2014 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:2014 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election
Country:Yamaguchi
Ongoing:no
Type:presidential
Turnout:38.82 6.50
Previous Election:2012 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election
Previous Year:2012
Election Date:23 February 2014
Next Election:2018 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election
Next Year:2018
Time Zone:+9
Candidate1:Tsugumasa Muraoka
Party1:LDP
Popular Vote1:286,996
Percentage1:63.90%
Candidate2:Tsutomu Takamura
Party2:Liberal Party
Popular Vote2:115,763
Percentage2:25.77%
Governor
Before Election:Shigetaro Yamamoto
Before Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
After Party:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

The 2014 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election was held on 23 February 2014 to elect the next governor of, a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region of the main island of Honshu.[1]

The outgoing governor, Shigetaro Yamamoto, suffered from lung cancer, which led him to resign on 9 January 2014. An election was organized for 23 February to replace him. He died on 15 March 15 2014.

Candidates

Notes and References

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yamaguchi-ken" in ; "Chūgoku" at .