1947 Saga gubernatorial election

Election for Governor of Saga Prefecture

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5 April 1947

1951 →


Nominee	Gen'ichi Okimori	Ryūzaburō Taku	Junji Yanai
Party	Independent	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	175,095	51,293	48,590


Nominee	Morio Tozawa	Hironobu Honjō	Takuta Ikeda
Party	Independent	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	45,276	23,322	11,794


Nominee	Haruo Shinohara
Party	Independent
Popular vote	4,848

Governor before election

Kuniharu Kanayama
Independent

Elected Governor

Gen'ichi Okimori
Independent

A gubernatorial election was held on 5 April 1947 to elect the Governor of Saga Prefecture. Former governor Gen'ichi Okimori defeated six other candidates to become the prefecture's first democratically elected governor.

Candidates

Gen'ichi Okimori [ja] - former Governor of Saga Prefecture (1945–1946), age 49
Baron Ryūzaburō Taku [ja] of the Go-Taku clan [ja] - Member of the House of Peers, age 47
Junji Yanai [ja] - former Governor of Taipei (later Member of the House of Representatives), age 51
Morio Tozawa [ja] - former Governor of Saga Prefecture (1946–1947), age 47
Hironobu Honjō (本城広信, Honjō Hironobu) - author with two works catalogued in the National Diet Library, age 40
Takuta Ikeda (池田沢太, Ikeda Takuta), age 53
Haruo Shinohara (篠原春雄, Shinohara Haruo), age 42

Results

1947 Saga gubernationl election
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Gen'ichi Okimori	175,095
Independent	Ryūzaburō Taku	51,293
Independent	Junji Yanai	48,590
Independent	Morio Tozawa	45,276
Socialist	Hironobu Honjō	23,322
Independent	Takuta Ikeda	11,794
Independent	Haruo Shinohara	4,848

References

^ Saga Gubernational Election Results
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"佐賀県知事選挙 - 1947年04月05日投票 | 佐賀県 | 選挙ドットコム". go2senkyo.com. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

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