2007 Kanagawa gubernatorial election

2007 Kanagawa gubernatorial election

8 April 2007
Turnout	47.04 1.40
Nominee Shigefumi Matsuzawa Tadashi Sugino Yoko Kamoi Party Independent Independent Independent Popular vote 2,008,340 627,607 561,906 Percentage 62.80% 19.63% 17.57%
Governor before election Shigefumi Matsuzawa Independent Elected Governor Shigefumi Matsuzawa Independent

The 2007 Kanagawa gubernatorial election was held on 8 April 2007 in order to elect the Governor of Kanagawa. Incumbent Independent Governor Shigefumi Matsuzawa won re-election against Independent candidates Tadashi Sugino and Yoko Kamoi.

General election

On election day, 8 April 2007, incumbent Independent Governor Shigefumi Matsuzawa won re-election by a margin of 1,189,513 votes against his foremost opponent Independent candidate Tadashi Sugino, thereby retaining Independent control over the office of Governor. Matsuzawa was sworn in for his second term on 23 April 2007.

Results

Kanagawa gubernatorial election, 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Shigefumi Matsuzawa (incumbent)	2,008,340	62.80
	Independent	Tadashi Sugino	627,607	19.63
	Independent	Yoko Kamoi	561,906	17.57
Total votes			3,197,853	100.00
	Independent hold