2022 Shiga gubernatorial election

2022 Shiga gubernatorial election

10 July 2022
Turnout	55.28 14.66
Candidate Taizo Mikazuki Kiyotsugu Konishi Party Independent JCP Popular vote 530,460 80,301 Percentage 86.85% 13.85%
Governor before election Taizo Mikazuki DPFP Elected Governor Taizo Mikazuki DPFP

The 2022 Shiga gubernatorial election was held on 10 July 2022 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

• Taizo Mikazuki, incumbent since 2014, 51, ex-lawmaker of the DPJ, endorsed by DPFP, CDP, LDP, Komeito and SDP.^[1]
• Kiyotsugu Konishi, endorsed by JCP.

Results

Shiga gubernatorial election, 2022^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Party for the People	Taizo Mikazuki *	530,460	86.85	3.84
	JCP	Kiyotsugu Konishi	80,301	13.85	3,84
Turnout			628.996	55,28	14.66
Registered electors			1,137,832
	Democratic Party for the People hold		Swing	73.70

References

1. "滋賀県知事選 現職の三日月大造氏 3回目の当選".
2. "滋賀県知事選挙・第26回参議院議員通常選挙・滋賀県議会議員補欠選挙（大津市選挙区）投開票情報". www.pref.shiga.lg.jp/.