2003 Saga gubernatorial election
13 April 2003
 
Nominee Yasushi Furukawa Iwamasa Miyahara Hisatoshi Higuchi
Party Independent Independent Independent
Popular vote 332,785 147,842 76,520
 
Nominee Tomoki Kinoshita Koreyuki Fukushima Shigeto Hayashida
Party Independent Independent Independent
Popular vote 30,149 25,577 19,035
Governor before election

Isamu Imoto
Independent

 Elected Governor

Yasushi Furukawa
Independent

A gubernatorial election was held on 13 April 2003 to elect the Governor of Saga Prefecture. Newcomer Yasushi Furukawa won the election.

Candidates

  • Yasushi Furukawa - retired (most recent job: former manager of Nagasaki Prefecture General Affairs Department), age 44[1]
  • Iwamasa Miyahara (宮原岩政, Miyahara Iwamasa) - member of the Saga Prefectural Assembly, age 61[1]
  • Hisatoshi Higuchi - civil servant at MAFF and later mayor of Kashima, Saga, age 57[1]
  • Tomoki Kinoshita (木下知己, Kinoshita Tomoki) - professor at Nasu University, age 55[1]
  • Koreyuki Fukushima (福島是幸, Fukushima Koreyuki) - former prefectural high school teacher union chairman, age 63[1]
  • Shigeto Hayashida (林田重人, Hayashida Shigeto) - former prefectural superintendent of education, age 66[1]

Results

2003 Saga gubernational election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Yasushi Furukawa 160,809
Independent Iwamasa Miyahara 147,842
Independent Hisatoshi Higuchi 76,520
Independent Tomoki Kinoshita 30,149
Independent Koreyuki Fukushima 25,577
Independent Shigeto Hayashida 19,035

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "佐賀県知事選挙 - 2003年04月13日投票 | 佐賀県 | 選挙ドットコム". go2senkyo.com. Retrieved 14 September 2019.


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