title: 2003 Saga gubernatorial election
text: # 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 |
  