2014 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election

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2014 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election

 2012 23 February 2014 2018 
Turnout38.82 Decrease 6.50
 
Candidate Tsugumasa Muraoka Tsutomu Takamura
Party LDP Liberal Party
Popular vote 286,996 115,763
Percentage 63.90% 25.77%

Governor before election

Shigetaro Yamamoto
LDP

Elected Governor

Tsugumasa Muraoka
LDP

The 2014 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election was held on 23 February 2014 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]

The outgoing governor, Shigetaro Yamamoto, suffered from lung cancer, which led him to resign on 9 January 2014. An election was organized for 23 February to replace him. He died on 15 March, 2014.

Results

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