2022 Nagasaki gubernatorial election

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2022 Nagasaki gubernatorial election

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Turnout	47.83% 11.80%
Nominee Kengo Oishi Hōdō Nakamura Yoshihiko Miyazawa Party Independent Independent Independent Popular vote 239,415 238,874 46,794 Percentage 45.60% 45.49% 8.91% Supported by Ishin LDP - Prefectural CDP DPFP LDP-Nakaumurite JCP
Results by municipality
Governor before election Hōdō Nakamura Independent Elected Governor Kengo Oishi Independent

The 2022 Nagasaki gubernatorial election was a gubernatorial election held on 20 February 2022 to elect the next governor of Nagasaki (山口県, Nagasaki-ken), a prefecture of Japan in the north-west of Kyushu.

Three-term incumbent Hōdō Nakamura ran for re-election for a fourth four-year term, announcing his intentions on the final session of the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly for 2021 on 21 December.^[1] Whether he would run was the subject of speculation and confusion, as he had made comments in late 2021 suggesting that he would not run and instead "pass the baton to the next leader".^[2][3] Nakamura had attempted to recruit a successor; but decided to run himself after those efforts fell through.^[4] LDP Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly Secretary-General Keisuke Yamamoto [ja] offered to run as a successor, but reportedly had policy disagreements with Nakamura, and decided not to run with Nakamura running. Nakaumura faced medical doctor Kengo Oishi and businessman Yoshihiko Miyazawa.

After previously endorsing Nakamura in 2010, 2014, and 2018, the prefectural Liberal Democratic Party federation instead voted to endorse the political newcomer Oishi in this election, due to dissatisfaction in Nakamura's governing.^[5][6] This caused a split in support amongst local LDP politicians, with two Nagasaki LDP Diet members and nearly half of the LDP's prefectural assembly members supporting Nakamura despite the federation's endorsement of Oishi.^[7]

Oishi narrowly defeated Nakamura by a margin of 541 votes (0.10%). He took office on 2 March. At 39 years old, Oishi became the youngest governor in Japan.^[6][8]