2022 Ishikawa gubernatorial election

The 2022 Ishikawa gubernatorial election was held on 13 March 2022 to elect the next governor of Ishikawa (石川県, Ishikawa-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island.

2022 Ishikawa gubernatorial election

13 March 2022
Turnout61.82 Increase 22.75

Governor before election

Masanori Tanimoto
SDP

Elected Governor

Hiroshi Hase
LDP

Candidates

Masanori Tanimoto, 76, incumbent since 1994, is not seeking re-election. He supports Hiroshi Hase.

  • Hiroshi Hase, 60, former high school teacher of Japanese, former Lower House member of the LDP, supported by Ishin.
  • Yukiyoshi Yamano, a 59-year-old former mayor (LDP) of the Ishikawa prefectural capital of Kanazawa.
  • Shuji Yamada, a 67-year-old former Upper House member of the LDP. He was backed by the Ishikawa prefectural branches of the CDP and the SDP, as well as the RENGO Ishikawa.
  • Hiroko Iimori, 62, endorsed by JCP.
  • Haruo Okano, 71, former company employee, fought in the election by stressing his commitment to solve environmental problems.

LDP’s prefectural chapter ended up backing both Hase and Yamada, and letting its members to vote as they like. Komeito, the LDP’s junior coalition partner, also allowed its members to decide on their own how to vote.

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Results

Ishikawa gubernatorial 2022[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Hiroshi Hase 196,436 34.13 n/a
Liberal Democratic Yukiyoshi Yamano 188,450 32.74 n/a
Liberal Democratic Shuji Yamada 172,381 29.95 n/a
Communist Hiroko Iimori 15,331 2.66 Decrease 17.40
Haruo Okano 3,011 0.52 n/a
Turnout 579.145 61,82 Increase 22.75
Registered electors 936,859
Swing to Liberal Democratic from Social Democratic Swing

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