2021 Hiroshima gubernatorial election

Prefectural gubernatorial election in Japan

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Turnout

34.67% (

3.58pp)


Candidate	Hidehiko Yuzaki	Takae Nakamura	Masatoshi Tarutani
Party	Independent	JCP	Independent
Popular vote	707,371	65,212	17,600
Percentage	89.5%	8.3%	2.2%

Governor before election

Hidehiko Yuzaki
Independent

Elected Governor

Hidehiko Yuzaki
Independent

The 2021 Hiroshima gubernatorial election (Japanese: 2021年広島県知事選挙) was held to elect the Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on 14 November 2021.

Hidehiko Yuzaki, incumbent since 2009, was eligible to run and won re-election with nearly 90% of votes.

Results

Candidates
Candidate	Age	Political Affiliation	Votes
Candidate	Age	Political Affiliation	Number	%
Hidehiko Yuzaki	56	Independent	707,371	89.5%
Takae Nakamura	35	Communist	65,212	8.3%
Masatoshi Tarutani	70	Independent	17,600	2.2%
Total valid votes			790,183	100％
Electorate/Turnout			2,304,302	34.67％

Results in wards
Wards	Hidehiko Yuzaki		Takae Nakamura		Masatoshi Tarutani
Wards	得票	%	得票	%	得票	%
Naka-ku, Hiroshima	29,000	87.0	3,490	10.5	859	2.6
Higashi-ku, Hiroshima	27,465	88.0	3,039	9.7	718	2.3
Minami-ku, Hiroshima	32,466	87.5	3,672	9.9	972	2.6
Nishi-ku, Hiroshima	40,016	87.4	4,550	9.9	1,241	2.7
Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima	53,204	88.6	5,537	9.2	1,319	2.2
Asakita-ku, Hiroshima	35,199	90.0	3,231	8.3	685	1.8
Aki-ku, Hiroshima	19,280	88.8	1,831	8.4	604	2.8
Saeki-ku, Hiroshima	32,090	89.2	3,101	8.6	796	2.2
Kure, Hiroshima	78,694	89.9	5,914	6.8	2,951	3.4
Takehara, Hiroshima	7,964	91.5	588	6.8	154	1.8
Mihara, Hiroshima	25,604	90.5	2,209	7.8	469	1.7
Onomichi	33,843	89.6	3,274	8.3	646	1.7
Fukuyama, Hiroshima	92,311	90.3	8,067	7.9	1,813	1.8
Fuchū, Hiroshima	11,854	91.6	862	6.7	219	1.7
Miyoshi, Hiroshima	17,265	90.2	1,575	8.2	295	1.5
Shōbara, Hiroshima	13,114	89.9	1,300	8.9	172	1.2
Ōtake, Hiroshima	7,783	91.0	580	6.8	187	2.2
Higashihiroshima	46,744	90.0	4,035	7.8	1,166	2.2
Hatsukaichi	32,123	89.8	2,919	8.2	731	2.0
Akitakata, Hiroshima	9,364	92.2	632	6.2	155	1.5
Etajima, Hiroshima	7,629	91.7	526	6.3	163	2.0
Fuchū, Hiroshima	14,017	89.4	1,260	8.0	406	2.6
Kaita, Hiroshima	7,406	89.1	666	8.0	241	2.9
Kumano, Hiroshima	6,744	91.1	460	6.2	196	2.6
Saka, Hiroshima	4,374	91.1	304	6.3	123	2.6
Akiōta, Hiroshima	2,850	93.7	153	5.0	38	1.2
Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima	7,068	91.6	553	7.2	91	1.2
Ōsakikamijima, Hiroshima	3,036	93.4	165	5.1	51	1.6
Sera, Hiroshima	5,599	91.0	458	7.4	97	1.6
Jinsekikōgen, Hiroshima	3,265	91.5	261	7.3	42	1.2
Total	707,371	89.5	65,212	8.3	17,600	2.2

References

"広島県知事選". NHK (in Japanese). 14 November 2021. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

