Tokyo prefectural election, 2005

The prefecture election in Tokio 2005 ( Jap. 2005年 东京 都 议会 议员 选 挙, 2005 NEN Tōkyō- togikai Giin Senkyo ) was held on 3 July 2005. The choice was between all 127 seats in the parliament of Japan Tokyo Prefecture of noncommunicable Einzelstimmgebung in 35 multi- mandate and seven Einmandatswahlkreisen.

History and campaigning

The Tokyo Prefecture no longer selects since 1965 in its Parliament unified regional elections. Therefore, and because Tokyo is the most populous prefecture and the seat of the national parliament and the central government, the elections usually comes to high Prefecture Parliament to national attention, and political conflicts in the prefecture will be determined largely by the national parties.

At the national level, the national governing second cabinet Koizumi looked Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP) and Kōmeitō against a from election to election stronger Democratic Party (DPJ ), which had recorded in 2004 made ​​significant gains in the general election in 2003 and the upper house election. The approval rate of Koizumi Cabinet was in the polls below 50%, but had recovered from lower levels earlier this year.

In their Tokyo election programs for the general election (local manifesto ) promised the LDP among other ecological reforms to combat the heat island phenomenon and to improve road infrastructure, to make the DPJ among other things, the cost of earthquake protection modifications tax-free, to enhance local autonomy of schools and to reduce the cost of the water supply office of the prefecture.

Official campaigning began on 24 June 2005. LDP nominated 57 candidates, the DPJ 51, the Japanese Communist Party ( JCP ) 43 and the Kōmeitō 23 There were 10 candidates from Tōkyō Seikatsusha Network, a concentrated on consumer protection civil rights movement, on national level support to the Democratic Party and in the late 1990s was successful in the mayoral election in Kunitachi and prefectural elections, an SDP candidate, 5 candidates from other parties and 30 independent candidates for a seat in parliament in Shinjuku. In the constituency strategies and candidate nominations LDP cooperated with the Kōmeitō, and the DPJ with Seikatsusha Net and SDP

Election result

The turnout fell by almost eight percentage points to 43.99 %.

Post-election surveys of the Asahi Shimbun, according to many party unbound voters who had not voted in 2001 " Koizumi boom" for the LDP decided in 2005 for candidates from other parties or stayed away from the election.

(*) Only selected candidate for Gyōkaku hyakutōban ( " Administrative Reform 110")

The change in the number of seats is given in comparison to the composition before the election.

Constituencies

In six constituencies LDP incumbents were voted out, including in Bunkyō taro Hatoyama, whose father Kunio was still inferior with the support of the Democratic Party at the Shintaro Ishihara Governor Election 1999. The DPJ lost only in Shinjuku and Kita again nominee incumbent, but could bring a new candidate into Parliament in both constituencies. The Kōmeitō succeeded that all of their 23 candidates were elected.

  • Liberal Democratic Party
  • Democratic Party
  • Kōmeitō
  • Japanese Communist Party
  • Tōkyō Seikatsusha Network
  • Gyōkaku 110
  • Independent

The composition of the constituencies that are not congruent with communities was as follows:

  • Constituency Nishitama ( "West - Tama " corresponds to the earlier composition of the same circuit ( gun) without the city Ōme ): Fussa, Hamura, Akiruno, Hinohara, Hinode, Mizuho, Okutama
  • Constituency Minamitama ( " South Tama ", corresponds to the final composition of the same circle ): Tama, Inagi
  • Constituency Kitatama ( " North Tama ", after the former county of the same name ) 1: Higashimurayama, Higashiyamato, Musashimurayama
  • Constituency Kitatama 2: Kokubunji, Kunitachi
  • Constituency Kitatama 3: Chofu, Komae
  • Constituency Kitatama 4: Kiyose, Higashikurume
  • Island Constituency: Aogashima, Hachijo, Mikurajima, Miyake, Ogasawara, Kozushima, Niijima, Ōshima, Toshima

Effects

President of the Parliament Chuichi Kawashima (LDP, Island constituency) was elected Vice President Yoshiaki Kiuchi was ( Kōmeitō, Kōtō )

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