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1 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
2 Governor
3 Political Parties & Elections

[edit] Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

The Metropolitan Assembly is the legislative organ of the whole prefecture of Tokyo. It consists of 127 members elected each four years. Regular sessions are held four times each year, in February, June, September and December. These sessions typically lasts for 30 days. Between these are plenary sessions where discussions on bills are held.^[1]

[edit] Governor

Shintaro Ishihara is the governor of Tokyo.

[edit] Political Parties & Elections

All major national political parties are represented in the Tokyo Assembly as well as a few local. The only exception to this is the Social Democratic Party which lost its seats in the latest election.

[edit] Latest election

Main article: Tokyo prefectural election, 2005

Tokyo prefecture held elections for the prefectural assembly on 3 July 2005. Next election will be in 2009.

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**Summary of the 3 July 2005 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党, Jiyū Minshutō)			48
Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō)			35
New Komeito party (公明党, Kōmeitō)			23
Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō)		15.6	13
Social Democratic Party (社民党 Shamin-tō)			-
Others			8
Total (turnout 43.99%)	N/A	100.00	127
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