Kyoto mayoral election, 2008
- Kyoto mayoral election, 2008
Kyoto held a mayoral election on February 17, 2008. Daisaku Kadokawa narrowly won over a candidate backed by the JCP with a margin of 951 votes [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080219TDY02304.htm] . The poll was to choose a successor to Yorikane Masumoto, who announced his resignation after serving three terms for a total 12 years in office
Candidates
* Daisaku Kadokawa, 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 Japanese Communist Party
* Shoei Murayama, 29, independent former member of the Kyoto municipal assembly
* Toshihiko Okada, 61, independent
Results
Election box begin | title=Mayoral election 2008: Kyoto Election box candidate
party = Independent, "LDP", "DPJ", "Komeito"
candidate = Daisaku Kadokawa
votes = 158,472
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Independent, "JCP"
candidate = Kazuo Nakamura
votes = 157,521
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Shoei Murayama
votes = 84,750
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Toshihiko Okada
votes = 24,702
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 432,290
percentage = 37.82 %
change = Election box end
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