2008 Kyoto mayoral election

2008 Kyoto mayoral election mayoral 2004 Kyoto mayoral election File:Flag of Kyoto City.svg 2004 17 February 2008 2012 Kyoto mayoral election 2012 120px Daisuke Kadokawa 20151103 cropped.jpg 6666ff Daisaku Kadokawa Independent 158,472 37.25% Supported by LDP, Komeito, DPJ, SDPJ Portrait gray.png ff6666 Kazuo Nakamura Independent 157,521 37.02% JCP Murayama Syoei 20170415 cropped.jpg 66cc66 Shōei Murayama Independent 84,750 19.92% Portrait gray.png 999999 Toshihiko Okada Independent 24,702 5.81% Mayor Yorikane Masumoto Independent 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.http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080219TDY02304.htm Kadokawa narrowly wins Kyoto mayoral race 19 February 2008 Daily Yomiuri https://web.archive.org/web/20080302045947/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080219TDY02304.htm 2 March 2008 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 Candidates Daisaku Kadokawa, 57, former head of Kyoto Municipal Board of Education and supported by all major parties except the JCP. Kazuo Nakamura, 53, working as a lawyer and supported by the Japanese Communist Party Shoei Murayama, 29, independent former member of the Kyoto municipal assembly Toshihiko Okada, 61, independent Results Mayoral election 2008: Kyoto Independent, LDP, DPJ, Komeito,SDP Daisaku Kadokawa 158,472 37,25 % Independent, JCP Kazuo Nakamura 157,521 37,02 % Independent Shoei Murayama 84,750 19,92 % Independent Toshihiko Okada 24,702 5,81 % 425,445 37.82 % References Category:2008 elections in Japan Category:Mayoral elections in Kyoto Category:February 2008 in Japan