2019 Hokkaido gubernatorial election

The 2019 Hokkaido gubernatorial election was held on 7 April 2019 to elect the next governor of Hokkaido Prefecture. After serving four terms, incumbent Governor Harumi Takahashi decided not to seek re-election. The election resulted in a landslide victory for Naomichi Suzuki, the former mayor of Yūbari, who won 62% of the popular vote. His opponent, Tomohiro Ishikawa, had the support of CDP, JCP, SDP and DPFP, but only managed to secure 37% of the vote.

2019 Hokkaido gubernatorial election

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Turnout	58.34
Candidate Naomichi Suzuki Tomohiro Ishikawa Party Independent Independent Popular vote 1,621,171 963,942 Percentage 62.71% 37.29% Supported by LDP, Komeito CDP, JCP, SDP, DPFP
Governor before election Harumi Takahashi Independent Elected Governor Naomichi Suzuki Independent

Candidates

• Tomohiro Ishikawa, backed by the opposition parties CDP, JCP, SDP, DPFP - former member of the House of Representatives.
• Naomichi Suzuki backed by LDP and Komeito - former mayor of Yūbari, Hokkaido

Declined

• Seiji Osaka - member of the House of Representatives^[1][2]
• Noriyuki Satō (broadcaster) [ja] - broadcaster^[3]
• Iehiro Tokugawa - 19th head of the Tokugawa clan^[4]
• Akihiro Izumi [ja] - director of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Hokkaido Bureau.^[5][6]
• Seiko Hashimoto - member of the House of Councillors^[7]

Results

Hokkaido gubernatorial 2019^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Naomichi Suzuki	1,621,171	62.71
	Independent	Tomohiro Ishikawa	963,942	37.29
Turnout			2.613.522	58.34	−1.28
Registered electors			4.479.708