2014 Ishikawa gubernatorial election From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 2014 Ishikawa gubernatorial election ← 2010 16 March 2014 2018 → Turnout44.98 3.15 Governor before election Masanori Tanimoto SDP Elected Governor Masanori Tanimoto SDP A gubernatorial election was held on 16 March 2014 to elect the next governor of Ishikawa (山口県, Ishikawa-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island.. Candidates[edit] Masanori Tanimoto, 68, incumbent since 1994, endorsed by SDP, Komeito, LDP, DPJ. Yuichiro Kawa, 42, a former prefectural DPJ assembly member. Yoshinobu Kimura, 62, endorsed by JCP. Source:[1] Results[edit] Ishikawa gubernatorial 2014[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Social Democratic Masanori Tanimoto * 285,242 68.91 2.20 Democratic Yuichiro Kawa 94,212 22.76 0.89 Communist Yoshinobu Kimura 34,464 8.33 0.72 Turnout 420.135 44,98 3.15 Registered electors 933,967 Social Democratic hold Swing 2.20 References[edit] ^ "Projected re-election to make Ishikawa's Tanimoto longest-serving governor". The Japan Times. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2022-07-30. ^ 石川県. "石川県/過去の選挙結果—石川県知事選挙―". Pref-ishikawa-lg-jp.translate.goog. Retrieved 2022-07-30. This Japanese elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte