2003 Tokyo gubernatorial election

Election for Governor of Tokyo November 2019 2003 Tokyo gubernatorial election Tokyo presidential no 1999 Tokyo gubernatorial election 1999 2007 Tokyo gubernatorial election 2007 April 13, 2003 44.94% 12.93 pp x150px Shintarō Ishihara 2003.jpg 120 120 150 0 0 Shintarō Ishihara Independent 3,087,190 70.2% Keiko Higuchi portrait(2010).jpg 120 120 150 0 0 Keiko Higuchi Independent 817,146 18.6% Governor Shintarō Ishihara Independent Shintarō Ishihara Independent The 2003 Tokyo Gubernatorial elections were held on 13 April 2003. Incumbent governor Shintaro Ishihara was re-elected with the support of the Liberal Democratic Party, which was riding a nationwide wave of popularity under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.Tokyo governor re-elected https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2946345.stm 8 January 2014 BBC 14 April 2003 Opposition parties had billed the election as a referendum regarding Japanese support for the Iraq War. Although endorsed by the LDP, Ishihara's landslide victory was partly owed to the popularity of policies he enacted in opposition to the national government, such as stricter pollution controls.Tokyo Governor Easily Wins Re-Election http://www.theintelligencer.com/archives/article_1d2ba4ed-9fc2-50c8-afad-16c948263f07.html 8 January 2014 Edwardsville Intelligencer 13 April 2003 Results CandidatePartyVotes%Shintarō Ishihara (incumbent)endorsed by LDP 3,087,190 70.2Keiko Higuchiendorsed by DPJ, SDP 817,146 18.6Yoshiharu WakabayashiJapanese Communist Party 364,007 8.3Yoshiro Nakamatsu (ドクター 中松) 109,091 2.5Kazutomo Ikeda (池田 一朝) 19,860 0.4Total (Turnout: 44.94% (-12.93%)) 4,397,294 References Tokyo ja 平成15年都知事選挙 開票結果 ja ザ・選挙 -選挙情報- Category:2003 elections in Japan Category:Shintaro Ishihara 2003 Category:April 2003 in Japan Category:2003 in Tokyo