2003 Kanagawa gubernatorial election

2003 Kanagawa gubernatorial election

13 April 2003
Turnout	48.44
Nominee Shigefumi Matsuzawa Ryoichi Takarada Ichiro Asukata Party Independent Independent Independent Popular vote 1,040,594 676,534 643,583 Percentage 32.61% 21.20% 20.17%   Nominee Yoko Tajima Seiko Miyako Party Independent Independent Popular vote 496,319 197,402 Percentage 15.55% 6.19%
Governor before election Hiroshi Okazaki Independent Elected Governor Shigefumi Matsuzawa Independent

The 2003 Kanagawa gubernatorial election was held on 13 April 2003 in order to elect the Governor of Kanagawa. Independent candidate and former member of the House of Representatives Shigefumi Matsuzawa defeated Independent candidates Hajime Okamoto, Ichiro Asukata, Yoko Tajima, Seiko Miyako, Setsuko Yamamoto and Kenjiro Endo.

General election

On election day, 13 April 2003, Independent candidate Shigefumi Matsuzawa won the election by a margin of 364,060 votes against his foremost opponent Independent candidate Ryoichi Takarada, thereby retaining Independent control over the office of Governor. Matsuzawa was sworn in as Governor on 23 April 2003.

Results

Kanagawa gubernatorial election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Shigefumi Matsuzawa	1,040,594	32.61
	Independent	Ryoichi Takarada	676,534	21.20
	Independent	Ichiro Asukata	643,583	20.17
	Independent	Yoko Tajima	496,319	15.55
	Independent	Seiko Miyako	197,402	6.19
	Independent	Setsuko Yamamoto	92,879	2.91
	Independent	Kenjiro Endo	43,298	1.37
Total votes			3,190,609	100.00
	Independent hold