2004 Niigata gubernatorial election

14 October 2004
Turnout	53.88 9.71
Governor before election Yukio Hirayama Liberal Democratic Elected Governor Hirohiko Izumida Liberal Democratic

A gubernatorial election was held on 14 October 2004 to elect the next governor of Niigata (山口県, Niigata-ken), a prefecture of Japan in the Chūbu region of the main island of Honshu.

The incumbent, elected since 1992, Yukio Hirayama, 60, does not run again.

Candidates

• Hirohiko Izumida, 42, endorsed by LDP and NK.
• Hidetoshi Taga, 54, backed by SDP and the local chapter of DPJ.
• Ichizo Kobayashi, 68, former chief of the Urban Development Bureau of the Niigata prefecture, member of LDP.
• Yukio Kawamata, 49, backed by the JCP.
• Kaoru Miyakoshi, 63, bureaucrat in the Finance Ministry, former JRP militant.
• Yuji Ito, 39.

Results

Niigata gubernatorial 2018^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Hirohiko Izumida	344,904	33.16	22.78
	Social Democratic	Hidetoshi Taga	299,145	28.76	n/a
	Liberal Democratic	Ichizo Kobayashi	198,675	19.10	17.05
		Kaoru Miyakoshi	109,539	10.53	n/a
	Communist	Yukio Kawamata	46,207	4.44	3.48
		Yuji Ito	41,626	4.00	n/a
Total valid votes			1,040,096	97.88
Turnout			1,062,672	55.88	9.71
Registered electors			1,972,144
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing	4.40

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