The 2008 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election was held on 3 August 2008 to elect the next governor of Yamaguchi (山口県, Yamaguchi-ken), a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region of the main island of Honshu.[1]
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| Turnout | 37.21  1.01 | |||||||||||||||
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Candidates
edit- Sekinari Nii, elected in 1996, 2000 and 2004, endorsed by LDP, New Komeito and prefectural assembly lawmakers from DPJ.
- Toshiki Fukue, former chairman of prefectoral Labour federation, backed by the JCP.
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Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| LDP | Sekinari Nii * | 317,449 | 70.64 | 9.76
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| JCP | Toshiki Fukue | 123,950 | 29,36 |  9.76
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| Turnout | 449.382 | 37,21 | 1.01
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| Registered electors | 1,207,826 | ||||
| LDP hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yamaguchi-ken" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 1039-1040, p. 1039, at Google Books; "Chūgoku" at p. 127, p. 127, at Google Books.
- ^ "Independents to challenge governors". The Japan Times. July 23, 2004.
- ^ "平成20年8月3日執行 山口県知事選挙 確定投票状況 - 山口県ホームページ". www-pref-yamaguchi-lg-jp.translate.goog.
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