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2008 Kyoto mayoral election

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Candidate Daisaku Kadokawa Kazuo Nakamura Party Independent Independent Popular vote 158,472 157,521 Percentage 37.25% 37.02% Supported by LDP, Komeito, DPJ, SDPJ JCP   Candidate Shōei Murayama Toshihiko Okada Party Independent Independent Popular vote 84,750 24,702 Percentage 19.92% 5.81%

Mayor before election Yorikane Masumoto Independent Elected mayor Daisaku Kadokawa Independent

Kyoto held a mayoral election on February 17, 2008. Daisaku Kadokawa narrowly won over a candidate backed by the JCP with a margin of 951 votes. The poll was to choose a successor to Yorikane Masumoto, who announced his resignation after serving three terms for a total 12 years in office

Candidates

• Daisaku Kadokawa, 57, former head of Kyoto Municipal Board of Education and supported by all major parties except the JCP.
• Kazuo Nakamura, 53, working as a lawyer and supported by the Japanese Communist Party
• Shoei Murayama, 29, independent former member of the Kyoto municipal assembly
• Toshihiko Okada, 61, independent

Results

References

1. "Kadokawa narrowly wins Kyoto mayoral race". Daily Yomiuri. 19 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008.

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