2009 Tokyo prefectural election

2009 Tokyo prefectural election Tokyo parliamentary no 2005 Tokyo prefectural election 2005 2013 Tokyo prefectural election 2013 All 127 seats in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly 64 54.49%(10.50%) 3 July 2009 Naoto Kan 20071221 (cropped).jpg 95 90 120 0 0 Naoto Kan December 2008 Democratic Party (Japan, 1998) 35 34 54 20 2,298,495 40.79% Nobuteru Ishihara cropped 2 Ishihara Nobuteru 2012 (cropped).jpg 100 90 120 0 0 Nobuteru Ishihara September 2005 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) 48 48 38 10 1,458,108 25.88% Natsuo Yamaguchi (cropped).jpg 90 90 120 0 5 Natsuo Yamaguchi May 2003 Komeito 22 22 23 1 743,428 13.19% 共産 Japanese Communist Party Yoshiharu Wakabayashi 1997 13 13 8 5 707,602 12.56% ネット Fumie Yamaguchi Tokyo Seikatsusha Network 3 4 2 2 110,407 1.96% 350px Assembly President Toshio Hiruma Liberal Democratic Party of Japan Ryo Tanaka Democratic Party of Japan Prefectural elections for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly were held on 12 July 2009. In the runup to the Japanese general election due by October they were seen as an important test for Taro Aso's ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the New Komeito. New Komeito considers Tokyo as an important stronghold and had repeatedly asked Prime Minister Aso to avoid holding the two elections within a month of each other.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090628a1.html Aso leaning toward early August election. LDP executives may also be reshuffled to boost poll numbers The Japan Times June 28, 2009 June 29, 2009 Campaigning officially started on July 3, 2009.TMG Electoral Commission: Tokyo election schedule https://web.archive.org/web/20090709105857/http://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.jp/schedule/schedule_h21.html#to 2009-07-09 ja The prefecture's 10.6 million registered voters (up 230,000 from 2005) were called upon to elect the 127 Assembly members in 42 electoral districts at 1,868 polling stations across Tokyo.TMG Electoral Commission: 平成21年執行東京都議会議員選挙執行計画の概要 https://web.archive.org/web/20090714225649/http://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.jp/h21togisen/h21togisen-keikakugaiyou.html 2009-07-14 221 candidates had been formally registered with the Tokyo metropolitan electoral commission. The LDP and the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) each endorsed 58 candidates, the Japan Communist Party (JCP) supports 40 and New Komeito formally fields 23 candidates,http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20090704TDY01302.htm Tokyo poll campaign starts / 'Ishihara ruling bloc,' DPJ battling for majority in assembly The Daily Yomiuri July 4, 2009 July 3, 2009 October 2010 H3llBot though it has also decided to support LDP candidates in several districts.http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20090703p2a00m0na015000c.html Campaigning kicks off for Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election Mainichi Daily News July 3, 2009 July 3, 2009 October 2010 H3llBot Local campaign issues included Tokyo's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games and governor Shintaro Ishihara's plan to relocate the Tsukiji fish market in 2012.Mariko Katō http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090701f1.html Key gripes converge in Tokyo poll. Opposition hits Tsukiji move, Olympics, Shinginko The Japan Times July 1, 2009 July 3, 2009 The national debate over a possible ban of "hereditary" (ja 世襲, seshū) politicians has also affected several candidates.http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/feature/20090608-145088/news/20090616-OYT1T00723.htm 都議選でも注目、どうなる世襲への審判 Yomiuri Shimbun June 16, 2009 June 29, 2009 Tokyo's legislative election is one of only three elections for prefectural parliaments countrywide that are not held in the "unified regional election" (tōitsu chihō senkyo, last round: 2007), the other two being Ibaraki's and Okinawa's prefectural assembly elections. Results Polls closed at 8:00 pm Japan Standard Time. Turnout was significantly up from 2005 and stood at 54.5 percent. The DPJ picked up 20 seats and saw 54 of their 58 candidates elected. The LDP lost its status as strongest party in the Metropolitan Assembly for the first time since 1965. Despite strong results for coalition partner Kōmeitō, the ruling camp could not defend an absolute majority (64 seats).NHK: NHK 都議選 開票速報 https://web.archive.org/web/20090714042853/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/togisen/ 