Gubernatorial election in Tokyo, Japan
2007 Tokyo gubernatorial election
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Turnout | 54.35% |
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| | | Candidate | Shintarō Ishihara | Shirō Asano | Party | Independent | Independent | Popular vote | 2,811,486 | 1,693,323 | Percentage | 50.52% | 30.43% | |
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The 2007 Tokyo Gubernatorial elections were held on April 8, 2007 as part of the 16th unified local elections. There were fourteen candidates, among them the incumbent governor Shintaro Ishihara. Most candidates, with the exception of Kurokawa and Yamaguchi, ran as independents,[1] but some were supported by various parties.
Results
Gubernatorial election 2007: Tokyo Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| LDP | Shintarō Ishihara (incumbent) | 2,811,486 | 50.52 | |
| DPJ, SDP | Shirō Asano | 1,693,323 | 30.43 | |
| JCP | Manzō Yoshida | 629,549 | 11.31 | |
| Symbiosis New Party | Kisho Kurokawa | 159,126 | 2.86 | |
| Independent | Yoshiro Nakamatsu | 85,946 | 1.54 | |
| Independent | Shigeki Satō | 69,526 | 1.25 | |
| Independent | Kumiko Uchikawa | 21,626 | 0.39 | |
| Independent | Kōichi Toyama | 15,059 | 0.27 | |
| Independent | Mitsuru Takahashi | 5558 | 0.10 | |
| Independent | Osamu Ogami | 4020 | 0.07 | |
| Independent | Setsuo Yamaguchi | 3589 | 0.06 | |
| Independent | Ryūhō Takashima | 3240 | 0.06 | |
| Independent | Sutoku Sasaki | 2845 | 0.05 | |
| Independent | Kōichirō Mariko | 1373 | 0.02 | |
Turnout | 5565127 | 54.35 | |
See also
- Tokyo portal
References
- ^ Results from Tokyo Metropolitan Election Commission Archived 2014-01-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Asahi News Editorial
- Trans-Pacific Radio coverage
External links
- CityMayors coverage
- Video of candidate Koichi Toyama
- Discussion of 2007 Gubernatorial campaign
- Regular updates on 2007 Gubernatorial campaign and Japanese politics
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