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{{short description|Election in Japan}}
{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Tokyo prefectural election, 2017
| election_name = 2017 Tokyo prefectural election
| country = Tokyo
| country = Tokyo
| type = parliamentary
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Tokyo prefectural election, 2013
| previous_election = 2013 Tokyo prefectural election
| previous_year = 2013
| previous_year = 2013
| previous_mps =
| previous_mps =
| next_election = Tokyo prefectural election, 2021
| next_election = 2021 Tokyo prefectural election
| next_year = 2021
| next_year = 2021
| seats_for_election = All 127 seats in the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly]]
| seats_for_election = All 127 seats in the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 64
| majority_seats = 64
|turnout = 51.28%({{increase}}7.78%)<ref>{{Cite web|title=LDP, Komeito fail to win majority in Tokyo assembly|url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210704/p2g/00m/0na/037000c|date=2021-07-05|access-date=2021-07-05|publisher=The Mainichi Shimbun|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821194926/https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210704/p2g/00m/0na/037000c|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| election_date = 2 July 2017
| election_date = 2 July 2017
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image = 平成29年5月11日東京都知事との面会1.jpg|bSize = 310|cWidth = 90|cHeight = 120|oTop = 40|oLeft = 60}}
| image1 = [[File:Yuriko Koike cropped.jpg|150x150px]]
| leader1 = [[Yuriko Koike]]
| leader1 = [[Yuriko Koike]]
| leader_since1 = 31 May 2017
| leader_since1 = 31 May 2017
| party1 = Tomin First no Kai
| party1 = Tomin First no Kai
| leaders_seat1 =
| leaders_seat1 =
| last_election1 = ''New''
| last_election1 = ''New''
| seats_before1 =
| seats_before1 =
| seats1 = '''49'''
| seats1 = '''49'''
| seat_change1 = '''{{increase}}49'''
| seat_change1 = '''{{increase}} 49'''
| popular_vote1 = '''1,884,029'''
| popular_vote1 = '''1,884,029'''
| percentage1 = '''33.68%'''
| percentage1 = '''33.68%'''
| colour1 =
| swing1 = ''New''
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| colour1 =
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| image2 = [[File:Hirofumi Shimomura cropped 3 Hirofumi Shimomura and Ernest Moniz 20131031.jpg|150x150px]]

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| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Hirofumi Shimomura and Ernest Moniz 20131031.jpg|bSize = 450|cWidth = 90|cHeight = 120|oTop = 55|oLeft = 125}}
| leader2 = [[Hakubun Shimomura]]
| leader2 = [[Hakubun Shimomura]]
| leader_since2 =
| leader_since2 =
| party2 = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
| party2 = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
| leaders_seat2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| last_election2 = '''59'''
| last_election2 = '''59'''
| seats_before2 =
| seats_before2 =
| seats2 = 23
| seats2 = 23
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}36
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 36
| popular_vote2 = 1,260,101
| popular_vote2 = 1,260,101
| percentage2 = 22.53%
| percentage2 = 22.53%
| image3 = [[File:Blanksvg.svg|140x120px]]
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 13.51%

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| leader3 =
| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Takagi yousuke.jpg|bSize = 100|cWidth = 90|cHeight = 120|oTop = 20|oLeft = 5}}
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| leader3 = [[Yōsuke Takagi]]
| leader_since3 =
| leader_since3 =
| party3 = Komeito
| party3 = Komeito
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| seats_before3 =
| seats_before3 =
| seats3 = 23
| seats3 = 23
| seat_change3 = {{steady}}
| seat_change3 = {{steady}} 0
| popular_vote3 = 734,697
| popular_vote3 = 734,697
| percentage3 = 13.13%
| percentage3 = 13.13%
| party4 = Japanese Communist Party
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 0.97%

| leaders_seat4 =
| image4 =<div style="width:90px;"><span style="line-height:120px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|Japanese Communist Party}}; font-size:30px;"> '''共産''' </span></div>
| last_election4 = 17
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| party4 = Japanese Communist Party
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| seats_before4 =
| seats4 = 19
| leader4 = Yoshiharu Wakabayashi
| seat_change4 = {{increase}}2
| leaders_seat4 =
| popular_vote4 = 773,722
| last_election4 = 17
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| seats_before4 =
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| seats4 = 19
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| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 2
| popular_vote4 = 773,722
| percentage4 = 13.83%
| percentage4 = 13.83%
| image5 = [[File:Jin Matsubara 201109.jpg|150x150px]]
| swing4 = {{increase}} 0.22%