2009-07-14 Yomiuri Shimbun: 特集>東京都議選2009Asahi Shimbun: 特集 東京都議選2009 The only electoral district where an LDP candidate received the most votes (top tōsen) was the single-member [Izu and Ogasawara] islands electoral district of former assembly president Chūichi Kawashima,Jiji Press, July 12, 2009: 民主得票率、16ポイント増 a native of Ōshima town who had represented the islands since 1985. Summary of the 12 July 2009 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election results |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Parties ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Candidates ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats |- | style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō) | style="text-align:right;" | 58 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,298,494 | style="text-align:right;" | 40.79 | style="text-align:right;" | 54 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党, Jiyū Minshutō) | style="text-align:right;" | 58 | style="text-align:right;" | 1,458,108 | style="text-align:right;" | 25.88 | style="text-align:right;" | 38 |- | style="text-align:left;" |New Komeito Party (公明党, Kōmeitō) | style="text-align:right;" | 23 | style="text-align:right;" | 743,427 | style="text-align:right;" | 13.19 | style="text-align:right;" | 23 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō) | style="text-align:right;" | 40 | style="text-align:right;" | 707,602 | style="text-align:right;" | 12.56 | style="text-align:right;" | 8 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Tokyo Seikatsusha Network (東京・生活者ネットワーク) | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 110,407 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.96 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Social Democratic Party (社民党 Shamin-tō) | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | 20,084 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.36 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Others | style="text-align:right;" | 13 | style="text-align:right;" | 45,329 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.80 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Independents | style="text-align:right;" | 22 | style="text-align:right;" | 250,869 | style="text-align:right;" | 4.45 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 54.49%) |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9" | 221 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 5,705,441 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 100.00 |style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 127 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan=5 |Source: Tokyo electoral commission https://web.archive.org/web/20130220041624/http://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.jp/h21togisen/indexa.html 2013-02-20 |} Aftermath The president of the LDP's Tokyo prefectural federation, one of governor Ishihara's then two sons in the national House of Representatives, Nobuteru, initially hinted to step down as LDP Tokyo chief, but eventually stayed on. Nationally, Tarō Asō came under pressure within his party to resign immediately as party president-prime minister,The Japan Times, July 15, 2009: Aso attacked on all fronts. LDP feuds; opposition smells blood but could avoid a leadership challenge by calling the general election of the House of Representatives earlyThe Japan Times, July 17, 2009: Aso foes unlikely to block dissolution. Petition by third of LDP seeking ouster appears destined to fail – the election on August 30 resulted in a landslide loss for the ruling coalition. Democrat Ryō Tanaka from Suginami was elected assembly president, Kantarō Suzuki (Kōmeitō, Arakawa) became vice president. The assembly majority in the new assembly is often involved in disputes with governor Ishihara over the budget, the Tsukiji relocation and other issues.The Japan Times, July 14, 2009: Ishihara must face the opposition. Shinginko, other projects now in doubtThe Economist, October 28, 2010: Fish fight. Tokyo's governor is starting to look like yesterday's sushiThe Japan Times, October 23, 2010: Tsukiji to relocate to Toyosu: Ishihara. DPJ ranks vow to block budget for shift to toxic site Yet, in the gubernatorial election of 2011 (part of the unified regional election), Ishihara was safely reelected for a fourth term. References External links JANJAN: 東京都議会議員選挙 ja Category:2009 elections in Japan Category:Tokyo prefectural elections Category:July 2009 in Japan Category:2009 in Tokyo