A gubernatorial election was held on 28 August 2022 to elect the next governor of , a
prefecture
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of
Japan
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located in the north of the island of
Shikoku.
Keizo Hamada, the incumbent governor since 2010 and a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat, is not seeking reelection.
Candidates
*Toyohito Ikeda, backed by the
LDP,
Komeito,
SDP and
DPFP.
*Nakatani Koichi, backed by the
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.
Results
References
2022 elections in Japan
Kagawa gubernatorial elections
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