2022 Shiga gubernatorial election

2022 Shiga gubernatorial election

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Turnout	55.28 14.66
Candidate Taizo Mikazuki Kiyotsugu Konishi Party Independent JCP Popular vote 530,460 80,301 Percentage 86.85% 13.85%
Governor before election Taizo Mikazuki DPFP Elected Governor Taizo Mikazuki DPFP

The 2022 Shiga gubernatorial election was held on 10 July 2022 to elect the next governor of Shiga (滋賀県, Shiga-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island.

Candidates

• Taizo Mikazuki, incumbent since 2014, 51, ex-lawmaker of the DPJ, endorsed by DPFP, CDP, LDP, Komeito and SDP.^[1]
• Kiyotsugu Konishi, endorsed by JCP.

Results

Shiga gubernatorial election, 2022^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DPP	Taizo Mikazuki *	530,460	86.85	3.84
	Communist	Kiyotsugu Konishi	80,301	13.85	3,84
Turnout			628.996	55,28	14.66
Registered electors			1,137,832
	DPP hold		Swing	73.70

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