2004 Yamaguchi 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: "2004 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 2004 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election ← 2000 8 August 2004 2008 → Turnout38.22 3.65 Candidate Sekinari Nii Toshiki Fukue Party LDP JCP Popular vote 371,247 90,512 Percentage 80.40% 19,60% Governor before election Sekinari Nii Liberal Democratic Elected Governor Sekinari Nii Liberal Democratic The 2004 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election was held on 8 August 2004 to elect the next governor of Yamaguchi (山口県, Yamaguchi-ken), a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region of the main island of Honshu.[1] Candidates[edit] The candidates were:[2] Sekinari Nii, 61, elected in 1996 and 2000, endorsed by LDP, DPJ and New Komeito. Toshiki Fukue, 63, former chairman of the prefectural chapter of the Labour federation, for the JCP. Results[edit] Yamaguchi gubernatorial 2018[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democratic Sekinari Nii * 371,247 80.40 0.20 Communist Toshiki Fukue 90,512 19,60 0.20 Turnout 467.573 38,22 3.65 Registered electors 1,223,321 Liberal Democratic hold Swing References[edit] ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yamaguchi-ken" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 1039-1040, p. 1039, at Google Books; "Chūgoku" at p. 127, p. 127, at Google Books. ^ "Independents to challenge governors". The Japan Times. 23 July 2004. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022. ^ "平成16年8月8日執行 山口県知事選挙の投開票結果 - 山口県ホームページ". www-pref-yamaguchi-lg-jp.translate.goog. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022. This Japanese elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte