1947 Saga gubernatorial election

1947 Saga gubernatorial election

5 April 1947

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 - former Governor of Saga Prefecture (1945–1946), age 49
• Baron Ryūzaburō Taku of the Go-Taku clan - Member of the House of Peers, age 47
• Junji Yanai - former Governor of Taipei (later Member of the House of Representatives), age 51
• Morio Tozawa - 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

Party		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