2019 Shimane gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:	2019 Shimane gubernatorial election
Country:	Shimane
Ongoing:	no
Type:	presidential
Turnout:	58.34
Election Date:	7 April 2019
Previous Election:	2015 Shimane gubernatorial election
Previous Year:	2015
Next Election:	2023 Shimane gubernatorial election
Next Year:	2023
Time Zone:	+9
Nominee1:	Tatsuya Maruyama
Party1:	Independent (politician)
Popular Vote1:	150,338
Percentage1:	43.58
Nominee2:	Seiji Ōba
Party2:	Independent (politician)
Popular Vote2:	120,276
Percentage2:	34.86
Nominee3:	Jirō Shimada
Party3:	Independent (politician)
Popular Vote3:	40,694
Percentage3:	11.80
Nominee4:	Yasuko Yamasaki
Party4:	Independent (politician)
Popular Vote4:	33,699
Percentage4:	9.77
Governor
Before Election:	Zenbee Mizoguchi
Before Party:	Independent (politician)
After Election:	Tatsuya Maruyama
After Party:	Independent (politician)

A gubernatorial election was held on 7 April 2019 to elect the next governor of Shimane.

Candidates

- president of the Shimane Prefecture Headquarters, candidate for Matsue mayor in 2017,^[1] a native of Okayama City, and alumnus of the Shimane University Faculty of Election, age 57. Recommended by the Japanese Communist Party.^[2] Her candidacy was announced on 20 February 2019.^[3]
Tatsuya Maruyama - former Civil Protection Manager of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, a native of Hirokawa, Fukuoka and alumnus of the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law, age 49.^[4] His candidacy was announced on 17 January 2019.^[5]
- native of and former mayor of Yasugi, Shimane and alumnus of Kanagawa Dental University, age 65.^[4] His candidacy was announced on 4 February.^[6]
- former deputy director of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, a native of Matsue, Shimane, and alumnus of the University of Tokyo Faculty of Engineering, age 59.^[4] His candidacy was announced on 18 January 2019.^[7]

, a former city councillor at Hamada, Shimane, announced his candidacy, but was not listed among the four candidates.^[4]