2019 Hokkaido prefectural election

← 2015

7 April 2019 (2019-04-07)

2023 →

All 100 seats in the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
51 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

56.63% (

1.98pp)

	First party	Second party

Leader	Takamori Yoshikawa	Takahiro Sasaki
Party	LDP	CDP
Last election	49	24
Seats won	51	24
Seat change	2
Popular vote	722,666	425,549
Percentage	42.50%	25.03%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Hisashi Inatsu	Keiji Aoyama
Party	Komeito	JCP
Last election	8	4
Seats won	8	3
Seat change		1
Popular vote	157,365	159,827
Percentage	9.25%	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.

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.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Democratic Party	722,666	42.50	51	+2
	Constitutional Democratic Party	425,549	25.03	24	0
	Japanese Communist Party	159,828	9.40	3	–1
	Komeito	157,365	9.25	8	0
	Democratic Party for the People	25,107	1.48	0	New
	Nippon Ishin no Kai	8,143	0.48	0	New
	Other parties	7,143	0.42	0	–
	Independents	194,640	11.45	14	–2
Total		1,700,441	100.00	100	–1

Source: Jichisoken

References

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.
"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.

Prefectural Assembly elections in Japan

Chūbu
region

Aichi	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 2023 [ja]
Fukui	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Gifu	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Ishikawa	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Nagano	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Niigata	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Shizuoka	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Toyama	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Yamanashi	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]

Chūgoku
region

Hiroshima	1947 ... 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Okayama	1947 ... 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 [ja]
Shimane	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Tottori	1947 ... 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Yamaguchi	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]

Hokkaido

Hokkaido	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 2023 [ja]

Kansai
region

Hyōgo	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 [ja]
Kyoto	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Mie	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Nara	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Osaka	1947 [ja] 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 [ja] 2019 2023 [ja]
Shiga	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Wakayama	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]

Kantō
region

Chiba	1947 ... 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 2023 [ja]
Gunma	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Ibaraki	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 [ja] 2010 [ja] 2014 [ja] 2018 [ja] 2022 [ja] 2026 [ja]
Kanagawa	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 2023 [ja]
Saitama	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 [ja] 2019 2023 [ja]
Tochigi	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Tokyo	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1965 [ja] 1969 [ja] 1973 [ja] 1977 [ja] 1981 [ja] 1985 [ja] 1989 [ja] 1993 [ja] 1997 [ja] 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025

Kyushu
region

Fukuoka	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 [ja]
Kagoshima	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Kumamoto	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Miyazaki	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Nagasaki	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Ōita	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Okinawa	1952 [ja] 1954 [ja] 1956 [ja] 1958 [ja] 1960 [ja] 1962 1965 [ja] 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 [ja] 2012 [ja] 2016 2020 [ja] 2024 [ja]
Saga	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]

Shikoku
region

Ehime	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Kagawa	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Kōchi	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Tokushima	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]

Tōhoku
region

Akita	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Aomori	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Fukushima	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Iwate	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Miyagi	1947 ... 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Yamagata	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]

See also: Elections in Japan
Gubernatorial elections

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