaka
In Osaka Prefecture , Governor Tōru Hashimoto resigned in October 2011 to run for the mayoral election on November 27, 2011 in the city of Osaka . The new election of the governor took place on the same day. The official start of the election campaign period was November 10, 2011; The main topic of the election campaign was Governor Hashimoto's planned abolition of the city of Osaka. For Hashimoto's Osaka Ishin no Kai , General Secretary Ichirō Matsui applied as his successor, previously a member of the prefectural parliament for the city of Yao . It led to the start of the election campaign in polls in front of his main rival candidate, the previous mayor of Ikeda Kaoru Kurata, who was supported by both the Democratic and Liberal Democratic parties. Other applicants included lawyer Shōji Umeda (supported by the Japanese Communist Party), former prefectural official Shū Kishida, building contractor Masaru Nakamura, former middle school teacher Masaaki Takahashi and running candidate Mac Akasaka of the Smile Party.
The LDP Sangiin MP Kazuya Maruyama , whose candidacy threatened to split the LDP Prefectural Association into two camps for the gubernatorial election, withdrew a few days after his candidacy was announced. The entrepreneur and long-term candidate Seizō Hashiba had also withdrawn a previously declared candidacy.
With an even higher turnout than in the last elections in 2008 (49.0%), Matsui achieved a clear victory. Since Hashimoto won the mayoral election in the city of Osaka at the same time and the Ōsaka Ishin no Kai holds a majority in the prefectural parliament, he now controls important local institutions for his administrative reform plans; The party holds relative majorities in the councils of the major cities of Osaka and Sakai. Hashimoto announced that his party would advance into national politics if the mainstream parties in the national parliament obstruct reform.
candidate | Support parties | be right | proportion of | ||
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Ichirō Matsui | Osaka Ishin no Kai | 2,006,195 | 54.7% | ||
Kaoru Kurata | DP , LDP | 1.201.034 | 32.8% | ||
Shōji Umeda | KPJ | 357.159 | 9.7% | ||
Shu Kishida | - | 29,487 | 0.8% | ||
Masaaki Takahashi | - | 27,809 | 0.8% | ||
Masaru Nakamura | 21-seiki Nihon Ishin no Kai | 22,349 | 0.6% | ||
Mac Akasaka | Nihon Sumairu-tō | 21,479 | 0.6% | ||
total | 3,665,510 | 100.0% | |||
invalid votes etc. | 53,348 | 1.4% | |||
voter turnout | 3,718,858 | 52.9% |
Kochi
In Kochi Prefecture , Governor Masanao Ozaki's first term expires in December 2011. He was supported for re-election by the LDP, DP, Kōmeitō and SDP. The campaign period began on November 10th and ended on November 27th. Since even the Japanese Communist Party did not nominate an opposing candidate, there was no candidate besides Governor Ozaki, and he was confirmed in office without a vote. Most recently, a candidate for governor was elected without a vote in the Tottori election in 2003 due to a lack of opposing candidates.
On November 27th there were also three mayoral elections - with several candidates, i.e. with a vote - in the independent cities of Nankoku , Sukumo and the prefecture capital Kōchi .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yamanashi Prefecture Election Commission: Turnout ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2012 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.
- ↑ Yamanashi Prefecture Election Commission: Election result ( Memento of the original from January 28, 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.
- ↑ 公 明 、 現 職 推薦 を 決定 福井 、 青森 知事 選. (No longer available online.) In: MSN / Sankei News. February 10, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 27, 2011 (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.
- ↑ Mimura poised to win Aomori re-election bid. In: The Japan Times . June 5, 2011, accessed July 1, 2011 .
- ↑ The Senkyo: Gubernatorial Election in Aomori 2011 ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 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.
- ↑ Aomori Prefecture Electoral Supervision Commission: voter turnout and results ( memento of the original of June 10, 2011 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.
- ↑ 群 馬 県 知事 選 県 政 評 価 め ぐ り 舌 戦 現 職 に 3 新人 挑 む . (No longer available online.) In: MSN / Sankei News. June 17, 2011, archived from the original on November 9, 2012 ; Retrieved July 1, 2011 (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.
- ↑ The Senkyo: Gubernatorial Election in Gunma 2011 ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2011 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.
- ↑ Gunma Prefecture: Gouverneurswahl 2011 ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2011 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.
- ↑ Saitama Prefecture Electoral Supervision Commission: Schedule for the 2011 gubernatorial election ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2012 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.
- ↑ 3 氏 が 届 け 出 = 埼 玉 知事 選 . In: Jiji Tsūshin . July 14, 2011, Retrieved July 14, 2011 (Japanese).
- ↑ 埼 玉 県 知事 選 、 上 田氏 が 3 選 投票 率 最低 . (No longer available online.) In: MSN / Sankei News. July 31, 2011, archived from the original on August 1, 2011 ; Retrieved August 1, 2011 (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.
- ↑ Saitama Prefecture Electoral Supervision Commission ( Memento of the original dated November 12, 2011 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.
- ^ Incumbent Iwate Gov. Tasso reelected. In: The Japan Times . September 12, 2011, accessed September 13, 2011 .
- ↑ The Senkyo: Gubernatorial Election in Iwate 2011 ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2012 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.
- ↑ Eric Johnston: 'Second Osaka Castle battle' campaign starts. In: The Japan Times . November 10, 2011, accessed November 11, 2011 .
- ↑ Ikeda Mayor Kurata jumps into race for Osaka governorship. In: The Japan Times . October 28, 2011, accessed October 28, 2011 .
- ^ Maruyama to contest Osaka race. In: The Japan Times . October 29, 2011, accessed October 31, 2011 .
- ↑ DPJ, LDP face national-level splits. Osaka victims' next target: Lower House. In: The Japan Times . November 28, 2011, accessed November 28, 2011 .
- ↑ Osaka Prefecture Electoral Supervision Commission: 2011 gubernatorial election result
- ↑ 高 知 知事 選 、 共産 が 擁 立 見 送 り… 無 投票 の 様 相 に . In: Yomiuri Shimbun . October 26, 2011, archived from the original on October 27, 2011 ; Retrieved October 31, 2011 (Japanese).
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- ↑ 高 知 3 市長 選 あ す 告示 . (No longer available online.) In: MSN / Sankei News . November 19, 2011, archived from the original on November 23, 2011 ; Retrieved November 27, 2011 (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.