2002 Kyoto gubernatorial election

2002 Kyoto gubernatorial election

7 April 2002
Turnout	49.18 5.07
Candidate Keiji Yamada Akira Morikawa Party LDP JCP Popular vote 482,158 391,638 Percentage 48.69% 39.55%
Governor before election Teiichi Aramaki LDP Elected Governor Keiji Yamada LDP

The 2002 Kyoto gubernatorial election was held on 13 March 2002 to elect the next governor of Kyoto (京都府, Kyoto-fu), a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island.

Candidates

• Teiichi Aramaki, 71, incumbent since 1986, not seeking re-election. He supported Keiji Yamada.[1]
• Keiji Yamada, 48, former Home Affairs Ministry bureaucrat, former vice governor of the prefecture. He was supported by the LDP, New Komeito party and the NCP, as well as the opposition DPJ, the LP and the SDP.[1]
• Akira Morikawa, 53, lawyer, endorsed by JCP.[1]
• Yasuhiro Nakagawa, 50, former mayor of the town of Yagi for the (LDP).[1]
• Yutaka Imada, 36, former company employee.[1]

Results

Kyoto gubernatorial 2002[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Keiji Yamada	482,158	48.69
	JCP	Akira Morikawa	391,638	39.55
	LDP	Yasuhiro Nakagawa	99,144	10.01
		Yutaka Imada	17,240	1.74
Turnout			1.005.704	49,18	5.07
Registered electors			2,044.864
	LDP hold		Swing

References

1. "Hase wins governor's race in Ishikawa after LDP split, grudge". The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 2022-07-28. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
2. "各種選挙の結果". 京都府. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2022-07-30.