2019 Saitama gubernatorial election

A gubernatorial election was held on 2 June 2019 to elect the next governor of Saitama. Incumbent Governor Kiyoshi Ueda (former member of DPJ) declined to run for a fifth term. Motohiro Ōno, a former Upper House lawmaker and opposition candidate beat the candidate backed by the ruling LDP-Komeito coalition.^[1]

Candidates[edit]

Kenta Aoshima, backed by LDP and Komeito.
Motohiro Ōno, backed by the opposition parties CDP, JCP, SDP, DPFP.
Satoshi Hamada for the NHK Party.
Nobuhiro Takeda.
Shizue Sakurai.

Results[edit]

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Saitama gubernatorial 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Motohiro Ōno (endorsed by CDP, DPFP, JCP, SDP)	923,482	47.87	new
	Independent	Kenta Aoshima (endorsed by LDP, Kōmeitō)	866,021	44.89	new
	Anti-NHK	Satoshi Hamada	64,182	3.33	n/a
	Independent	Nobuhiro Takeda	40,631	2.11	-0.01
	Independent	Shizue Sakurai	34,768^[2]	1.80	n/a
Turnout			1 955 274	32.31	+5.68
Registered electors			6,052,272^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Kyodo News (26 August 2019). "Former Upper House lawmaker Motohiro Ono beats ruling bloc-backed rival to become Saitama governor". Japan Times. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
^ http://www.pref.saitama.lg.jp/e1701/documents/tds_kaihyo_k.xls&xid=25657,15700021,15700186,15700190,15700256,15700259,15700262,15700265&usg=ALkJrhh0xfb7airNyNbu8xlhLKy5fyeAXw ^{[dead link]}
^ http://www.pref.saitama.lg.jp/e1701/documents/teiseids_tohyo_k.xls&xid=25657,15700021,15700186,15700190,15700256,15700259,15700262,15700265&usg=ALkJrhgMeKTQLoyhAFMQg9bZc4ZpV98rDQ ^{[dead link]}

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[JT-1] Kyodo News (26 August 2019). "Former Upper House lawmaker Motohiro Ono beats ruling bloc-backed rival to become Saitama governor". Japan Times. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

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