2022 Okinawa gubernatorial election

2022 Okinawa gubernatorial election

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Turnout	57.92% 5.32%[1]
Candidate Denny Tamaki Atsushi Sakima Mikio Shimoji Party Independent Independent Independent Popular vote 339,767 274,844 53,677 Percentage 50.84% 41.13% 8.03%
Governor before election Denny Tamaki Independent Elected Governor Denny Tamaki Independent

The 2022 Okinawa gubernatorial election was held on 11 September 2022 to elect the next governor of Okinawa. In the election, incumbent Governor Denny Tamaki who was backed by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and some smaller parties ran against Atsushi Sakima who was supported by the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito. Mikio Shimoji ran against both candidates as a third option. The potential relocation of the Naval Base Okinawa was, again, an important topic in the debate. Over 70% of voters in Okinawa opposed the relocation in the 2019 Okinawan referendum. Tamaki supported the complete removal of the base, while Sakima supported relocating it.^[2] Denny Tamaki won with 51.7% of the vote against Sakima and Mikio Shimoji.

Candidates

Running

• Governor of Okinawa (2018–).^[1] (nominated by CDP, JCP, Reiwa Shinsengumi, SDP, and OSMP)^[3]
• Atsushi Sakima, mayor of
  Ginowan (2012–2018) and candidate for Governor in the 2018 Okinawa gubernatorial election. (nominated by LDP and Komeito)^[3]
• House of Representatives
  (2014–)

Results

Okinawa gubernatorial election, 2022^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Denny Tamaki	339,767	50.8
	Independent	Atsushi Sakima	274,844	41.1
	Independent	Mikio Shimoji	53,677	8.0
Total valid votes			668,288	100.00
Turnout			766,767	57.92	5.32
Registered electors			1,323,838

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