2022 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election

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6 February 2022

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Turnout

34.91

1.58

		JCP
Candidate	Tsugumasa Muraoka	Mari Chiba
Party	LDP	JCP
Popular vote	340,503	50,566
Percentage	87.07%	12.93%

Governor before election

Tsugumasa Muraoka
LDP

Elected Governor

Tsugumasa Muraoka
LDP

The 2022 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election was held on 6 February 2022 to elect the next governor of Yamaguchi (山口県, Yamaguchi-ken), a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region of the main island of Honshu.

Candidates

Tsugumasa Muraoka, incumbent, endorsed by LDP and Komeito.
Mari Chiba, women's rights activist, endorsed by JCP and SDP.

Results

Yamaguchi gubernatorial 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Tsugumasa Muraoka *	340,503	87.07	4.85
	JCP	Mari Chiba	50,566	12.93	4.85
Turnout			394,630	34.91	1.58
Registered electors			1,130,290
	LDP hold		Swing

References

Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yamaguchi-ken" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 1039-1040, p. 1039, at Google Books; "Chūgoku" at p. 127, p. 127, at Google Books
"Muraoka Wins 3rd Term as Yamaguchi Governor". 6 February 2022.
"令和4年2月6日執行山口県知事選挙の投開票の状況 - 山口県ホームページ". Pref-yamaguchi-lg-jp.translate.goog. Retrieved 2022-07-30.

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