The 2019 Hokkaido gubernatorial election was held on 7 April 2019 to elect the

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Hokkaido Prefecture is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The ...

. Incumbent Governor

Harumi Takahashi is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and currently a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). She served as governor of the prefecture of Hokkaido for four terms from 2003 to 2019. She gradu ...

decided to not seek a fifth term as governor of

Hokkaido is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The lar ...

. The election resulted in a landslide victory for former member of the

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Naomichi Suzuki is a Japanese politician who currently serves as Governor of Hokkaidō. He previously served as mayor of Yūbari city for two consecutive terms from 2011 to 2019. He had also served in Regional Sovereignty Strategy Office of Cabinet Office a ...

. He received 62% of the popular vote, while Ishikawa won 37%.

Candidates

Tomohiro Ishikawa is a former member of the House of Representatives elected to the 11th District of Hokkaidō, Japan. He is a former secretary to former Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary-General Ichirō Ozawa. After Satoshi Arai's candidacy to the 20 ...

, backed by the opposition parties CDP, JCP, SDP, DPFP - former member of the House of Representatives. *

backed by LDP and

Komeito , formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a conservative political party in Japan founded by lay members of the Buddhist Japanese new religious movement Soka Gakkai in 1964. Since 2012, it has served in government as the junior coalit ...

- former mayor of

Yūbari, Hokkaido is a city located in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of April 30, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 8,612, with 5,030 households. The total area is 763.20 km². Hemmed in by mountains Yūbari stretches for 25 kilomete ...

Declined

Seiji Osaka is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), a member of the House of Representatives of Japan, House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan, Diet (national legislature). He represents Hokkaido 8th district, H ...

- member of the House of Representatives * - broadcaster *

Iehiro Tokugawa (born 7 February 1965) is an author, translator, and the heir to the Tokugawa clan. His great-great-grandfather was the famed Matsudaira Katamori of Aizu, and his maternal great-great-grandfather was Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of the ...

- 19th head of the

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* - director of the

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism The , abbreviated MLIT, is a ministry of the Japanese government.国土交通省設置法 ...

Hokkaido Bureau. *

Seiko Hashimoto is a Japanese politician, former speed skater and track cyclist. She has the most Olympic appearances of any Japanese athlete except Noriaki Kasai, representing her native country in four consecutive Winter Olympics from 1984 to 1994 and in ...

- member of the House of Councillors

Results

References

External links

H31投開票速報（一般＿知事＿候補者別得票数）｜北海道選挙管理委員会
2019 elections in Japan Hokkaido gubernational elections {{Japan-election-stub