Gubernatorial elections in Japan

Chūbu
region

Aichi	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019
Fukui	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019
Gifu	1947 [ja] 1950 [ja] 1954 [ja] 1958 [ja] 1962 [ja] 1966 [ja] 1970 [ja] 1974 [ja] 1977 [ja] 1981 [ja] 1985 [ja] 1989 [ja] 1993 [ja] 1997 [ja] 2001 [ja] 2005 [ja] 2009 [ja] 2013 [ja] 2017 [ja] 2021 [ja]
Ishikawa	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1994 [ja] 1998 [ja] 2002 [ja] 2006 2010 [ja] 2014 [ja] 2018
Nagano	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1980 [ja] 1984 [ja] 1988 [ja] 1992 [ja] 1996 [ja] 2000 [ja] 2002 [ja] 2006 [ja] 2010 [ja] 2014 [ja] 2018 [ja]
Niigata	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1961 [ja] 1965 [ja] 1966 [ja] 1970 [ja] 1974 [ja] 1978 [ja] 1982 [ja] 1986 [ja] 1989 [ja] 1992 [ja] 1996 [ja] 2000 [ja] 2004 [ja] 2008 [ja] 2012 [ja] 2016 [ja] 2018
Shizuoka	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1974 [ja] 1978 [ja] 1982 [ja] 1986 [ja] 1990 [ja] 1993 [ja] 1997 [ja] 2001 [ja] 2005 [ja] 2009 [ja] 2013 [ja] 2017 [ja] 2021
Toyama	1947 [ja] 1948 [ja] 1952 [ja] 1956 [ja] 1960 [ja] 1964 [ja] 1968 [ja] 1969 [ja] 1973 [ja] 1977 [ja] 1980 [ja] 1984 [ja] 1988 [ja] 1992 [ja] 1996 [ja] 2000 [ja] 2004 [ja] 2008 [ja] 2012 [ja] 2016 [ja] 2020 [ja]
Yamanashi	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019

Chūgoku
region

Hiroshima	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1954 [ja] 1958 [ja] 1962 [ja] 1966 [ja] 1970 [ja] 1973 [ja] 1977 [ja] 1981 [ja] 1985 [ja] 1989 [ja] 1993 [ja] 1997 [ja] 2001 [ja] 2005 [ja] 2009 [ja] 2013 [ja] 2017 [ja] 2021
Okayama	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1964 [ja] 1968 [ja] 1972 [ja] 1976 [ja] 1980 [ja] 1984 [ja] 1988 [ja] 1992 [ja] 1996 [ja] 2000 [ja] 2004 [ja] 2008 [ja] 2012 [ja] 2016 [ja] 2020 [ja]
Shimane	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019
Tottori	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1954 [ja] 1958 [ja] 1962 [ja] 1966 [ja] 1970 [ja] 1974 [ja] 1978 [ja] 1982 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019
Yamaguchi	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1953 [ja] 1957 [ja] 1960 [ja] 1964 [ja] 1968 [ja] 1972 [ja] 1976 [ja] 1980 [ja] 1984 [ja] 1988 [ja] 1992 [ja] 1996 [ja] 2000 [ja] 2004 [ja] 2008 [ja] 2012 [ja] 2014 [ja] 2018

Hokkaido

Hokkaido	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019

Kansai
region

Hyōgo	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1954 [ja] 1958 [ja] 1962 [ja] 1966 [ja] 1970 [ja] 1974 [ja] 1978 [ja] 1982 [ja] 1986 [ja] 1990 [ja] 1994 [ja] 1998 [ja] 2001 [ja] 2005 [ja] 2009 [ja] 2013 [ja] 2017 [ja] 2021
Kyoto	1947 [ja] 1950 [ja] 1954 [ja] 1958 [ja] 1962 [ja] 1966 [ja] 1970 [ja] 1974 [ja] 1978 [ja] 1982 [ja] 1986 [ja] 1990 [ja] 1994 [ja] 1998 [ja] 2002 [ja] 2006 [ja] 2010 [ja] 2014 [ja] 2018
Mie	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1972 [ja] 1976 [ja] 1980 [ja] 1984 [ja] 1988 [ja] 1992 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019
Nara	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1980 [ja] 1984 [ja] 1988 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019
Osaka	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2000 [ja] 2004 [ja] 2008 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019
Shiga	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1954 [ja] 1958 [ja] 1962 [ja] 1966 [ja] 1970 [ja] 1974 [ja] 1978 [ja] 1982 [ja] 1986 [ja] 1990 [ja] 1994 [ja] 1998 [ja] 2002 [ja] 2006 2010 [ja] 2014 [ja] 2018 [ja]
Wakayama	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 (Apr) [ja] 1975 (Nov) [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 2000 [ja] 2004 [ja] 2006 2010 [ja] 2014 [ja] 2018