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| leader5 = [[Jin Matsubara]]
| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Jin Matsubara 201109.jpg|bSize = 90|cWidth = 90|cHeight = 120|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| leader5 = [[Jin Matsubara]]
| leader_since5 =
| leader_since5 =
| party5 = Democratic Party (Japan)
| party5 = Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)
| leaders_seat5 =
| leaders_seat5 =
| last_election5 = 15
| last_election5 = 15
| seats_before5 =
| seats_before5 =
| seats5 = 5
| seats5 = 5
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}}10
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 10
| popular_vote5 = 385,752
| popular_vote5 = 385,752
| percentage5 = 6.90%
| percentage5 = 6.90%
| image6 =
| swing5 = {{decrease}} 8.34%

| leader6 =
| image6 = <div style="width:90px;"><span style="line-height:120px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|Tokyo Seikatsusha Network}}; font-size:30px;"> '''ネット''' </span></div>
⚫
| leader6 = Mitsuko Nishizaki
| leader_since6 =
| leader_since6 =
| party6 = Tokyo Seikatsusha Network
| party6 = Tokyo Seikatsusha Network
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| last_election6 = 3
| last_election6 = 3
| seats_before6 =
| seats_before6 =
| seats6 = 4
| seats6 = 1
| seat_change6 = {{increase}}1
| seat_change6 = {{decrease}} 2
| popular_vote6 = 69,929
| popular_vote6 = 69,929
| percentage6 = 1.25%
| percentage6 = 1.25%
| image7 =
| swing6 = {{decrease}} 0.83%

| leader7 =
| image7 = <div style="width:90px;"><span style="line-height:120px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|Nippon Ishin no Kai}}; font-size:30px;"> '''維新''' </span></div>
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| leader7 = Takeshi Fujimaki
| leader_since7 =
| leader_since7 =
| party7 = Nippon Ishin no Kai
| party7 = Nippon Ishin no Kai
| leaders_seat7 =
| leaders_seat7 =
| last_election7 =
| last_election7 = ''New''
| seats_before7 =
| seats_before7 =
| seats7 = 4
| seats7 = 1
| seat_change7 = {{increase}}4
| seat_change7 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote7 = 54,016
| popular_vote7 = 54,016
| percentage7 = 0.97%
| percentage7 = 0.97%
| colour7 =
| swing7 = ''New''

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| image8 =
| leader8 =
| map = [[File:2017 Tokyo Legislative Election.svg|350px]]
| leader_since8 =
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| party8 = Social Democratic Party (Japan)
| leaders_seat8 =
| last_election8 = 0
| seats_before8 =
| seats8 = 1
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| seat_change8 = {{increase}}1
| popular_vote8 = 13,243
| percentage8 = 0.24%
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| map_caption =
| map2_image = [[File:都議選2017.svg|200px]]

| title = Assembly President
| title = Assembly President
| before_election = Shigeo Kawai
| before_election = Shigeo Kawai
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'''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 voting|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.
'''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 voting|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.


The results of the election persuaded [[Shinzo Abe]] to call a [[Japanese general election, 2017|snap election]], and led to the resignation of [[Renho]] as Democratic Party leader.
The results of the election persuaded [[Shinzo Abe]] to call a [[2017 Japanese general election|snap election]], and led to the resignation of [[Renho]] as Democratic Party leader.


