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The 12th Okinawa gubernatorial election was held on December 9, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent1 | Takeshi Onaga | 360,820 | 51.61% |  5.61 | |
| Independent2 | Hirokazu Nakaima (incumbent) | 261,076 | 37.34% |  14.64% | |
| Independent3 | Mikio Shimoji | 69,447 | 9.93% | N/A | |
| Independent4 | Shōkichi Kina | 7,821 | 1.12% | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 699,164 | 99.26 | |||
| Turnout | 704,368 | 64.13% | 3.27 | ||
| Registered electors | 1.098.337 | ||||
| Swing to Okinawa Social Mass from LDP | Swing | 14.27 | |||
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