2008 Kyoto mayoral election

2008 Kyoto mayoral election
17 February 2008
 
Candidate Daisaku Kadokawa Kazuo Nakamura
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 158,472 157,521
Percentage 37.25% 37.02%
Supported by LDP, Komeito, DPJ, SDPJ JCP
 
Candidate Shōei Murayama Toshihiko Okada
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 84,750 24,702
Percentage 19.92% 5.81%
Mayor before election

Yorikane Masumoto
Independent

 Elected mayor

Daisaku Kadokawa
Independent

Kyoto held a mayoral election on February 17, 2008. Daisaku Kadokawa narrowly won over a candidate backed by the JCP with a margin of 951 votes. The poll was to choose a successor to Yorikane Masumoto, who announced his resignation after serving three terms for a total 12 years in office

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