2012 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:	2012 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election
Country:	Yamaguchi
Ongoing:	no
Type:	presidential
Turnout:	45.32 8.11
Previous Election:	2008 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election
Previous Year:	2008
Election Date:	29 July 2012
Next Election:	2014 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election
Next Year:	2014
Time Zone:	+9
Governor
Before Election:	Sekinari Nii
Before Party:	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
After Election:	Shigetaro Yamamoto
After Party:	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

A gubernatorial election was held on 29 July 2012 to elect the next governor of, a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region of the main island of Honshu.^[1]

Sekinari Nii (LDP), who had held office since 1996, did not stand for re-election.

Candidates

• Shigetaru Yamamoto, former bureaucrat of the ministry of Transports, endorsed by LDP and New Komeito.
• Tetsunari Iida, engineer, anti-nuclear and pro renewable energy. Backed by the SDP and the JCP.
• Tsutomu Takamura, former member of the House of Representatives for the DPJ.
• Shigeyuki Miwa, physician, former Director of Health Promotion Division of the Yamaguchi Prefecture.

Source:^[2]

Notes and References

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yamaguchi-ken" in ; "Chūgoku" at .
2. Web site: Japan anti-nuclear candidate loses governor race, changes debate. Eco-Business.