2012 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election

A gubernatorial election was held on 29 July 2012 to elect the next governor of Yamaguchi (山口県), a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region of the main island of Honshu.

Sekinari Nii (LDP), who had held office since 1996, did not stand for re-election.

Candidates

 * Shigetaru Yamamoto, former bureaucrat of the ministry of Transports, endorsed by LDP and New Komeito.
 * Tetsunari Iida, engineer, anti-nuclear and pro renewable energy. Backed by the SDP and the JCP.
 * Tsutomu Takamura, former member of the House of Representatives for the DPJ.
 * Shigeyuki Miwa, physician, former Director of Health Promotion Division of the Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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