2017 Tokyo prefectural parliamentary election

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The election in 2017 of the deputies in the prefecture Parliament of Tokyo ( Heisei 29-nen / 2017-nen Tōkyō togikai giin Senkyo , Jap. 平成29年/ 2017年東京都議会議員選挙 ) took place on 2 July. The official announcement ( kokuji [= legal election campaign start, registration deadline for candidates, possibility of early voting]) took place on June 23. The mandate of the MPs elected in the last general election in 2013 or in subsequent by-elections expires on July 22nd. The mayoral election in Kokubunji took place on the same day as the prefecture parliamentary elections, three weeks before the city parliament election in Akiruno .

The 127 MPs were elected in seven single and 35 multi-mandate constituencies by non-transferable individual voting (identical to first-past-the-post in the single- mandate constituencies ). In April 2017, before the start of the official election campaign, 196 politicians were planning to run for office. At the beginning of the election campaign on June 23, 2017, there were 258 candidates. In comparison, there were 253 candidates in the 2013 election.

Starting position

The national coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Kōmeitō , which also supported then Governor Naoki Inose , won a clear majority in the prefectural parliament in 2013, which the LDP was able to expand in 2016 by-elections.

Following the resignation of Inose and successor Yōichi Masuzoe , Yuriko Koike has been in charge of the prefecture administration since the 2016 gubernatorial election . Although she is a former LDP politician herself, she was elected against the election recommendation of the LDP and is pursuing some reforms that are not supported by the LDP. She had announced for the 2017 parliamentary elections that she wanted to run her own party, which had already won several MPs by converting them before the 2017 election. The resulting faction in the prefecture parliament is called Tomin First no Kai ( 都 民 フ ァ ー ス ト の 会 , for example "Association of Prefectural Citizens First", whereby "Prefecture" clearly refers to Tokyo, as Tōkyō is the only -to , the other 46 prefectures are -dō , -fu or -ken ). To recruit candidates and prepare for the election, Koike founded the Kibō no Juku ( 希望 の 塾 ; about "School of Hope") in 2016 . It considered putting up more than 64 candidates and aimed for a single absolute majority. The Tomin First no Kai appeared in the election as a regional party, whereby it is legally not a party, but a " political group ", which is why Koike continued to belong to the LDP. She already achieved electoral success in the mayoral election in Chiyoda in February 2017, in which, with her support, Mayor Masami Ishikawa was clearly confirmed in office against a candidate supported by the LDP. The experienced LDP prefectural member of parliament for Chiyoda, the former general secretary of the LDP Tokyo Shigeru Uchida, whom Koike had dubbed “Don of the prefectural parliament” (togikai no Don) , then announced his retirement for the upcoming general election. Koike is aiming for a quota of women of at least 30% in the prefecture parliament and accordingly nominated more female candidates.

The national opposition parties also reorganized. The Democratic Progressive Party ( Minshintō ), founded in 2016, negotiated a possible electoral cooperation with Koike after the election date was announced without a comprehensive result. It was not until the beginning of 2017 that the previously separate factions of the Minshinto predecessor parties united in the prefecture parliament. After 13 of the planned 36 candidates of the Minshintō had left them and several of the Tomin First no Kai had joined, the Minshintō said the other independent candidates continued support, possibly together with the Tomin First no Kai. In March 2017, an electoral cooperation between the national coalition partner of the LDP, the Kōmeitō , and the Tomin First no Kai was announced. In addition, the regional party Tōkyō Seikatsusha Network ( 東京 ・ 生活 者 ネ ッ ト ワ ー ク , about "Network of Tokyo Consumers") cooperated with Tomin First no Kai. On June 1, 2017, Koike left the LDP and officially took over the chairmanship of Tomin First no Kai . In view of the scandals surrounding Prime Minister Shinzō Abe , who was also the LDP chairman, which became known in the spring , the result of the election for the LDP was awaited with particular suspense, especially since previous Tokyo prefectural parliamentary elections were also a decisive voice at the national level. Also for the Minshintō chairman Renho this prefecture election was crucial because it represents the Tokyo since the Sangiin-election in 2004 in Sangiin . So far, she has not been able to fulfill her promise to regain the voters' trust in the Minshintō and the national polls are below 10%. According to experts, these circumstances could have resulted in Renhō's resignation or a split of the Minshintō.

In addition to questions of national politics, the possible election campaign topics included the relocation of the Tsukiji fish market , which was initially put on hold by Governor Koike for a further review of the security of the new location, but then confirmed before the election , and the preparations for the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2020, the repeated rise in costs Koike wants to contain - in her draft for the prefecture budget for the fiscal year (starting in Japan in April) 2017 she has reduced the estimated Olympic budget by more than a quarter compared to 2016. The Tomin First no Kai presented their election promises a month before the start of the official election campaign. In addition to curbing Olympic costs, this included, for example, an expansion of the smoking ban or a reduction in the privileges of MPs in favor of the taxpayer. In addition, on June 20, 2017, three days before the official start of the election campaign, Koike confirmed the move of the Tsukiji market to Kōtō and announced that it would renovate and continue to use the old market. This should happen after the Olympics; however, a more precise schedule will only be published later. The Minshinto and Communist Party in particular were expected to focus on the scandals surrounding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other LDP members in the election campaign.

The number of seats was changed for four Tokyo parliamentary constituencies: The constituencies Nakano-ku and Kita-ku lost one seat each, while the constituencies Machida-shi and North Tama # 3 ( Kita-Tama dai-3 ; consists of the Cities of Chofu and Komae ).

Candidates and nomination strategy

Former MPs (as of June 23) and candidates for the 2017 election
Political party Previous
MPs 		Candidates
previous
MPs 		former
MP 		New applicants total (Women)
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 57 49 0 11 60 (6)
Kōmeitō (Kōmei) 22nd 19th 0 4th 23 (3)
Communist Party of Japan (CPJ) 17th 11 1 25th 37 (17)
Minshintō (Minshin) 7th 7th 6th 10 23 (6)
Tomin First no Kai (Tomin) 6th 6th 4th 40 50 (17)
Tōkyō Seikatsusha Network (Net) 3 2 0 2 4th (4)
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Ishin) 1 1 1 2 4th (1)
Social Democratic Party (SDP) 0 0 0 1 1 (1)
Others 0 0 1 16 17th (4)
Independent 13 11 4th 25th 40 (6)
total 126
(1 vacancy) 		106 17th 136 259 (65)

Result

The voter turnout recovered from 2013 (43.50%) by over seven points to 51.28%. In the 23 districts in the east, the voter turnout ranged between 44.35% in the Minato district and 57.16% in the Kita district and was a total of 51.13%, in Tokyo's only " core city " Hachiōji it was 52.49%, in the independent cities in total at 51.54%. The highest voter turnout by municipality was in the village of Toshima with over 84%, on the islands as a whole it was 66.08%, with under 43% the lowest turnout of all 62 municipalities was in the city of Mizuho, ​​overall it was in Tokyo only remaining county Nishi-Tama 47.87%.

After counting all 42 constituencies, the distribution of seats is as follows:

  • The Koike camp won a total of 79 seats, specifically Tomin First 49, Kōmeitō 23, Seikatsusha Net 1, Tomin-supported Independents 6 - the latter were immediately retrospectively nominated by Tomin First -,
  • the LDP, the strongest party to date, fell to 23 seats and thus the historically worst result (previously 38 seats in the 1965 and 2009 elections ),
  • With 19 seats, the CPY can increase its relatively good result from 2013,
  • the minshinto falls back to five seats and the ishin no kai holds one.
Numbers and proportions of votes by party
Political party Candidates be right proportion of Seats modification
Tomin First no Kai 50 1,884,029.850 33.68% 49 +43
Liberal Democratic Party 60 1,260,101,444 22.53% 23 −34
Kōmeitō 23 734.697, 000 13.13% 23 +1
Communist Party of Japan 37 773,722,553 13.83% 19th +2
Minshinto 23 385,752.149 6.90% 5 −2
Tōkyō Seikatsusha Network 4th 69,929, 000 1.25% 1 −2
Nippon Ishin no Kai 4th 54.016, 000 0.97% 1 0
Others (including SDP, Kōfuku , Gyōkaku 110) 18th 56,335, 000 1.01% 0 0
Independent 40 375.048, 000 6.70% 6th −7
total 259 5,593,630.996 100.00% 127 +1 (vacancy)
Invalid votes (including ballot papers / votes not accepted) 88,233 1.55%
11,081,157 voters turned out to be eligible to vote 5,681,864 51.28%

The gains and losses in mandates are given in comparison to the composition of parliament before the election. For an explanation of fractional votes, see Elections in Japan .

36 of the members of parliament are women, more than ever before. The proportion of women in the Tokyo parliament, previously just behind Kyoto, the second highest among all 47 prefecture parliaments, increases to 28.3%. The national average was 9.8% of women among the Prefectural MPs in January 2017.

By constituency

Election winners and candidates by constituency and party
Constituency Number of mandates Sum of
candidates 		Elected MPs / candidates election recommendations, support parties
LDP Kōmei KPJ Minshin Tomin Net Ishin SDP Otherwise. Independent
Chiyoda 1 4th 0/1 Kokoro 1/1 comei 0/1 0/1 KPJ
Chūō 1 5 0/1 Kokoro 1/1 comei 0/1 0/2 1 × KPJ
Minato 2 6th 1/2 Kokoro 0/1 1/1 comei 0/1 0/1 tomin
Shinjuku 4th 7th 1/2 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 1/1 0/1 1/1 net 0/1
Bunkyō 2 3 1/1 Kokoro 0/1 1/1 comei
Taitō 2 5 0/1 Kokoro 0/1 1/1 comei 1 Kōmei & Tomin / 2
Sumida 3 5 1/2 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 0/1 1/1
Kōtō 4th 9 1/2 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 1/1 0/1 1/1 0/1 0/2 1 × Tomin
Shinagawa 4th 7th 0/2 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 1/1 0/1 LP & Net 2/2
Meguro 3 5 0/2 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 1/1 1/1 net
Ōta 8th 15th 2/3 Kokoro 2/2 tomin 1/2 0/1 LP & Net 2/2 1/1 0/1 0/3
Setagaya 8th 18th 3/3 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 1/1 1/1 LP 2/2 0/1 Minshin 0/1 0/1 LP 0/2 0/5
Shibuya 2 5 0/1 Kokoro 0/1 0/1 LP 1/1 comei 1/1 Kōmei & Tomin
Nakano 3 (−1) 6th 0/1 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 0/1 1/1 LP & Net 1/1 0/1
Suginami 6th 12 2/2 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 1/1 0/2 LP 2/2 0/1 Minshin 0/2 0/1
Toshima 3 5 0/1 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 1/1 0/1 LP 1/1
Day care center 3 (−1) 5 0/1 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 1/1 LP 0/1 LP 1/1
Arakawa 2 7th 0/1 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 0/1 0/1 1 tomin / 3
Itabashi 5 10 0/2 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 1/1 1/1 LP & Net 2/2 0/1 0/2
Nerima 6th 10 1/2 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 1/1 1/2 LP 2/2 0/1 Minshin 0/1
Adachi 6th 9 1/2 Kokoro 2/2 tomin 1/1 0/1 LP 2/2 1 × Net 0/1
Katsushika 4th 8th 1/2 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 1/1 0/1 LP & Net 1/1 0/2
Edogawa 5 6th 1/2 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 1/1 2/2
Hachiōji 5 9 1/2 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 1/1 0/1 LP & Net 2/2 0/1 0/1
Tachikawa 2 4th 1/1 Kokoro 0/1 1/1 comei 0/1 tomin
Musashino 1 3 0/1 Kokoro 0/1 LP & Net 1/1 comei
Mitaka 2 4th 0/1 Kokoro 0/1 1/1 LP & Net 1/1 comei
Ōme 1 3 0/1 Kokoro 1/1 Kōmei & Net 0/1 KPJ
Foxu 2 4th 0/1 Kokoro 0/1 2/2 Kōmei & 1 × Net
Akishima 1 3 0/1 Kokoro 0/1 1/1 Kōmei & Net
Machida 4 (+1) 8th 1/2 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 1/1 0/1 LP & Net 1/1 0/1 0/1
Koganei 1 5 0/1 Kokoro 1/1 comei 0/3 1 × KPJ
Kodaira 2 4th 1/1 Kokoro 0/1 0/1 LP & Net 1/1 comei
Hino 2 4th 1/1 Kokoro 0/1 1/1 Kōmei & Net 0/1
Nishi-Tōkyō 2 4th 0/1 Kokoro 0/1 1/1 comei 1/1 tomin
Nishi-tama 2 4th 1/1 Kokoro 0/1 1/1 Kōmei & Net 0/1 Tomin & Net
Minami-tama 2 5 0/1 Kokoro 0/1 1/1 Kōmei & Net 1 tomin / 2
Kita-Tama 1 3 6th 0/1 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 1/1 0/1 LP 1/1 0/1
Kita-Tama 2 2 4th 0/1 Kokoro 0/1 LP 1/1 comei 1/1 KPJ & Minshin & Tomin
Kita-Tama 3 3 (+1) 6th 0/1 Kokoro 1/1 tomin 1/1 1 Tomin & Net / 3
Kita-Tama 4 2 4th 0/1 Kokoro 1/1 1/1 comei 0/1 Tomin & Net
Islands 1 3 1/1 Kokoro 0/1 0/1 Komei
total 127 259 23/60 23/23 19/37 5/23 49/50 1/4 1/4 0/1 0/17 6 Tomin / 40

