2011 Kanagawa gubernatorial election

2011 Kanagawa gubernatorial election

10 April 2011
Turnout	45.24 1.80
Nominee Yūji Kuroiwa Junichi Tsuyuki Hiroko Kamoi Party Independent Independent Independent Popular vote 1,728,862 821,981 466,223 Percentage 55.47% 26.37% 14.96%
Governor before election Shigefumi Matsuzawa Independent Elected Governor Yūji Kuroiwa Independent

The 2011 Kanagawa gubernatorial election was held on 10 April 2011 in order to elect the Governor of Kanagawa. Independent candidate Yūji Kuroiwa defeated Independent candidates Junichi Tsuyuki, Hiroko Kamoi and Osamu Teruya.

General election

On election day, 10 April 2011, Independent candidate Yūji Kuroiwa won the election by a margin of 906,881 votes against his foremost opponent Independent candidate Junichi Tsuyuki, thereby retaining Independent control over the office of Governor. Kuroiwa was sworn in as Governor on 23 April 2011.

Results

Kanagawa gubernatorial election, 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Yūji Kuroiwa	1,728,862	55.47
	Independent	Junichi Tsuyuki	821,981	26.37
	Independent	Hiroko Kamoi	466,223	14.96
	Independent	Osamu Teruya	99,751	3.20
Total votes			3,116,817	100.00
	Independent hold