2019 Hokkaido prefectural election

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2019 Hokkaido prefectural election
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg
 20157 April 2019 (2019-04-07)2023 

All 100 seats in the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout56.63% (Decrease2.svg1.98pp)
 First partySecond party
  Takamori Yoshikawa.jpg Takahiro Sasaki cropped 1 Takahiro Sasaki 201210.jpg
Leader Takamori Yoshikawa Takahiro Sasaki
Party LDP CDP
Last election4924
Seats won5124
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Steady2.svg
Popular vote722,666425,549
Percentage42.50%25.03%

 Third partyFourth party
  Inatsu hisashi.jpg
Leader Hisashi Inatsu Keiji Aoyama
Party Komeito JCP
Last election84
Seats won83
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg1
Popular vote157,365159,827
Percentage9.25%9.40%

Governor before election

Harumi Takahashi
Independent

Elected Governor

Naomichi Suzuki
Independent

Prefectural elections were held in Hokkaido Prefecture on 7 April 2019 to elect the members of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly. It saw the election of Ayako Fuchigami, the first sexual minority politician to be elected to a Japanese prefectural assembly. [1]

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Overview

The election was held as the four year term of the members of Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly ended. There were 134 candidates running for the 100 seats in the assembly, with 35 candidates in 21 constituencies being elected unopposed, the highest number in the history of Hokkaido Prefectural elections. [2]

Results

Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly election, 2019.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Democratic Party 722,66642.5051+2
Constitutional Democratic Party 425,54925.03240
Japanese Communist Party 159,8289.403–1
Komeito 157,3659.2580
Democratic Party for the People 25,1071.480New
Nippon Ishin no Kai 8,1430.480New
Other parties7,1430.420
Independents194,64011.4514–2
Total1,700,441100.00100–1
Source: Jichisoken

References

  1. Shirai, Nobuhiro (10 April 2019). "トランスジェンダー公表し道議に初当選「多様性の風を」" [Announced as transgender and elected to local government council for the first time Give the wind of diversity]. Asahi News (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. "北海道議選、134人立候補 21選挙区で無投票" [Hokkaido assembly election, 134 candidates, no votes in 21 constituencies]. Nikkei News (in Japanese). 29 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2023.