2019 Osaka gubernatorial election

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2019 Osaka gubernatorial election

← 2015

7 April 2019

2023 →

Turnout

49.49%

4.02%


Candidate	Hirofumi Yoshimura	Tadakazu Konishi
Party	Restoration	Independent
Popular vote	2,266,103	1,254,200
Percentage	64.37%	35.63%
Supported by	—	LDP, Komeito, DPFP

Voting results by municipality
Yoshimura

Governor of Osaka Prefecture before election

Ichirō Matsui
Restoration

Elected Governor of Osaka Prefecture

Hirofumi Yoshimura
Restoration

The 2019 Osaka gubernatorial election took place on April 7, 2019, to elect the next governor of Osaka Prefecture. Incumbent Governor Ichirō Matsui decided to not seek a third term so that he could run for mayor of Osaka city. The election resulted in a landslide victory for Hirofumi Yoshimura, the mayor of Osaka. Yoshimura received 64% of the vote, while Tadakazu Konishi, who was supported by the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and DPFP, received 35%.

Candidates[edit]

Hirofumi Yoshimura, for Restoration.
Tadakazu Konishi, backed by the LDP, Komeito, and the DPFP.

Results[edit]

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2019 Osaka gubernatorial
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Osaka Restoration Association	Hirofumi Yoshimura	2,266,103^[2]	64.37	+ 0.30
	Liberal Democratic	Tadakazu Konishi	1,254,200	35.63	+ 2.38
Turnout			3,569,907	49.49	+ 4.02
Registered electors			7,213,730
	Osaka Restoration Association hold		Swing	+ 0.30

References[edit]

^ "Conservative Landslide in Unified Local Elections". 13 April 2019. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
^ "大阪府知事選挙の投開票結果調". Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2022.

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