2004 Niigata gubernatorial election

2004 Niigata gubernatorial election
Turnout	53.88 9.71
Governor before election; Yukio Hirayama; LDP	Elected Governor ; Hirohiko Izumida; LDP

A gubernatorial election was held on 14 October 2004 to elect the next governor of Niigata (山口県, Niigata-ken), a prefecture of Japan in the Chūbu region of the main island of Honshu.

The incumbent, elected since 1992, Yukio Hirayama, 60, does not run again.

Candidates

Hirohiko Izumida, 42, endorsed by LDP and NK.
Hidetoshi Taga, 54, backed by SDP and the local chapter of DPJ.
Ichizo Kobayashi, 68, former chief of the Urban Development Bureau of the Niigata prefecture, member of LDP.
Yukio Kawamata, 49, backed by the JCP.
Kaoru Miyakoshi, 63, bureaucrat in the Finance Ministry, former JRP militant.
Yuji Ito, 39.

Results

Niigata gubernatorial 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Hirohiko Izumida	344,904	33.16	22.78
	Social Democratic	Hidetoshi Taga	299,145	28.76	n/a
	LDP	Ichizo Kobayashi	198,675	19.10	17.05
		Kaoru Miyakoshi	109,539	10.53	n/a
	JCP	Yukio Kawamata	46,207	4.44	3.48
		Yuji Ito	41,626	4.00	n/a
Total valid votes			1,040,096	97.88
Turnout			1,062,672	55.88	9.71
Registered electors			1,972,144
	LDP hold		Swing	4.40

References

^ "新潟県選挙管理委員会". Retrieved 12 August 2022.

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[1] "新潟県選挙管理委員会". Retrieved 12 August 2022.

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