2006 Nagasaki gubernatorial election

2006 Nagasaki gubernatorial election

05 February 2006
Turnout	52.27 3.48
Governor before election Genjiro Kaneko LDP Elected Governor Genjiro Kaneko LDP

A gubernatorial election was held on 5 february 2006 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.

Candidates

• Genjiro Kaneko, 61-year-old incumbent (first elected in 1998), endorsed by LDP, New Komeito and SDP.
• Noriko Kokubo, a 47-year-old company executive.
• Mitsuaki Yamashita, 53, chairman of the JCP's Nagasaki chapter.

Results

Nagasaki gubernatorial 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Genjiro Kaneko *	398,692	64.47	15.58
		Noriko Kokubo	188,154	30,43	n/a
	Communist	Mitsuaki Yamashita	31,538	5,10	14.85
Turnout			624.460	52,27	3.48
Registered electors			1,194,755
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing	15.58