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2006 Nagano gubernatorial election

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Turnout	65.98 7.80
Governor before election Yasuo Tanaka NP-Nippon Elected Governor Jin Murai LDP

A gubernatorial election was held on 6 August 2006 to elect the next governor of Nagano (長野県, Nagano-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island.

Candidates

• Yasuo Tanaka, 50, incumbent since 2000, novelist. President of the New Party Nippon, he was also supported by the SDP and JCP.
• Jin Murai, 69, is a former veteran LDP lawmaker who has held key posts, including head of the National Public Safety Commission. He was also endorsed by New Komeito.

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Results

Nagano gubernatorial 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Jin Murai	612,725	53.42	21.66
	NP-Nippon	Yasuo Tanaka *	534,229	46.58	17.71
Turnout			1.157.782	65,98	7.80
Registered electors			1.754.738
	Swing to LDP from Social Democratic		Swing	6.84

References

1. "Tanaka, LDP veteran Murai vie to be Nagano governor".
2. "平成14年7月7日執行滋賀県知事選挙 投開票情報". www.pref.Nagano.lg.jp/.

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