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2023 Shimane gubernatorial election

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ120142693 ↗
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The 2023 Shimane gubernatorial election was an election to elect the governor of Shimane during the 2023 Japanese unified local elections on April 9, 2023. The election resulted in the incumbent governor Tatsuya Maruyama being re-elected with an 86.27% majority.

The election was concurrent with the 2023 Shimane Prefectural Assembly election.

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