2019 Saitama gubernatorial election

A gubernatorial election was held on 2 June 2019 to elect the next governor of Saitama. Incumbent Governor Kiyoshi Ueda (former member of DPJ) declined to run for a fifth term. Motohiro Ōno, a former Upper House lawmaker and opposition candidate beat the candidate backed by the ruling LDP-Komeito coalition.^[1]

Candidates

• Kenta Aoshima, backed by LDP and Komeito.
• Motohiro Ōno, backed by the opposition parties CDP, JCP, SDP, DPFP.
• Satoshi Hamada for the NHK Party.
• Nobuhiro Takeda.
• Shizue Sakurai.

Results

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Saitama gubernatorial 2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Motohiro Ōno (endorsed by CDP, DPFP, JCP, SDP)	923,482	47.87	new
	Independent	Kenta Aoshima (endorsed by LDP, Kōmeitō)	866,021	44.89	new
	Anti-NHK	Satoshi Hamada	64,182	3.33	n/a
	Independent	Nobuhiro Takeda	40,631	2.11	−0.01
	Independent	Shizue Sakurai	34,768[2]	1.80	n/a
Turnout			1 955 274	32.31	+5.68
Registered electors			6,052,272[3]