Tokyo gubernatorial election, 2007

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Tokyo held a gubernatorial election on April 8, 2007. There were fourteen candidates [1], among them the incumbent governor Shintaro Ishihara. All candidates ran as independents but some were supported by various parties.

Gubernatorial election 2007: Tokyo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP	Shintaro Ishihara	2,811,486	50.52
	DPJ, SDP	Shirō Asano	1,693,323	30.43
	JCP	Manzo Yoshida	629,549	11.31
	Symbiosis New Party	Kisho Kurokawa	159,126	2.86
	Independent	Yoshiro Nakamatsu	85,946	1.54
	Independent	Shigeki Satoo	69,526	1.25
	Independent	Kumiko Uchikawa	21,626	0.39
	Independent	Koichi Toyama	15,059	0.27
	Independent	Mitsuru Takahashi	5558	0.10
	Independent	Osamu Ogami	4020	0.07
	Independent	Setsuo Yamaguchi	3589	0.06
	Independent	Ryuuhou Takashima	3240	0.06
	Independent	Sutoku Sasaki	2845	0.05
	Independent	Kouichirou Mariko	1373	0.02
Turnout			5565127	54.35