Tokyo prefectural election, 2017
Prefectural elections for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly (平成29年/2017年東京都議会議員選挙, Heisei 29-nen/2017-nen Tōkyō togikai giin senkyo, "Heisei 29/2017 election of members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly") were held on 2 July 2017. The 127 members were elected in forty-two electoral districts, seven returning single members elected by first-past-the-post, and thirty-five returning multiple members under single non-transferable vote. Four districts had their magnitude adjusted in this election to match population changes.
Candidates
Party | Incumbents | Candidates | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Incumbents | Previous
representatives |
New | (Women) | ||||
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) | 57 | 49 | 0 | 11 | 60 | (6) | |
Kōmeitō (Kōmei) | 22 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 23 | (3) | |
Japanese Communist Party (JCP) | 17 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 37 | (17) | |
Democratic Party (DP) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | (6) | |
Tomin First no Kai (Tomin) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 50 | (17) | |
Tokyo Seikatsusha Network (Net) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | (4) | |
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Ishin) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | (1) | |
Social Democratic Party (SDP) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | (1) | |
Other | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 17 | (4) | |
Independent | 13 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 40 | (6) | |
Total | 126
(1 vacancy) |
106 | 17 | 136 | 259 | (65) |
Results
With counting almost complete, the seat distribution are as follows:[3][4][5]
- Supporters of Yuriko Koike won 79 seats in total: 49 by Tomin First no Kai, 23 by Kōmeitō, 1 by the Seikatsusha Net, and 6 by independents endorsed by Tomin;
- The LDP, previously the largest party, fell to 23 seats, their worst-ever result (their worst scores had previously been 38 seats, in the 1965 and 2009 elections);
- The Communist Party won 19 seats, improving further on their strong 2013 result;
- The DP was reduced to five seats and the single Ishin no Kai incumbent defended his seat.
Results summary
Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats (women) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tomin First no Kai (都民ファーストの会) | 50 | 1,884,029 | 33.68 | 49 (17) |
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党, Jiyū Minshutō) | 60 | 1,260,101 | 22.53 | 23 (1) |
New Komeito Party (公明党, Kōmeitō) | 23 | 734,697 | 13.13 | 23 (3) |
Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō) | 37 | 773,722 | 13.83 | 19 (13) |
Democratic Party of Japan (民進党, Minshutō) | 23 | 385,752 | 6.90 | 5 (0) |
Tokyo Seikatsusha Network (東京・生活者ネットワーク) | 4 | 69,929 | 1.25 | 1 (1) |
Nippon Ishin no Kai (日本維新の会) | 4 | 54,016 | 0.97 | 1 (0) |
Social Democratic Party (社民党 Shamin-tō) | 1 | 13,243 | 0.24 | 0 |
Others | 17 | 43,092 | 0.77 | 0 |
Independents (incl. Tomin endorsements) | 40 | 375,048 | 6.70 | 6 (1) |
Total (turnout 51.3%) | 259 | 5,593,631 | 100.00 | 127 (36) |
Source: Tokyo electoral commission |
Results by district
District | # of seats | Total candidates | Elected/CandidatesEndorsements | |||||||||
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LDP | Kōmei | JCP | DP | Tomin | Net | Ishin | SDP | Other | Ind. | |||
Chiyoda | 1 | 4 | 0/1Kokoro | 1/1Kōmei | 0/1 | 0/1JCP | ||||||
Chūō | 1 | 5 | 0/1Kokoro | 1/1Kōmei | 0/1 | 0/21×JCP | ||||||
Minato | 2 | 6 | 1/2Kokoro | 0/1 | 1/1Kōmei | 0/1 | 0/1Tomin | |||||
Shinjuku | 4 | 7 | 1/2Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/1Net | 0/1 | ||||
Bunkyō | 2 | 3 | 1/1Kokoro | 0/1 | 1/1Kōmei | |||||||
Taitō | 2 | 5 | 0/1Kokoro | 0/1 | 1/1Kōmei | 1Kōmei&Tomin/2 | ||||||
Sumida | 3 | 5 | 1/2Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 0/1 | 1/1 | ||||||
Kōtō | 4 | 9 | 1/2Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/21×Tomin | |||
Shinagawa | 4 | 7 | 0/2Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 1/1 | 0/1LP&Net | 2/2 | |||||
Meguro | 3 | 5 | 0/2Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 1/1 | 1/1Net | ||||||
Ōta | 8 | 15 | 2/3Kokoro | 2/2Tomin | 1/2 | 0/1LP&Net | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/3 | ||
Setagaya | 8 | 18 | 3/3Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 1/1 | 1/1LP | 2/2 | 0/1DP | 0/1 | 0/1LP | 0/2 | 0/5 |
Shibuya | 2 | 5 | 0/1Kokoro | 0/1 | 0/1LP | 1/1Kōmei | 1/1Kōmei&Tomin | |||||
Nakano | 3 (-1) | 6 | 0/1Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 0/1 | 1/1LP&Net | 1/1 | 0/1 | ||||
