2019 Yamanashi gubernatorial election

2019 Yamanashi gubernatorial election
Turnout	57.93 16.08
Governor before election; Hitoshi Goto ; CDP	Elected Governor; Kotaro Nagasaki ; LDP

Last updated August 05, 2025

The 2019 Yamanashi gubernatorial election was held on 27 January 2019 to elect the next governor of Yamanashi.

Candidates

Hitoshi Goto, incumbent, endorsed by CDP, DPFP. He was also backed by LDP and Komeito in 2015.^[1]
Kotaro Nagasaki, former House of Representatives, endorsed by LDP and Komeito.
Hitoshi Hanada, JCP.
Harunobu Yonenaga, former upper house member for DPJ but went over to YP.

Results

Yamanashi gubernatorial 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Kotaro Nagasaki	198,047^[2]	49,71	n/a
	CDP	Hitoshi Goto *	166,666	41,84	− 35,79
	Independent	Harunobu Yonenaga	17,198	4,32	n/a
	JCP	Hitoshi Hanada	16,467	4,13	− 13,33
Turnout			401,048	57.93	+16.08
Registered electors			692,976
	LDP gain from CDP		Swing

References

↑ "Ruling bloc-backed candidate wins Yamanashi gubernatorial election". 28 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019– via Mainichi Daily News.
↑ 梨県知事選挙得票表 (in Japanese)

External links

- http://www.pref.yamanashi.jp.f.aao.hp.transer.com/kensei/senkyo/index.html%5B%5D

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[1] "Ruling bloc-backed candidate wins Yamanashi gubernatorial election". 28 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019– via Mainichi Daily News.

[2] 梨県知事選挙得票表 (in Japanese)

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