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.