2018 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election

2018 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election
Turnout	36.49 2.33
Governor before election; Tsugumasa Muraoka; Liberal Democratic	Elected Governor ; Tsugumasa Muraoka; Liberal Democratic

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The 2018 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election was held on 4 February 2018 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]

Candidates

Tsugumasa Muraoka, incumbent, endorsed by LDP and Komeito.
Yuzuru Kumano, former head of the local teachers' union, JCP.

Results

Yamaguchi gubernatorial 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Tsugumasa Muraoka *	347,762^[2]	82.22	n/a
	Communist	Yuzuru Kumano	75,207	17.78	n/a
Turnout				36,49	2.33
Registered electors
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing

References

^ 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.
^ "LDP-backed incumbents win in Nagasaki and Yamaguchi gubernatorial elections". The Japan Times Online. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.

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[1] 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.

[2] "LDP-backed incumbents win in Nagasaki and Yamaguchi gubernatorial elections". The Japan Times Online. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.

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