Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...

held a mayoral election on February 17, 2008.

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narrowly won over a candidate backed by the JCP with a margin of 951 votes. The poll was to choose a successor to

Yorikane Masumoto is a Japanese politician who was mayor of Kyoto from 1996 to 2008. A graduate of Chuo University , commonly referred to as or , is a private flagship research university in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1885 as Igirisu Hōritsu Gakkō (the English ...

, who announced his resignation after serving three terms for a total 12 years in office

Candidates

, 57, former head of Kyoto Municipal Board of Education and supported by all major parties except the JCP. * Kazuo Nakamura, 53, working as a lawyer and supported by the

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* Shoei Murayama, 29, independent former member of the Kyoto municipal assembly * Toshihiko Okada, 61, independent

Results

References

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