2019 Yamanashi gubernatorial election

The 2019 Yamanashi gubernatorial election was held on 27 January 2019 to elect the next governor of Yamanashi.

2019 Yamanashi gubernatorial election

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Turnout	57.93 16.08
Candidate Kotaro Nagasaki Hitoshi Goto Party LDP CDP Popular vote 198,047 166,666 Percentage 49.71% 41.84%
Governor before election Hitoshi Goto CDP Elected Governor Kotaro Nagasaki LDP

Candidates

• Hitoshi Goto, incumbent, endorsed by CDP, DPFP. He was also backed by LDP and Komeito in 2015.^[1]
• Kotaro Nagasaki, former House of Representatives, endorsed by LDP and Komeito.
• Hitoshi Hanada, JCP.
• Harunobu Yonenaga, former upper house member for DPJ but went over to YP.

Results

Yamanashi gubernatorial 2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Kotaro Nagasaki	198,047[2]	49,71	n/a
	CDP	Hitoshi Goto *	166,666	41,84	− 35,79
	Independent	Harunobu Yonenaga	17,198	4,32	n/a
	JCP	Hitoshi Hanada	16,467	4,13	− 13,33
Turnout			401,048	57.93	+16.08
Registered electors			692,976
	LDP gain from CDP		Swing