2003 Hokkaido gubernatorial election

2003 Hokkaido gubernatorial election

13 April 2003
Turnout	61.81%
Nominee Harumi Takahashi Yoshio Hachiro Party Independent Independent Popular vote 798,317 736,231
Governor before election Tatsuya Hori Independent Elected Governor Harumi Takahashi Independent

A gubernatorial election was held on 13 April 2003 to elect the Governor of Hokkaido Prefecture.

Candidates

• Harumi Takahashi – former director of Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, age 49.
• Yoshio Hachiro – member of the House of Representatives, age 55.
• Ken'ichi Isoda – former vice-governor of Hokkaido, age 58.
• Hideko Itō – lawyer and former representative, age 59.
• Yoshihide Sakai (酒井芳秀, Sakai Yoshihide) – president of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly and later mayor of Shinhidaka, Hokkaido, age 58.
• Shunroku Wakayama (若山俊六, Wakayama Shunroku) – chairman of the Hokkaido Teachers Association, age 64.
• Norimasa Ueno (上野憲正, Ueno Norimasa) – ex-director of the Hokkaido Finance Bureau, age 58.
• Tokuo Yamada (山田得生, Yamada Tokuo) – unemployed and later 2009 town council candidate at Yūbetsu, Hokkaido, age 44.
• Toshio Tsuzuki – agronomist and 1991 Hokkaido gubernatorial election candidate, age 72.

Results

2003 Hokkaido gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Harumi Takahashi	798,317
	Independent	Yoshio Hachiro	736,231
	Independent	Ken'ichi Isoda	428,548
	Independent	Hideko Itō	371,126
	Independent	Yoshihide Sakai	167,615
	Independent	Shunroku Wakayama	142,079
	Independent	Norimasa Ueno	32,119
	Independent	Tokuo Yamada	28,190
	Independent	Toshio Tsuzuki	21,521
Turnout			2,804,910	61.81