2010 Shiga gubernatorial election

2010 Shiga gubernatorial election

11 July 2010
Turnout	61.56 16.62
Governor before election Yukiko Kada SDP Elected Governor Yukiko Kada SDP

A gubernatorial election was held on 11 July 2010 to elect the next governor of Shiga (滋賀県, Shiga-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island.

Candidates

• Yukiko Kada, incumbent since 2002, 60, former Kyoto Seika University Professor. She was backed by the SDP and DPJ.
• Ken'ichirō Ueno, 44, former representative, bureaucrat in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. He was supported by the LDP and Komeito.
• Hideaki Maruoka, endorsed by JCP.

Source:^[1]

Results

Shiga gubernatorial 2010^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Democratic	Yukiko Kada *	419,921	63.17	17.14
	LDP	Ken'ichirō Ueno	208,707	31.40	7,76
	JCP	Hideaki Maruoka	36,126	5.43	9,38
Turnout			671.414	61,56	16.62
Registered electors			1.090.743
	Social Democratic hold		Swing	31.77

References

1. "Governor Kada Yukiko reelected in landslide victory".
2. "滋賀県知事選挙・第22回参議院議員通常選挙・滋賀県議会議員大津市選挙区補欠選挙｜滋賀県ホームページ". www.pref.shiga.lg.jp/.