1947 Hokkaido gubernatorial election

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1947 Hokkaido gubernatorial election

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Nominee Toshibumi Tanaka Party Social Democratic Democratic Popular vote 555,862 476,727

Elected Governor Toshibumi Tanaka Social Democratic

A gubernatorial election was held on 5 April 1947 and 16 April 1947 to elect the Governor of Hokkaido Prefecture. Toshibumi Tanaka defeated after a six-candidate primary to become the prefecture's first democratically elected governor.

Candidates[]

• Toshibumi Tanaka – Chairman of the Hokkaido Government Employee Union, age 35.
•  [ja] – member of the House of Representatives, age 65.
•  [ja] – member of the House of Representatives, age 64.
•  [ja] – member of the House of Representatives, age 45.
• Tsuyoshi Iwasa (岩佐劯, Iwasa Tsuyoshi), age 46, represented the Japan Democratic Patriotic Labor Party (日本民主主義愛國労働党, ?)
• Kikukura Samo (佐茂菊藏, Samo Kikukura), age 53.

Results[]

Primary[]

Election[]

References[]

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