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Tokyo held a gubernatorial election on February 9 2014 to replace outgoing Governor Naoki Inose who resigned effective December 24 2013. Yoichi Masuzoe was declared the winner in exit polling with a substantial lead over the fifteen other candidates. His final tally was 2112979 votes (42.86%) with his two closest competitors Morihiro Hosokawa and Kenji Utsunomiya failing to break the 20% mark.