A gubernatorial election was held on 2 June 2019 to elect the next governor of Saitama. Incumbent Governor

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(former member of DPJ) declined to run for a fifth term.

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, a former

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lawmaker and opposition candidate beat the candidate backed by the ruling LDP-

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coalition.

Candidates

*Kenta Aoshima, backed by LDP and

. *

, backed by the opposition parties CDP,

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, SDP, DPFP. *

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for the

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. *Nobuhiro Takeda. *Shizue Sakurai.

Results

References

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