2023 Fukui gubernatorial election

The 2023 Fukui gubernatorial election was held on 9 April 2023, to elect the next governor of Fukui Prefecture.^[1] It was held as part of the 2023 Japanese unified local elections. The incumbent governor of Fukui, an independent candidate, who was supported by the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, and the Constitutional Democratic Party,^[2][3] was reelected to a second term with a landslide victory.

2023 Fukui gubernatorial election

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Turnout	51.08%
Candidate Tatsuji Sugimoto Yukie Kanemoto Party Independent JCP Popular vote 282,097 32,778 Percentage 89.6% 10.4% Supported by LDP, Komeito, CDP
Governor before election Tatsuji Sugimoto Independent Elected Governor Tatsuji Sugimoto Independent

Sugimoto faced limited competition, with the main contest coming in the form of Japanese Communist Party candidate Yuki Kanemoto.