2014 Kagawa gubernatorial election

31 August 2014
Turnout	33.60 3.32
Governor before election Keizo Hamada Liberal Democratic Elected Governor Keizo Hamada Liberal Democratic

A gubernatorial election was held on 31 August 2014 to elect the next governor of Kagawa (石川県, Kagawa-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the north of the Shikoku island.

Candidates

• Keizo Hamada, 62, incumbent since 2010, former Finance Ministry bureaucrat. He was supported by LDP, New Komeito, SDP and the local chapter of DPJ.
• Tadashi Kawamura, 55, secretary general of JCP prefectural committee.

Results

2014 Kagawa gubernatorial election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Keizo Hamada	223,846	83.57	28.70
	Communist	Tadashi Kawamura	44,023	16.43	8.75
Turnout			273,594	33.60	3.32
Total valid votes			267,869	97.91
Registered electors			814,209
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing	67.14

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