A gubernatorial election was held on 29 August 2010 to elect the next governor of , a
prefecture
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of
Japan
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located in the north of the
Shikoku island.
Takeki Manabe
is a Japanese politician who was the 43rd governor
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's offi ...
, 70, incumbent since 1998, former public servant, was not seeking reelection.
Candidates
*
Keizo Hamada, 58, finance bureaucrat. He was supported by
LDP,
New Komeito
, formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a conservative political party in Japan founded by lay members of the Buddhist Japanese new religions, Japanese new religious movement Soka Gakkai in 1964. Since 2012, it has served in government ...
,
DPJ and
SDP.
*Akio Matsubara, 54, backed by the
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.
*Satoko Watanabe, 56, supported by citizens movements and
Midori no Mirai.
Results
References
2010 elections in Japan
Kagawa gubernatorial elections
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