The 2022 Kyoto gubernatorial election was held on 10 April 2022 to elect the next governor of , a

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located in the Kansai region of Honshu island. Incumbent Governor

Takatoshi Nishiwaki is a Japanese politician and the current Governor of Kyoto Prefecture. Governor of Kyoto Nishiwaki won the 2018 gubernatorial election, defeating his sole opponent Kazuhito Fukuyama, with 55.90% of the vote. In the race, Nishiwaki was backed ...

was re-elected for a second term, defeating Ken Kajikawa with 66.81% of the vote.

Candidates

, 66, incumbent (since 2018), was supported by the ruling coalition of the LDP and Komeito, as well as the opposition party CDP and DPFP. *Ken Kajikawa, 62, head of a labor organization, endorsed by

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Results

References

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