Tokyo prefectural parliamentary election 2005

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The prefecture parliamentary elections in Tokyo 2005 ( Japanese 2005 年 東京 都 議会 議員 選 挙 , 2005-nen Tōkyō-togikai giin senkyo ) took place on July 3, 2005. All 127 seats in the parliament of the Japanese prefecture of Tokyo were eligible for election through non-transferable individual votes in 35 multi-mandate and seven single- mandate constituencies.

History and election campaign

Since 1965, Tokyo Prefecture has not voted for its parliament in uniform regional elections. Because of this, and because Tokyo is the most populous prefecture and the seat of the national parliament and central government, elections to the prefectural parliament usually attract a lot of national attention, and political disputes in the prefecture are largely determined by the national parties.

At the national level, the nationally ruling second cabinet Koizumi, made up of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Kōmeitō, faced a Democratic Party (DPJ) that grew stronger from election to election and had made significant gains in the 2003 general election and the 2004 upper house election . The approval rating of Koizumi's cabinet was below 50% in polls but had rebounded from lower levels earlier in the year.

In its Tokyo election manifestos for parliamentary elections ( local manifesto ), the LDP promised, among other things, ecological reforms, tackling the heat island phenomenon and improving the transport infrastructure, the DPJ, among other things, making the costs of earthquake protection conversions tax-free, increasing the local autonomy of schools and Reduce the cost of the prefecture's water supply bureau.

The official election campaign started on June 24, 2005. The LDP nominated 57 candidates, the DPJ 51, the Communist Party of Japan (KPJ) 43 and the Kōmeitō 23. In addition, there were 10 candidates from the Tōkyō Seikatsusha Network , a consumer protection-focused citizen movement that aimed at nationally supported the Democratic Party and was successful in the mayoral elections in Kunitachi and in the prefectural parliamentary elections in the late 1990s , an SDP candidate, 5 candidates from other parties and 30 independent candidates for a seat in parliament in Shinjuku. In the constituency strategies and candidate nominations, the LDP cooperated with the Kōmeitō, and the DPJ with Seikatsusha Net and SDP

Election result

The turnout fell by almost eight percentage points to 43.99%.

According to post-election surveys by the Asahi Shimbun, many non-party voters who voted for the LDP during the “Koizumi boom” in 2001 voted for candidates from other parties in 2005 or did not vote.

Political party be right proportion of Seats modification
Liberal Democratic Party 1,339,548 30.7% 48 −3
Democratic Party 1,070,893 24.5% 35 +16
Kōmeitō 786.292 18.0% 23 +2
Communist Party of Japan 680.200 15.6% 13 −2
Tōkyō Seikatsusha Network 181.020 4.1% 3 −3
Other * 1 0
Independent 4th 0
total 100.00% 127 +10 (vacancies)

(*) Only elected candidate for Gyōkaku hyakutōban ("Administrative Reform 110")

The change in the number of seats is indicated compared to the composition before the election.

Constituencies

LDP incumbents were voted out of office in six constituencies, including Bunkyō Tarō Hatoyama , whose father Kunio was defeated by Shintaro Ishihara in 1999 with the support of the Democratic Party in the gubernatorial election. The DPJ only lost incumbents running again in Shinjuku and Kita, but were able to bring a new candidate to parliament in both constituencies. The Kōmeitō managed that all of their 23 applicants were chosen.

Party affiliation of the 2005 election winners
Tama area Tokyo and islands
Ōme
   
  		North Tama 1
               
  		North Tama 4
         
  		Itabashi
                     
    		Day care center
                     
  		Arakawa
         
  		Adachi
                     
          		Katsushika
                     
 
West Tama
         
  		Tachikawa
         
  		Kodaira
         
  		Nishitōkyō
         
  		Nerima
                     
          		Toshima
               
  		Bunkyō
         
  		Taitō
         
  		Sumida
               
  		Edogawa
                     
   
Akishima
    		North Tama 2
          		Koganei
    		Musashino
    		Nakano
                      		Shinjuku
                      		Chiyoda
    		Chūō
    		Kōtō
                     
Hino
         
  		Foxu
         
  		Mitaka
         
  		Suginami
                     
          		Shibuya
         
  		Minato
         
  		Party affiliation of the election winners
(as of election day)
  • Liberal Democratic Party
  • Democratic Party
  • Kōmeitō
  • Communist Party of Japan
  • Tōkyō Seikatsusha Network
  • Gyōkaku 110
  • Independent
    		•
    Hachiōji
                         
            		South Tama
             
          		North Tama 3
             
          		Setagaya
                         
                              		Meguro
                   
          		Shinagawa
                         
     
    Machida
                   
          		Ōta
                         
                              		Islands
       
     

    The composition of the constituencies, which are not congruent with municipalities, was as follows:

    Effects

    Chūichi Kawashima (LDP, island constituency) was elected President of Parliament, Yoshiaki Kiuchi (Kōmeitō, Kōtō) became Vice President

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