2006 Kyoto gubernatorial election

The 2006 Kyoto gubernatorial election was held on 9 April 2006 to elect the next governor of Kyoto (石川県, Kyoto-ken), 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.

2006 Kyoto gubernatorial election
9 April 2006
Turnout39.44 Decrease 10.74
 
The Governor of Kyoto Prefecture Keiji Yamada in Kyoto, Japan cropped.jpg
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

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 Increase 16,93
Communist Kinugasa Yoko 269,740 34.38 Decrease 5.17
Turnout 795.207 38,44 Decrease 10.74
Registered electors 2,068.690
Liberal Democratic hold Swing

References
  1. "poll". www.japan-press.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2022-07-30. 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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