2010 Kyoto gubernatorial election

2010 Kyoto gubernatorial election
Turnout	41.09 2.65
Governor before election; Keiji Yamada; LDP	Elected Governor ; Keiji Yamada; LDP

The 2010 Kyoto gubernatorial election was held on 11 April 2010 to elect the next governor of Kyoto (京都府, Kyoto-fu), a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island. Governor Keiji Yamada was re-elected for a third term, defeating Mon Yusuke with 63.26% of the vote.

Candidates

Keiji Yamada, 56, incumbent (since 2002), former Home Affairs Ministry bureaucrat, former vice governor of the prefecture. He was supported by the LDP, Komeito party, as well as the opposition DPJ and SDP.^[1]
Mon Yusuke, of the Association for a Democratic Kyoto Government, endorsed by JCP.^[1]

Results

Kyoto gubernatorial 2010^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Keiji Yamada	529,927	63.26	2,36
	JCP	Mon Yusuke	307,826	36.74	2.36
Turnout			849.767	41,09	2.65
Registered electors			2,068.135
	LDP hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "Progressive candidate puts up great fight in Kyoto gubernatorial election". www.japan-press.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
^ "各種選挙の結果". 京都府. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2022-07-30.

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[auto-1] "Progressive candidate puts up great fight in Kyoto gubernatorial election". www.japan-press.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2022-07-29.

[2] "各種選挙の結果". 京都府. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2022-07-30.

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