2007 Miyazaki gubernatorial by-election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Flag_of_Miyazaki_Prefecture.svg/50px-Flag_of_Miyazaki_Prefecture.svg.png)
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← 2003 | 21 January 2007 | 2010 → |
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Turnout | 64.85 |
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| | | Candidate | Higashi Sonomanma | Hidesaburō Kawamura | Party | Independent | Independent | Popular vote | 266,807 | 195,124 | |
Governor before election Tadahiro Ando Independent | Elected Governor Higashi Sonomanma Independent | |
Miyazaki Prefecture held a gubernatorial by-election on January 21, 2007. Former governor Tadahiro Ando was arrested for bid-rigging. Independent comedian Hideo Higashikokubaru (running under the name "Higashi Sonomanma") won.
Gubernational by-election 2007: Miyazaki Prefecture Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Higashi Sonomanma (そのまんま 東) | 266,807 | | |
| LDP | Hidesaburō Kawamura (川村 秀三郎) | 195,124 | | |
| Independent | Tetsuji Mochinaga (持永 哲志) | 120,825 | | |
| JCP | Tadakatsu Tsushima (津島 忠勝) | 14,358 | | |
| Independent | Nobuhiro Takeda (武田 信弘) | 3,574 | | |
Turnout | 600,688 | 64.85 | 5.51 |
References
- (in Japanese) Official results, results
- (in Japanese) Official results, voter turnout
- (in Japanese) ザ・選挙 -選挙情報-