2023 Shimane gubernatorial election

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2023 Shimane gubernatorial election
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  2019 7 April 20192027 
Turnout54.96% (Decrease2.svg7.08%)
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Nominee Tatsuya Maruyama Shinichi MukozeKimiaki Moriya
Party Independent Communist
Popular vote251,54529,96410,083
Percentage86.27%10.28%3.46%

Governor before election

Tatsuya Maruyama
Independent

Elected Governor

Tatsuya Maruyama
Independent

The 2023 Shimane gubernatorial election was an election to elect the governor of Shimane during the 2023 Japanese unified local elections on April 9, 2023. The election resulted in the incumbent governor Tatsuya Maruyama being re-elected with an 86.27% majority. [1]

The election was concurrent with the 2023 Shimane Prefectural Assembly election.

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References

  1. Kyodo (10 April 2023). "Key gubernatorial victories boost Kishida's ruling bloc". Japan Times.