Tokyo gubernatorial election, 2003

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Gubernatorial elections were held in Tokyo on 13 April 2003. Incumbent governor Shintaro Ishihara was re-elected with the support of the Liberal Democratic Party, which was riding a nationwide wave of popularity under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.^[1] Opposition parties had billed the election as a referendum regarding Japanese support for the Iraq War. Although endorsed by the LDP, Ishihara's victory was partly owed to the popularity of policies he enacted in opposition to the national government, such as stricter pollution controls.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Shintaro Ishihara	endorsed by LDP	3,087,190	70.2
Keiko Higuchi	endorsed by DPJ, SDP	817,146	18.6
Yoshiharu Wakabayashi	Japanese Communist Party	364,007	8.3
Yoshiro Nakamatsu (ドクター中松)		109,091	2.5
Kazutomo Ikeda (池田一朝)		19,860	0.4
Total (Turnout: 44.94% (-12.93%))		4,397,294

References

↑ "Tokyo governor re-elected". BBC. 14 April 2003. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
↑ "Tokyo Governor Easily Wins Re-Election". Edwardsville Intelligencer. 13 April 2003. Retrieved 8 January 2014.

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