2004 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election

2004 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election
	8 August 2004
Turnout	38.22 3.65
Governor before election; Sekinari Nii; LDP	Elected Governor ; Sekinari Nii; LDP

The 2004 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election was held on 8 August 2004 to elect the next governor of Yamaguchi (山口県, Yamaguchi-ken), a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region of the main island of Honshu.^[1]

Candidates

The candidates were:^[2]

Sekinari Nii, 61, elected in 1996 and 2000, endorsed by LDP, DPJ and New Komeito.
Toshiki Fukue, 63, former chairman of the prefectural chapter of the Labour federation, for the JCP.

Results

Yamaguchi gubernatorial 2018^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Sekinari Nii *	371,247	80.40	0.20
	JCP	Toshiki Fukue	90,512	19,60	0.20
Turnout			467.573	38,22 3.65
Registered electors			1,223,321
	LDP hold		Swing

References

^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yamaguchi-ken" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 1039-1040, p. 1039, at Google Books; "Chūgoku" at p. 127, p. 127, at Google Books.
^ "Independents to challenge governors". The Japan Times. 23 July 2004. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "平成16年8月8日執行山口県知事選挙の投開票結果 - 山口県ホームページ". www-pref-yamaguchi-lg-jp.translate.goog. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yamaguchi-ken" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 1039-1040, p. 1039, at Google Books; "Chūgoku" at p. 127, p. 127, at Google Books.

[2] "Independents to challenge governors". The Japan Times. 23 July 2004. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

[3] "平成16年8月8日執行山口県知事選挙の投開票結果 - 山口県ホームページ". www-pref-yamaguchi-lg-jp.translate.goog. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

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