Yorikane Masumoto Independent Daisaku Kadokawa Independent Kyoto held a mayoral election on February 17, 2008.

Daisaku Kadokawa narrowly won over a candidate backed by the JCP with a margin of 951 votes.

[1] The poll was to choose a successor to Yorikane Masumoto, who announced his resignation after serving three terms for a total 12 years in office