Suginami | 6 | 12 | 2/2Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 1/1 | 0/2LP | 2/2 | 0/1DP | 0/2 | 0/1 | ||
Toshima | 3 | 5 | 0/1Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 1/1 | 0/1LP | 1/1 | |||||
Kita | 3 (-1) | 5 | 0/1Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 1/1LP | 0/1LP | 1/1 | |||||
Arakawa | 2 | 7 | 0/1Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1Tomin/3 | |||||
Itabashi | 5 | 10 | 0/2Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 1/1 | 1/1LP&Net | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/2 | |||
Nerima | 6 | 10 | 1/2Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 1/1 | 1/2LP | 2/2 | 0/1DP | 0/1 | |||
Adachi | 6 | 9 | 1/2Kokoro | 2/2Tomin | 1/1 | 0/1LP | 2/21×Net | 0/1 | ||||
Katsushika | 4 | 8 | 1/2Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 1/1 | 0/1LP&Net | 1/1 | 0/2 | ||||
Edogawa | 5 | 6 | 1/2Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 1/1 | 2/2 | ||||||
Hachiōji | 5 | 9 | 1/2Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 1/1 | 0/1LP&Net | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |||
Tachikawa | 2 | 4 | 1/1Kokoro | 0/1 | 1/1Kōmei | 0/1Tomin | ||||||
Musashino | 1 | 3 | 0/1Kokoro | 0/1LP&Net | 1/1Kōmei | |||||||
Mitaka | 2 | 4 | 0/1Kokoro | 0/1 | 1/1LP&Net | 1/1Kōmei | ||||||
Ōme | 1 | 3 | 0/1Kokoro | 1/1Kōmei&Net | 0/1JCP | |||||||
Fuchū | 2 | 4 | 0/1Kokoro | 0/1 | 2/2Kōmei&1×Net | |||||||
Akishima | 1 | 3 | 0/1Kokoro | 0/1 | 1/1Kōmei&Net | |||||||
Machida | 4 (+1) | 8 | 1/2Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 1/1 | 0/1LP&Net | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |||
Koganei | 1 | 5 | 0/1Kokoro | 1/1Kōmei | 0/31×JCP | |||||||
Kodaira | 2 | 4 | 1/1Kokoro | 0/1 | 0/1LP&Net | 1/1Kōmei | ||||||
Hino | 2 | 4 | 1/1Kokoro | 0/1 | 1/1Kōmei&Net | 0/1 | ||||||
Nishi-Tōkyō | 2 | 4 | 0/1Kokoro | 0/1 | 1/1Kōmei | 1/1Tomin | ||||||
Nishi-Tama | 2 | 4 | 1/1Kokoro | 0/1 | 1/1Kōmei&Net | 0/1Tomin&Net | ||||||
Minami-Tama | 2 | 5 | 0/1Kokoro | 0/1 | 1/1Kōmei&Net | 1Tomin/2 | ||||||
Kita-Tama 1 | 3 | 6 | 0/1Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 1/1 | 0/1LP | 1/1 | 0/1 | ||||
Kita-Tama 2 | 2 | 4 | 0/1Kokoro | 0/1LP | 1/1Kōmei | 1/1JCP, DP, Tomin | ||||||
Kita-Tama 3 | 3 (+1) | 6 | 0/1Kokoro | 1/1Tomin | 1/1 | 1Tomin&Net/3 | ||||||
Kita-Tama 4 | 2 | 4 | 0/1Kokoro | 1/1 | 1/1Kōmei | 0/1Tomin&Net | ||||||
Islands | 1 | 3 | 1/1Kokoro | 0/1 | 0/1Kōmei | |||||||
Total | 127 | 259 | 23/60 | 23/23 | 19/37 | 5/23 | 49/50 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 0/17 | 6Tomin/40 |
Most districts are coterminous with a municipality (-ku/-shi/-chō/-son) of the same name. The following districts comprise multiple municipalities:
- Nishi-Tama ("West Tama“; follows the original boundaries of the district of the same name, except Ōme): Fussa, Hamura, Akiruno, Hinohara, Hinode, Mizuho, Okutama
- Minami-Tama ("South Tama“; follows the boundaries of the former district of the same name): Tama, Inagi
- Kita-Tama dai-1 ("North Tama #1“; follows the boundaries of the former Kitatama district): Higashi-Murayama, Higashi-Yamato, Musashi-Murayama
- Kita-Tama dai-2 ("North Tama #2“): Kokubunji, Kunitachi
- Kita-Tama dai-3 ("North Tama #3“): Chōfu, Komae
- Kita-Tama dai-4 ("North Tama #4“): Kiyose, Higashi-Kurume
- Islands: Aogashima, Hachijō, Mikurajima, Miyake, Ogasawara, Kōzushima, Niijima, Ōshima, Toshima
Same-day elections
On the same day, the mayoral election in Kokubunji, Tokyo returned incumbent Kunio Izawa, backed by LDP and Komeito, against center-left supported (DP, JCP, LP, SDP, Net) former deputy mayor Michio Higuchi.[6][7][8] Another prefectural election on July 2 was the gubernatorial election in Hyōgo.[9]
References
- 1 2 都議選2017>党派別立候補者数. Tōkyō Shimbun (in Japanese). 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- ↑ Yomiuri Shimbun: Togisen 2017 (japanisch)
- 1 2 NHK News Web (short-term online availability), Shutoken studio, election coverage: Results
- 1 2 Yomiuri Shimbun: Togisen 2017
- 1 2 Asahi Shimbun: 2017 togisen
- ↑ Tokyo Metropolitan election commission: 2017 electoral calendar of national, prefectural/Metropolitan and municipal elections in Tokyo
- ↑ Mainichi Shimbun, July 3, 2017: 国分寺市長選 井沢氏再選果たす 待機児童対策訴え /東京
- ↑ Kokubunji City electoral commission: On the 2 July 2017 elections of Metropolitan assembly members and city mayor, Mayoral election result (in Japanese)
- ↑ The Mainichi [English online edition of the Mainichi Shimbun], July 3, 2017: Incumbent Ido secures 5th term as Hyogo governor
External links
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Secretariat of the election administration commission: Turnout and Results of the 2017 Metropolitan Assembly election (pdf/excel) (in Japanese)