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.
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| Turnout | 76.54  14.00 | ||
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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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democratic | 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 Liberal Democratic 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.
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