2003 Hokkaido gubernatorial election

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2003 Hokkaido gubernatorial election

← 1999 13 April 2003 2007 →
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.
•  [ja] – former vice-governor of Hokkaido, age 58.
•  [ja] – lawyer and former representative, age 59.
• (酒井芳秀, Sakai Yoshihide) – president of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly and later mayor of Shinhidaka, Hokkaido, age 58.^[1]
• 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.^[2]
•  [ja] – agronomist and 1991 Hokkaido gubernatorial election candidate, age 72.

Results[]

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