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2005 Tokyo prefectural election

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All 127 seats in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
64 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43.99%(Decrease6.09%)
  First party Second party Third party
  Eita Yashiro.jpg Banri Kaieda 201106.jpg Natsuo_Yamaguchi.jpg
Leader Eita Yashiro Banri Kaieda Natsuo Yamaguchi
Party LDP Democratic Komeito
Last election 53 22 23
Seats before 53 22 22
Seats won 48 35 23
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 13 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,339,548 1,070,893 786,292
Percentage 30.7% 24.5% 18.0%

  Fourth party Fifth party
  共産 ネット
Leader Yoshiharu Wakabayashi Mitsuko Nishizaki
Party JCP Tokyo Seikatsusha Network
Last election 15 6
Seats before 15 6
Seats won 13 3
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 3
Popular vote 680,200 181,020
Percentage 15.6% 4.1%


Assembly President before election

Shigeru Uchida
LDP

Elected Assembly President

Chuuichi Kawashima
LDP

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Prefectural elections were held in Tokyo for the city's Metropolitan Assembly on 3 July 2005. The election was a great success for the Democratic Party of Japan which won 16 additional seats, closing in on the Liberal Democratic Party.

Results

Summary of the 3 July 2005 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election results
Parties Candidates Votes % Seats
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党, Jiyū Minshutō) 57 1,339,548 30.7 48
Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō) 51 1,070,893 24.5 35
New Komeito party (公明党, Kōmeitō) 23 786,292 18.0 23
Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō) 43 680,200 15.6 13
Social Democratic Party (社民党 Shamin-tō) 1 10,165 0.2 0
Tokyo Seikatsusha Network (東京・生活者ネットワーク) 10 181,020 4.1 3
Gyokaku 110-ban (行革110番) 1 24,259 0.6 1
Others 4 27,784 0.6 0
Independents 30 248,999 5.7 4
Total (turnout 43.99%) 220 4,435,435 100.00 127
Sources:Tokyo electoral commission: 投開票結果 Archived 9 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine, JANJAN: 東京都議会議員選挙, Asahi Shimbun:

NB: Results are incomplete due to lack of sources.

References

Tokyo Metropolitan (prefectural) elections in Tokyo since 1947
Assembly elections
Assembly by-elections
Gubernatorial elections


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