Kantō
region

Chiba	1947 [ja] 1950 [ja] 1954 [ja] 1958 [ja] 1962 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1981 [ja] 1985 [ja] 1989 [ja] 1993 [ja] 1997 [ja] 2001 [ja] 2005 [ja] 2009 [ja] 2013 [ja] 2017 [ja] 2021 [ja]
Gunma	1947 [ja] 1948 [ja] 1952 [ja] 1956 [ja] 1960 [ja] 1964 [ja] 1968 [ja] 1972 [ja] 1976 [ja] 1980 [ja] 1984 [ja] 1988 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019
Ibaraki	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1993 [ja] 1997 [ja] 2001 [ja] 2005 2009 [ja] 2013 [ja] 2017 [ja] 2021
Kanagawa	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019
Saitama	1947 [ja] 1949 [ja] 1953 [ja] 1956 [ja] 1960 [ja] 1964 [ja] 1968 [ja] 1972 [ja] 1976 [ja] 1980 [ja] 1984 [ja] 1988 [ja] 1992 [ja] 1996 [ja] 2000 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019
Tochigi	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1974 [ja] 1978 [ja] 1982 [ja] 1984 [ja] 1988 [ja] 1992 [ja] 1996 [ja] 2000 [ja] 2004 [ja] 2008 [ja] 2012 [ja] 2016 [ja] 2020 [ja]
Tokyo	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 2003 2007 2011 2012 2014 2016 2020

Kyushu
region

Fukuoka	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019
Kagoshima	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1977 [ja] 1981 [ja] 1985 [ja] 1989 [ja] 1993 [ja] 1996 [ja] 2000 [ja] 2004 [ja] 2008 [ja] 2012 [ja] 2016 2020 [ja]
Kumamoto	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2000 [ja] 2004 [ja] 2008 [ja] 2012 [ja] 2016 [ja] 2020 [ja]
Miyazaki	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 (Apr) [ja] 1979 (Aug) [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 2010 [ja] 2014 [ja] 2018 [ja]
Nagasaki	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1958 [ja] 1962 [ja] 1966 [ja] 1970 [ja] 1974 [ja] 1978 [ja] 1982 [ja] 1986 [ja] 1990 [ja] 1994 [ja] 1998 [ja] 2002 [ja] 2006 [ja] 2010 [ja] 2014 [ja] 2018
Ōita	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019
Okinawa	1968 [ja] 1972 [ja] 1976 [ja] 1978 [ja] 1982 [ja] 1986 [ja] 1990 [ja] 1994 [ja] 1998 [ja] 2002 [ja] 2006 2010 2014 2018
Saga	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2018

Shikoku
region

Ehime	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2010 [ja] 2014 [ja] 2018 [ja]
Kagawa	1947 [ja] 1950 [ja] 1954 [ja] 1958 [ja] 1962 [ja] 1966 [ja] 1970 [ja] 1974 [ja] 1978 [ja] 1982 [ja] 1986 [ja] 1990 [ja] 1994 [ja] 1998 [ja] 2002 [ja] 2006 [ja] 2010 [ja] 2014 [ja] 2018 [ja]
Kōchi	1947 [ja] 1948 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2004 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja]
Tokushima	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1965 [ja] 1969 [ja] 1973 [ja] 1977 [ja] 1981 [ja] 1985 [ja] 1989 [ja] 1993 [ja] 1997 [ja] 2001 [ja] 2002 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019

Tōhoku
region

Akita	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1997 [ja] 2001 [ja] 2005 [ja] 2009 [ja] 2013 [ja] 2017 [ja] 2021 [ja]
Aomori	1947 [ja] 1950 [ja] 1954 [ja] 1956 [ja] 1960 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019
Fukushima	1947 [ja] 1950 [ja] 1953 [ja] 1957 [ja] 1961 [ja] 1964 [ja] 1968 [ja] 1972 [ja] 1976 (Apr) [ja] 1976 (Sep) [ja] 1980 [ja] 1984 [ja] 1988 [ja] 1992 [ja] 1996 [ja] 2000 [ja] 2004 [ja] 2006 2010 [ja] 2014 [ja] 2018 [ja]
Iwate	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019
Miyagi	1947 [ja] 1949 [ja] 1952 [ja] 1956 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1965 [ja] 1969 [ja] 1973 [ja] 1977 [ja] 1981 [ja] 1985 [ja] 1989 [ja] 1993 (Feb) [ja] 1993 (Nov) [ja] 1997 [ja] 2001 [ja] 2005 2009 [ja] 2013 [ja] 2017 [ja] 2021
Yamagata	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1970 [ja] 1973 [ja] 1977 [ja] 1981 [ja] 1985 [ja] 1989 [ja] 1993 [ja] 1997 [ja] 2001 [ja] 2005 [ja] 2009 [ja] 2013 [ja] 2017 2021 [ja]

See also: Elections in Japan
Prefectural Assembly elections

v t e 2020 ← 2021 elections in Japan → 2022
National Diet	House of Representatives
Governor	Miyagi Akita Yamagata Ibaraki Chiba Gifu Shizuoka Mie Hyogo Hiroshima Fukuoka
Prefectural assembly	Tokyo
Mayor	Sendai Saitama Chiba Yokohama Kawasaki Nagoya Kobe Okayama

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2021 elections in Japan