The 2014 Kyoto gubernatorial election was held on 06 April 2014 to elect the next governor of
Kyoto (石川県, Kyoto-ken), a
prefecture of
Japan located in the
Kansai region of
Honshu island. Governor
Keiji Yamada was re-elected for a fourth term, defeating Nozomu Ozaki with 69.04% of the vote.
Candidates
Keiji Yamada, 60, incumbent (since 2002), former Home Affairs Ministry bureaucrat, former vice governor of the prefecture. He was supported by the
LDP,
Komeito party, as well as the opposition
DPJ and
SDP.[1]
Nozomu Ozaki, of the Association for a Democratic Kyoto Government, endorsed by
JCP.[1]