2000 Niigata gubernatorial election From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "2000 Niigata gubernatorial election" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 2000 Niigata gubernatorial election ← 1996 22 October 2000 2004 → Turnout63.59 5.69 Governor before election Yukio Hirayama Liberal Democratic Elected Governor Yukio Hirayama Liberal Democratic A gubernatorial election was held on 22 October 2000 to elect the next governor of Niigata (山口県, Niigata-ken), a prefecture of Japan in the Chūbu region of the main island of Honshu. Candidates[edit] Yukio Hirayama, 56, incumbent since 1992, endorsed by LDP, DPJ, NK, LP and SDP. Ichizo Kobayashi, 64, former chief of the Urban Development Bureau of the Niigata prefecture. Shouji Tagashi, backed by the JCP. Results[edit] Niigata gubernatorial 2018[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democratic Yukio Hirayama * 691,849 55.94 25.94 Liberal Democratic Ichizo Kobayashi 447,089 36.15 n/a Communist Shouji Tagashi 97,932 7.92 10.20 Total valid votes 1,236,870 99.23 Turnout 1,246,442 63.59 5.69 Registered electors 1,960,148 Liberal Democratic hold Swing 19.79 See also[edit] 新潟県知事一覧|新潟県知事一覧|新潟県知事一覧 (Japanese Wikipedia) References[edit] ^ "新潟県選挙管理委員会". Retrieved 12 August 2022. This Japanese elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte