2010 Ishikawa gubernatorial election

A gubernatorial election was held on 3 April 2010 to elect the next governor of Ishikawa (山口県, Ishikawa-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island..

2010 Ishikawa gubernatorial election

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Turnout	48.13 8.03
Governor before election Masanori Tanimoto SDP Elected Governor Masanori Tanimoto SDP

Candidates

• Masanori Tanimoto, 64, incumbent since 1994, endorsed by SDP, Komeito, LDP, DPJ.
• Yutaka Kuwabara, 64, former DPJ lawmaker.
• Yoshinobu Kimura, 58, endorsed by JCP.
• Teruo Yonemura, 70.

Source:^[1]

Results

Ishikawa gubernatorial 2010^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Democratic	Masanori Tanimoto *	296,628	60.94	15.93
	Democratic	Yutaka Kuwabara	105,166	23.65	n/a
	JCP	Yoshinobu Kimura	33,817	7.61	9.75
		Teruo Yonemura	9,056	2.04	n/a
Turnout			451.591	48,13	8.03
Registered electors			938,352
	Social Democratic hold		Swing	15.93