2022 Nagasaki gubernatorial election

A gubernatorial election was held on 20 February 2022 to elect the next governor of Nagasaki (山口県, Nagasaki-ken), a prefecture of Japan in the north-west of the island of Kyushu.

2022 Nagasaki gubernatorial election
20 February 2022
Turnout40.72% Decrease 19.36%
 
Nominee Kengo Oishi Hōdō Nakamura Yoshihiko Miyazawa
Party Ishin LDP JCP
Popular vote 239,415 238,874 46,794
Percentage 45.60% 45.49% 8.91%
Governor before election

Hōdō Nakamura
LDP

 Elected Governor

Kengo Oishi
Ishin

Candidates[1]
  • Hōdō Nakamura, 71, incumbent since 2010, endorsed by half of prefectural assembly members of the LDP, the CDP and DPFP.
  • Kengo Oishi, 39-year-old doctor, endorsed by the Ishin and the LDP’s prefectural chapter.
  • Yoshihiko Miyazawa, 54, endorsed by JCP.

Results[2]
Nagasaki gubernatorial 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Innovation Kengo Oishi 239,415 45.60 n/a
Liberal Democratic Hōdō Nakamura * 238,874 45.49 Decrease 31.27
Communist Yoshihiko Miyazawa 46,794 8.91 Decrease 14.33
Turnout 529.162 47,83 Increase 11.80
Registered electors 1,106,436
Innovation gain from Liberal Democratic Swing Increase 45.60

References
  1. "Incumbent defeated in Nagasaki governor election". The Japan Times. 2022-02-21. Archived from the original on 2022-07-29. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  2. "長崎県知事選挙の結果 | 長崎県". Pref-nagasaki-jp.translate.goog. Archived from the original on 2022-07-25. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
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