1998 Okinawa gubernatorial election

A gubernatorial election was held on 15 November 1998 to elect the Governor of Okinawa (山口県, Okinawa-ken), who is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan.

1998 Okinawa gubernatorial election

15 November 1998
Turnout	76.54 14.00
Governor before election Masahide Ōta SDP Elected Governor Keiichi Inamine LDP

Candidates

• Masahide Ōta, 73, incumbent since 1990, endorsed by SDP, OSMP, JCP, LP and NSP.
• Keiichi Inamine, 65, former vice-governor, backed by LDP, New Okinawa and SPP.
• Mitsuo Matayoshi, 54, a conservative Protestant preacher. He led his own party, the World Economic Community Party.

Results

Okinawa gubernatorial 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Keiichi Inamine	374,833	52.43	12.72
	Social Democratic	Masahide Ōta *	337,369	47.19	13.10
	World Economic Community Party	Mitsuo Matayoshi	2,649	0.37	n/a
Total valid votes			714,851	99.40
Turnout			719.159	76.54	14.00
Registered electors			939.545
	Swing to LDP from Social Democratic		Swing	5.24

References

• Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at ja:1998年沖縄県知事選挙; see its history for attribution.