2003 Saga gubernatorial election
# 2003 Saga gubernatorial election

A gubernatorial election was held on 13 April 2003 to elect the Governor of Saga Prefecture. Newcomer Yasushi Furukawa won the election.

## Candidates

* Yasushi Furukawa - retired (most recent job: former manager of Nagasaki Prefecture General Affairs Department), age 44
* Iwamasa Miyahara (宮原岩政, Miyahara Iwamasa) - member of the Saga Prefectural Assembly, age 61
* Hisatoshi Higuchi [ja] - civil servant at MAFF and later mayor of Kashima, Saga, age 57
* Tomoki Kinoshita (木下知己, Kinoshita Tomoki) - professor at Nasu University, age 55
* Koreyuki Fukushima (福島是幸, Fukushima Koreyuki) - former prefectural high school teacher union chairman, age 63
* Shigeto Hayashida (林田重人, Hayashida Shigeto) - former prefectural superintendent of education, age 66

## Results

2003 Saga gubernational election :

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Independent | Yasushi Furukawa | 160,809 |
| Independent | Iwamasa Miyahara | 147,842 |
| Independent | Hisatoshi Higuchi | 76,520 |
| Independent | Tomoki Kinoshita | 30,149 |
| Independent | Koreyuki Fukushima | 25,577 |
| Independent | Shigeto Hayashida | 19,035 |
