2002 Kyoto gubernatorial election

The 2002 Kyoto gubernatorial election was held on 13 March 2002 to elect the next governor of Kyoto (石川県, Kyoto-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island.

2002 Kyoto gubernatorial election
7 April 2002
Turnout49.18 Increase 5.07
 
The Governor of Kyoto Prefecture Keiji Yamada in Kyoto, Japan cropped.jpg
Candidate Keiji Yamada Akira Morikawa
Party LDP JCP
Popular vote 482,158 391,638
Percentage 48.69% 39.55%
Governor before election

Teiichi Aramaki
LDP

 Elected Governor

Keiji Yamada
LDP

Candidates
  • Teiichi Aramaki, 71, incumbent since 1986, not seeking re-election. He supported Keiji Yamada.[1]
  • Keiji Yamada, 48, former Home Affairs Ministry bureaucrat, former vice governor of the prefecture. He was supported by the LDP, New Komeito party and the NCP, as well as the opposition DPJ, the LP and the SDP.[1]
  • Akira Morikawa, 53, lawyer, endorsed by JCP.[1]
  • Yasuhiro Nakagawa, 50, former mayor of the town of Yagi for the (LDP).[1]
  • Yutaka Imada, 36, former company employee.[1]

Results
Kyoto gubernatorial 2002[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Keiji Yamada 482,158 48.69
Communist Akira Morikawa 391,638 39.55
Liberal Democratic Yasuhiro Nakagawa 99,144 10.01
Yutaka Imada 17,240 1.74
Turnout 1.005.704 49,18 Increase 5.07
Registered electors 2,044.864
Liberal Democratic hold Swing

References
  1. "Hase wins governor's race in Ishikawa after LDP split, grudge". The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 2022-07-28. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  2. "各種選挙の結果". 京都府. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
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