Wakayama Prefecture held a gubernatorial election in November 2018.[1] Incumbent Yoshinobu Nisaka was reelected for a fourth term.[1]


Gubernatorial election 2018: Wakayama
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent, supported by LDP and Komeito Yoshinobu Nisaka (incumbent) 246,303 80.00%
Independent, supported by the JCP Masayoshi Hatanaka 61,604 20.00%

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