Most constituencies are congruent with the municipalities of the same name (-ku / -shi / -chō / -son) , the composition of the constituencies that are not congruent with municipalities is:

Effects

Hakubun Shimomura , former minister of culture in Shinzō Abe's second cabinet - and as such himself confronted with questions in the scandal surrounding the school sponsor Kake Gakuen - and currently (first) deputy general secretary ( kanjichō-daikō ) of the national LDP, announced his intention on election night to resign as chairman of the LDP prefectural association, as well as four other senior members of the prefectural board.

On July 3, the LDP accepted Yuriko Koike's petition to leave the party, which she had submitted prior to her assumption of the Tomin-First chairmanship; At the same time, the MP Masaru Wakasa (from Koike's former constituency Tokyo 10), who had submitted his resignation before Koike, was dismissed from the party. The resignation of the former member of the House of Lords and mayoral candidate in Taitō , Sanzō Hosaka , was accepted at the same time; Hosaka's son Masahiro won a seat in Taitō for Tomin First in the 2017 prefectural parliament election.

On July 25, the General Secretary of the Minshinto, Yoshihiko Noda , announced his resignation due to the defeat of his party. Two days later the party leader Renhō Murata resigned , which she justified with the same argument.

On July 28, Defense Minister Tomomi Inada resigned because, among other things, a month earlier she asked for support for an LDP candidate in a campaign speech for the election “on behalf of the Defense Ministry, the Self- Defense Forces , the Liberal Democratic Party and as Defense Minister”. Since the armed forces are legally obliged to be politically neutral, the opposition parties then demanded Inada's resignation, which the latter initially rejected. Eventually, however, due to additional factors, she gave in to the demands.

Individual evidence

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