1978 Okinawa gubernatorial election

none October 2022 August 2022 1978 Okinawa gubernatorial election Okinawa no presidential 80.93 1.14沖縄県選挙の記録 1976 Okinawa gubernatorial election 1976 10 December 1978 1982 Okinawa gubernatorial election 1982 +9 130x130px DDDDDD Junji Nishime LDP 284,049 52.41% 130x130px FF0000 Chibana Hideo Okinawa Social Mass Party 257,902 47.59% Governor Kōichi Taira OSMP Junji Nishime LDP A gubernatorial election was held on 10 December 1978 to elect the Governor of Okinawa 沖縄県 Okinawa-ken, who is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan. The gubernatorial election was held because Kōichi Taira, who was first elected in the 1976 election, collapsed from a cerebral thrombosis and resigned as governor in November 1978. Candidates Chibana Hideo, 69, endorsed by the union of the left (Progress and Unity), including the OSMP, JSP and JCP. Junji Nishime, 57, former Representative of the LDP, also backed by the DSP. Results Okinawa gubernatorial 1978 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Junji Nishime 284,049 52.41 5.61 Okinawa Social Mass Party Chibana Hideo 257,902 47.59 5.61 541,951 80.93 1.14 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Okinawa Social Mass Party 4.82 It was the first time since the return of Okinawa that the LDP win the prefecture government. References Category:1978 elections in Japan Category:Okinawa gubernatorial elections Category:December 1978 in Japan