2004 Niigata gubernatorial election

A gubernatorial election was held on 14 October 2004 to elect the next governor of Niigata (山口県, Niigata-ken), a prefecture of Japan in the Chūbu region of the main island of Honshu.

2004 Niigata gubernatorial election

14 October 2004
Turnout	53.88 9.71
Governor before election Yukio Hirayama Liberal Democratic Elected Governor Hirohiko Izumida Liberal Democratic

The incumbent, elected since 1992, Yukio Hirayama, 60, does not run again.

Candidates

• Hirohiko Izumida, 42, endorsed by LDP and NK.
• Hidetoshi Taga, 54, backed by SDP and the local chapter of DPJ.
• Ichizo Kobayashi, 68, former chief of the Urban Development Bureau of the Niigata prefecture, member of LDP.
• Yukio Kawamata, 49, backed by the JCP.
• Kaoru Miyakoshi, 63, bureaucrat in the Finance Ministry, former JRP militant.
• Yuji Ito, 39.

Results

Niigata gubernatorial 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democratic	Hirohiko Izumida	344,904	33.16	22.78
	Social Democratic	Hidetoshi Taga	299,145	28.76	n/a
	Liberal Democratic	Ichizo Kobayashi	198,675	19.10	17.05
		Kaoru Miyakoshi	109,539	10.53	n/a
	Communist	Yukio Kawamata	46,207	4.44	3.48
		Yuji Ito	41,626	4.00	n/a
Total valid votes			1,040,096	97.88
Turnout			1,062,672	55.88	9.71
Registered electors			1,972,144
	Liberal Democratic hold		Swing	4.40