2008 Osaka gubernatorial election

The 2008 Osaka gubernatorial election were held in Osaka Prefecture on January 27, 2008 to elect the next governor of Osaka. Toru Hashimoto was elected as new governor.

2008 Osaka Osaka gubernatorial election

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Candidate Tōru Hashimoto Sadatoshi Kumagai Party Independent Independent Popular vote 1,832,857 999,082 Percentage 54.02% 29.45 Supported by LDP, Komeito DPJ, SDP, SNP

Governor before election Fusae Ohta Independent Elected Governor Tōru Hashimoto Independent

Results

Gubernatorial election 2008: Osaka Prefecture

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Toru Hashimoto	1,832,857	54.02
	DPJ, SDP, SNP	Sadatoshi Kumagai	999,082	29.45
	JCP	Shoji Umeda	518,563	15.28
	Independent	Masaaki Takahashi	22,154
	Independent	Seiichi Sugiura	20,161

Sources

• Results from JanJan (in Japanese)