2019 Iwate gubernatorial election

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8 September 2019

2023 →

Turnout

53.47%

Governor before election

Takuya Tasso
Independent

Elected Governor

Takuya Tasso
Independent

The 2019 Iwate gubernatorial election was held on 8 September 2019 to elect the next governor of Iwate.

Candidates

Takuya Tasso*, backed by the opposition parties CDP, JCP, SDP, DPFP.
Atsushi Oikawa back by LDP and Komeito. He is a former local assemblyman for LDP.

Iwate gubernatorial 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Party for the People	Takuya Tasso*	402,803	72.15	− 27.85
	LDP	Atsushi Oikawa	155,504	27.85	n/a
Turnout			562 412	53.47	− 6.46
Registered electors			1 051 931
	Democratic Party for the People hold		Swing	-27.85

2019 elections in Japan → 2020

Governor	Hokkaido Kanagawa Fukui Mie Osaka Nara Tottori Shimane Tokushima Fukuoka Oita
Mayor	Sapporo Sagamihara Shizuoka Hamamatsu Osaka Hiroshima

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