== Background ==
== Background ==
LDP leader [[Shinzō Abe|Shinzo Abe]] took office as Prime Minister following the [[Japanese general election, 2012|2012 general election]] and strengthened his position in the [[Japanese general election, 2014|2014 general election]]. However, Abe's government was subsequently struck by criticism for its handling of the [[Moritomo Gakuen]] scandal and controversial remarks by Defense Minister [[Tomomi Inada]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-japan-tokyo-election-20170702-story.html|title=A local election in Tokyo may have just changed Japanese politics|date=2017-07-02|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-10-09|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> In the meantime, [[Yuriko Koike]] won the [[Tokyo gubernatorial election, 2016|2016 Tokyo gubernatorial election]] as an independent candidate, and left the LDP in June 2017 to found a new local political party, [[Tomin First no Kai|Tomin First]], to challenge the LDP in the prefectural election.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/world/asia/japan-tokyo-shinzo-abe-election.html|title=Tokyo Voters’ Rebuke Signals Doubt About Shinzo Abe’s Future|last=Rich|first=Motoko|date=2017-07-03|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-10-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> At the time of the election, Koike was widely believed to be eyeing a future bid to replace Abe as prime minister.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
LDP leader [[Shinzō Abe|Shinzo Abe]] took office as Prime Minister following the [[2012 Japanese general election|2012 general election]] and strengthened his position in the [[2014 Japanese general election|2014 general election]]. However, Abe's government was subsequently struck by criticism for its handling of the [[Moritomo Gakuen]] scandal and controversial remarks by Defense Minister [[Tomomi Inada]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-japan-tokyo-election-20170702-story.html|title=A local election in Tokyo may have just changed Japanese politics|date=2017-07-02|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-10-09|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> In the meantime, [[Yuriko Koike]] won the [[2016 Tokyo gubernatorial election]] as an independent candidate, and left the LDP in June 2017 to found a new local political party, [[Tomin First no Kai|Tomin First]], to challenge the LDP in the prefectural election.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/world/asia/japan-tokyo-shinzo-abe-election.html|title=Tokyo Voters’ Rebuke Signals Doubt About Shinzo Abe’s Future|last=Rich|first=Motoko|date=2017-07-03|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-10-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> At the time of the election, Koike was widely believed to be eyeing a future bid to replace Abe as prime minister.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />


== Candidates ==
== Candidates ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+Incumbents (as of June 23) and candidates for the 2017 election<ref name="Tokyo_shimbun_stats">{{cite web|script-title=ja:都議選２０１７>党派別立候補者数|trans-title=|periodical=[[Tōkyō Shimbun]]|publisher=|url=http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/senkyo/togisen2017/tod/tod_touha.html|deadurl=|format=|accessdate=2017-06-23|archiveurl=|archivedate=|last=|date=2017-06-23|year=|language=ja |pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]: [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/ Togisen 2017] (japanisch)</ref>
|+Incumbents (as of June 23) and candidates for the 2017 election<ref name="Tokyo_shimbun_stats">{{cite web|script-title=ja:都議選２０１７>党派別立候補者数|trans-title=|periodical=[[Tōkyō Shimbun]]|publisher=|url=http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/senkyo/togisen2017/tod/tod_touha.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630013339/http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/senkyo/togisen2017/tod/tod_touha.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 30, 2017|accessdate=2017-06-23|last=|date=2017-06-23|year=|language=ja|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]: [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/ Togisen 2017] (japanisch)</ref>
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Party
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Party
! rowspan="2" |Incumbents
! rowspan="2" |Incumbents
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!<small>(Women)</small>
!<small>(Women)</small>
|- align="right"
|- align="right"
| style="background-color:{{Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color}};" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}};" |
| align="left" |[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] (LDP)
| align="left" |[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] (LDP)
|57
|57
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|(6)
|(6)
|- align="right"
|- align="right"
| style="background-color:{{Komeito/meta/color}};" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Komeito}};" |
| align="left" |[[Kōmeitō]] (Kōmei)
| align="left" |[[Kōmeitō]] (Kōmei)
|22
|22
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|(3)
|(3)
|- align="right"
|- align="right"
| style="background-color:{{Japanese Communist Party/meta/color}};" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Japanese Communist Party}};" |
| align="left" |[[Japanese Communist Party]] (JCP)
| align="left" |[[Japanese Communist Party]] (JCP)
|17
|17
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|(17)
|(17)
|- align="right"
|- align="right"
| style="background-color:{{Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color}};" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)}};" |
| align="left" |[[Democratic Party (Japan)|Democratic Party]] (DP)
| align="left" |[[Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)|Democratic Party]] (DP)
|7
|7
|7
|7
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|(6)
|(6)
|- align="right"
|- align="right"
| style="background-color:{{Tomin First no Kai/meta/color}};" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Tomin First no Kai}};" |
| align="left" |[[Tomin First no Kai]] (Tomin)
| align="left" |[[Tomin First no Kai]] (Tomin)
|6
|6
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|(17)
|(17)
|- align="right"
|- align="right"
| style="background-color:{{Tokyo Seikatsusha Network/meta/color}};" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Tokyo Seikatsusha Network}};" |
| align="left" |[[Tokyo Seikatsusha Network]] (Net)
| align="left" |[[Tokyo Seikatsusha Network]] (Net)
|3
|3
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|(4)
|(4)
|- align="right"
|- align="right"
| style="background-color:{{Initiatives from Osaka/meta/color}};" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Initiatives from Osaka}};" |
| align="left" |[[Nippon Ishin no Kai]] (Ishin)
| align="left" |[[Nippon Ishin no Kai]] (Ishin)
|1
|1
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|(1)
|(1)
|- align="right"
|- align="right"
| style="background-color:{{Social Democratic Party (Japan)/meta/color}};" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Japan)}};" |
| align="left" |[[Social Democratic Party (Japan)|Social Democratic Party]] (SDP)
| align="left" |[[Social Democratic Party (Japan)|Social Democratic Party]] (SDP)
|0
|0
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== Results ==
== Results ==
With counting almost complete, the seat distribution was as follows:<ref name="NHK_summary">[[NHK]] News Web (short-term online availability), [[Shutoken]] studio, election coverage: [http://www.nhk.or.jp/shutoken2/senkyo/ Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703014128/http://www.nhk.or.jp/shutoken2/senkyo/ |date=2017-07-03 }}</ref><ref name="Yomiuri_summary">[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]: [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/local/chumoku/ Togisen 2017]</ref><ref name="Asahi_summary">[[Asahi Shimbun]]: [https://www.asahi.com/senkyo/togisen/2017/ 2017 togisen]</ref>
With counting almost complete, the seat distribution was as follows:<ref name="NHK_summary">[[NHK]] News Web (short-term online availability), [[Shutoken]] studio, election coverage: [http://www.nhk.or.jp/shutoken2/senkyo/ Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703014128/http://www.nhk.or.jp/shutoken2/senkyo/ |date=2017-07-03 }}</ref><ref name="Yomiuri_summary">[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]: [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/local/chumoku/ Togisen 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010013311/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/local/chumoku/ |date=2017-10-10 }}</ref><ref name="Asahi_summary">[[Asahi Shimbun]]: [https://www.asahi.com/senkyo/togisen/2017/ 2017 togisen]</ref>
* 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;
* 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 [[Tokyo prefectural election, 1965|1965]] and [[Tokyo prefectural election, 2009|2009]] elections);
* 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 Tokyo prefectural election|1965]] and [[2009 Tokyo prefectural election|2009]] elections);
* The Communist Party won 19 seats, improving further on their strong 2013 result;
* 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.
* The DP was reduced to five seats and the single Ishin no Kai incumbent defended his seat.
Months after the Tokyo prefectural election, Abe called a snap [[Japanese general election, 2017|general election]] for October 2017, and Koike established the new [[Kibō no Tō|Kibo no To]] party to challenge the LDP nationally.
Months after the Tokyo prefectural election, Abe called a snap [[2017 Japanese general election|general election]] for October 2017, and Koike established the new [[Kibō no Tō|Kibo no To]] party to challenge the LDP nationally.


{{Election results
===Results summary===
|party1=[[Tomin First no Kai]]|votes1=1884029|seats1=49|sc1=+49
{{Tokyo prefectural election, 2017}}
|party2=[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]]|votes2=1260101|seats2=23|sc2=–36
|party3=[[Komeito]]|votes3=734697|seats3=23|sc3=0
|party4=[[Japanese Communist Party]]|votes4=773723|seats4=19|sc4=+2
|party5=[[Democratic Party of Japan]]|votes5=385752|seats5=5|sc5=–10
|party6=[[Tokyo Seikatsusha Network]]|votes6=69929|seats6=1|sc6=–2
|party7=[[Nippon Ishin no Kai]]|votes7=54016|seats7=1|sc7=+1
|party8=[[Social Democratic Party (Japan)|Social Democratic Party ]]|votes8=13243|seats8=0|sc8=0
|party9=Other parties|votes9=43092|seats9=0|sc9=0
|party10=Independents|votes10=375048|seats10=6|sc10=+5
|total_sc=0
|electorate=11081157
|source=[https://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/election/togikai-all/togikai-sokuhou2017/ Tokyo Electoral Commission]
}}


=== Results by district ===
===By district===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+Winners<ref name="NHK_summary" /><ref name="Yomiuri_summary" /><ref name="Asahi_summary" /> and candidates<ref name="Tokyo_shimbun_stats" /> by district and party
|+Winners<ref name="NHK_summary" /><ref name="Yomiuri_summary" /><ref name="Asahi_summary" /> and candidates<ref name="Tokyo_shimbun_stats" /> by district and party
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|
|- align="right"
|- align="right"
| align="left " |[[Mitaka]]
| align="left " |[[Mitaka, Tokyo|Mitaka]]
|2
|2
|4
|4
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== Same-day elections ==
== 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.<ref>Tokyo Metropolitan election commission: [http://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.jp/election/schedule/senkyo2017/ 2017 electoral calendar of national, prefectural/Metropolitan and municipal elections in Tokyo]</ref><ref>[[Mainichi Shimbun]], July 3, 2017: [https://mainichi.jp/articles/20170703/ddl/k13/010/143000c 国分寺市長選　井沢氏再選果たす　待機児童対策訴え　／東京]</ref><ref>Kokubunji City electoral commission: [http://www.city.kokubunji.tokyo.jp/shisei/gyousei/senkyo/1015204/index.html On the 2 July 2017 elections of Metropolitan assembly members and city mayor], [http://www.city.kokubunji.tokyo.jp/shisei/gyousei/senkyo/1015204/1016469/1016477.html Mayoral election result] {{ja}}</ref> Another prefectural election on July 2 was the [[Hyōgo gubernatorial election, 2017|gubernatorial election]] in [[Hyōgo]].<ref>The Mainichi [English online edition of the [[Mainichi Shimbun]]], July 3, 2017: [https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170703/p2g/00m/0dm/002000c Incumbent Ido secures 5th term as Hyogo governor]</ref>
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.<ref>Tokyo Metropolitan election commission: [http://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.jp/election/schedule/senkyo2017/ 2017 electoral calendar of national, prefectural/Metropolitan and municipal elections in Tokyo]</ref><ref>[[Mainichi Shimbun]], July 3, 2017: [https://mainichi.jp/articles/20170703/ddl/k13/010/143000c 国分寺市長選　井沢氏再選果たす　待機児童対策訴え　／東京] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806054729/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20170703/ddl/k13/010/143000c |date=2018-08-06 }}</ref><ref>Kokubunji City electoral commission: [http://www.city.kokubunji.tokyo.jp/shisei/gyousei/senkyo/1015204/index.html On the 2 July 2017 elections of Metropolitan assembly members and city mayor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806025217/http://www.city.kokubunji.tokyo.jp/shisei/gyousei/senkyo/1015204/index.html |date=6 August 2018 }}, [http://www.city.kokubunji.tokyo.jp/shisei/gyousei/senkyo/1015204/1016469/1016477.html Mayoral election result] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806025242/http://www.city.kokubunji.tokyo.jp/shisei/gyousei/senkyo/1015204/1016469/1016477.html |date=2018-08-06 }} {{in lang|ja}}</ref> Another prefectural election on July 2 was the [[2017 Hyōgo gubernatorial election|gubernatorial election]] in [[Hyōgo]].<ref>The Mainichi [English online edition of the [[Mainichi Shimbun]]], July 3, 2017: [https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170703/p2g/00m/0dm/002000c Incumbent Ido secures 5th term as Hyogo governor]{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [[Tokyo Metropolitan Government]], Secretariat of the election administration commission: [http://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.jp/election/togikai-all/togikai-sokuhou2017/ Turnout and Results of the 2017 Metropolitan Assembly election] (pdf/excel) {{ja}}
* [[Tokyo Metropolitan Government]], Secretariat of the election administration commission: [http://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.jp/election/togikai-all/togikai-sokuhou2017/ Turnout and Results of the 2017 Metropolitan Assembly election] (pdf/excel) {{in lang|ja}}


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Latest revision as of 07:02, 26 April 2024

2017 Tokyo prefectural election
← 2013 2 July 2017 2021 →
All 127 seats in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
64 seats needed for a majority
Turnout51.28%(Increase7.78%)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
平成29年5月11日東京都知事との面会1.jpg
Hirofumi Shimomura and Ernest Moniz 20131031.jpg
Takagi yousuke.jpg
Leader Yuriko Koike Hakubun Shimomura Yōsuke Takagi
Party Tomin First LDP Komeito
Leader since 31 May 2017
Last election New 59 23
Seats won 49 23 23
Seat change Increase 49 Decrease 36 Steady 0
Popular vote 1,884,029 1,260,101 734,697
Percentage 33.68% 22.53% 13.13%
Swing New Decrease 13.51% Decrease 0.97%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
共産
Jin Matsubara 201109.jpg
ネット
Leader Yoshiharu Wakabayashi Jin Matsubara Mitsuko Nishizaki
Party JCP Democratic Tokyo Seikatsusha Network
Last election 17 15 3
Seats won 19 5 1
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 10 Decrease 2
Popular vote 773,722 385,752 69,929
Percentage 13.83% 6.90% 1.25%
Swing Increase 0.22% Decrease 8.34% Decrease 0.83%
  Seventh party
 
維新
Leader Takeshi Fujimaki
Party Ishin
Last election New
Seats won 1
Seat change Increase 1
Popular vote 54,016
Percentage 0.97%
Swing New
Assembly President before election

Shigeo Kawai
LDP

Elected Assembly President

Daisuke Ozaki
Tomin First

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.

The results of the election persuaded Shinzo Abe to call a snap election, and led to the resignation of Renho as Democratic Party leader.

Background

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LDP leader Shinzo Abe took office as Prime Minister following the 2012 general election and strengthened his position in the 2014 general election. However, Abe's government was subsequently struck by criticism for its handling of the Moritomo Gakuen scandal and controversial remarks by Defense Minister Tomomi Inada.[2] In the meantime, Yuriko Koike won the 2016 Tokyo gubernatorial election as an independent candidate, and left the LDP in June 2017 to found a new local political party, Tomin First, to challenge the LDP in the prefectural election.[3] At the time of the election, Koike was widely believed to be eyeing a future bid to replace Abe as prime minister.[2][3]

Candidates

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Incumbents (as of June 23) and candidates for the 2017 election[4][5]
Party Incumbents Candidates
Incumbents Previous

representatives

New Total (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

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With counting almost complete, the seat distribution was as follows:[6][7][8]

  • 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.

Months after the Tokyo prefectural election, Abe called a snap general election for October 2017, and Koike established the new Kibo no To party to challenge the LDP nationally.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Tomin First no Kai1,884,02933.6849+49
Liberal Democratic Party1,260,10122.5323–36
Komeito734,69713.13230
Japanese Communist Party773,72313.8319+2
Democratic Party of Japan385,7526.905–10
Tokyo Seikatsusha Network69,9291.251–2
Nippon Ishin no Kai54,0160.971+1
Social Democratic Party 13,2430.2400
Other parties43,0920.7700
Independents375,0486.706+5
Total5,593,630100.001270
Registered voters/turnout11,081,157–
Source: Tokyo Electoral Commission

By district

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Winners[6][7][8] and candidates[4] by district and party
District # of seats Total candidates Elected/CandidatesEndorsements
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:

Same-day elections

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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.[9][10][11] Another prefectural election on July 2 was the gubernatorial election in Hyōgo.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "LDP, Komeito fail to win majority in Tokyo assembly". The Mainichi Shimbun. 2021-07-05. Archived from the original on 2021-08-21. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  2. ^ a b "A local election in Tokyo may have just changed Japanese politics". Los Angeles Times. 2017-07-02. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  3. ^ a b Rich, Motoko (2017-07-03). "Tokyo Voters' Rebuke Signals Doubt About Shinzo Abe's Future". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  4. ^ a b 都議選２０１７>党派別立候補者数. Tōkyō Shimbun (in Japanese). 2017-06-23. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  5. ^ Yomiuri Shimbun: Togisen 2017 (japanisch)
  6. ^ a b NHK News Web (short-term online availability), Shutoken studio, election coverage: Results Archived 2017-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ a b Yomiuri Shimbun: Togisen 2017 Archived 2017-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ a b Asahi Shimbun: 2017 togisen
  9. ^ Tokyo Metropolitan election commission: 2017 electoral calendar of national, prefectural/Metropolitan and municipal elections in Tokyo
  10. ^ 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 Archived 2018-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Kokubunji City electoral commission: On the 2 July 2017 elections of Metropolitan assembly members and city mayor Archived 6 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Mayoral election result Archived 2018-08-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  12. ^ The Mainichi [English online edition of the Mainichi Shimbun], July 3, 2017: Incumbent Ido secures 5th term as Hyogo governor[permanent dead link‍]
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