2006 Kyoto gubernatorial election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Kyoto_Prefecture.svg/50px-Flag_of_Kyoto_Prefecture.svg.png)
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Turnout | 39.44 10.74 |
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| | | Candidate | Keiji Yamada | Kinugasa Yoko | Party | LDP | JCP | Popular vote | 514,893 | 269,740 | Percentage | 65.62% | 34.38% | |
Governor before election Keiji Yamada LDP | Elected Governor Keiji Yamada LDP | |
The 2006 Kyoto gubernatorial election was held on 9 April 2006 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 second term, defeating Kinugasa Yoko with 65.62% of the vote.
Candidates
- Keiji Yamada, 52, 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]
- Kinugasa Yoko, endorsed by JCP.[1]
Results
Kyoto gubernatorial 2006[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democratic | Keiji Yamada | 514,893 | 65.62 | 16,93 |
| Communist | Kinugasa Yoko | 269,740 | 34.38 | 5.17 |
Turnout | 795.207 | 38,44 | 10.74 |
Registered electors | 2,068.690 | | |
| Liberal Democratic hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ a b "poll". 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.