2004 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election
The 2004 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election was held on 8 August 2004 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 | 38.22  3.65 | |||||||||||||||
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Candidates
The candidates were:[2]
- Sekinari Nii, 61, elected in 1996 and 2000, endorsed by LDP, DPJ and New Komeito.
- Toshiki Fukue, 63, former chairman of the prefectural chapter of the Labour federation, for the JCP.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democratic | Sekinari Nii * | 371,247 | 80.40 | 0.20 | |
| Communist | Toshiki Fukue | 90,512 | 19,60 |  0.20 | |
| Turnout | 467.573 | 38,22 3.65 |
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| Registered electors | 1,223,321 | ||||
| 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.
- "Independents to challenge governors". The Japan Times. 23 July 2004. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- "平成16年8月8日執行 山口県知事選挙の投開票結果 - 山口県ホームページ". www-pref-yamaguchi-lg-jp.translate.goog. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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