2002 Nagasaki gubernatorial election

2002 Nagasaki gubernatorial election

3 February 2002
Turnout	49,79
Governor before election Genjiro Kaneko LDP Elected Governor Genjiro Kaneko LDP

A gubernatorial election was held on 3 February 2002 to elect the next governor of Nagasaki (山口県, Nagasaki-ken), a prefecture of Japan in the north-west of the island of Kyushu.

Candidates

• Genjiro Kaneko, former representative, first elected in 1998, endorsed by LDP.
• Akira Takamura, for the JCP.

Results

Nagasaki gubernatorial 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Genjiro Kaneko *	468,099	80.05
	Communist	Akira Takamura	116,644	19,95
Turnout			593.933	49,79
Registered electors			1,192,771
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing