1947 Hokkaido gubernatorial election From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Election for Governor of Hokkaido This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "1947 Hokkaido gubernatorial election" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 1947 Hokkaido gubernatorial election1951 → Nominee Toshibumi Tanaka Eiji Arima Party Social Democratic Democratic Popular vote 555,862 476,727 Elected Governor Toshibumi Tanaka Social Democratic A gubernatorial election was held on 5 April 1947 and 16 April 1947 to elect the Governor of Hokkaido Prefecture. Toshibumi Tanaka defeated Eiji Arima after a six-candidate primary to become the prefecture's first democratically elected governor. Candidates[edit] Toshibumi Tanaka – Chairman of the Hokkaido Government Employee Union, age 35. Eiji Arima [ja] – member of the House of Representatives, age 65. Hidetoshi Tomabechi [ja] – member of the House of Representatives, age 64. Chōji Hase [ja] – member of the House of Representatives, age 45. Tsuyoshi Iwasa (岩佐劯, Iwasa Tsuyoshi), age 46, represented the Japan Democratic Patriotic Labor Party (日本民主主義愛國労働党, ?) Kikukura Samo (佐茂菊藏, Samo Kikukura), age 53. Results[edit] Primary[edit] 1947 Hokkaido gubernatorial election: primary Party Candidate Votes % ±% Social Democratic Toshibumi Tanaka 384,770 Democratic Eiji Arima 304,524 Independent Hidetoshi Tomabechi 259,126 Independent Chōji Hase 123,510 Japan Democratic Patriotic Labor Party Tsuyoshi Iwasa 35,783 Independent Kikukura Samo 11,286 Turnout 1,203,017 68.20 Election[edit] 1947 Hokkaido gubernatorial election final[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Social Democratic Toshibumi Tanaka 555,862 Democratic Eiji Arima 476,727 Turnout 1,043,816 59.39 References[edit] ^ http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/file.jsp?id=1183532 [dead link] vte Elections in Hokkaido Prefecture Gubernatorial elections 1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Prefectural elections 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Sapporo mayoral elections 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 This Japanese elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte