Tokyo prefectural election, 2009

The prefecture election in Tokyo 2009 (Japanese 2009年 东京 都 议会 议员 选 挙, 2009- NEN Tōkyō- togikai Giin Senkyo ) took place on July 12, 2009. The choice was between all 127 seats in the parliament of Japan Tokyo Prefecture of noncommunicable Einzelstimmgebung in 35 multi- mandate and seven Einmandatswahlkreisen. Were eligible to vote, 10.6 million Tokyo, an increase of 230 thousand compared to 2005.

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 the Prefecture Parliament to high national attention. 2009 was the national ruling Liberal Democratic Cabinet Asō from Party (LDP) and Kōmeitō in a survey depth and looked demands for new elections over. The national opposition under the leadership of the Democratic Party (DPJ ) controlled since 2007, the Sangiin, the upper house of the national parliament, and was thus able laws to slow down proceedings.

Official campaigning began on 3 July 2009. Numerous profiled national politicians engaged in the Tokyo election campaign. Local topics included the Governor Shintaro Ishihara planned relocation of the Tsukiji market and the Olypmiabewerbung 2016.

The LDP and the DPJ candidates nominated in each case 58, the Japanese Communist Party ( JCP ) 40 and the Kōmeitō 23 There were 20 candidates of other parties and 22 independent candidates for a seat in parliament in Shinjuku.

Election result

About 800,000 voters used 2009, the possibility of early voting. Overall, the turnout rose to 54.49 %, reaching the second highest level ever after the election of 1989.

For the first time since 1969, the LDP lost its status as the strongest party in Tokyo.

See Elections in Japan: " proportional fraction of voices" for the explanation of decimal places. The change in the number of seats is given in comparison to the composition before the election.

Constituencies

Especially in the western districts and the suburbs of Tokyo, the DPJ was able to achieve a distinct advantage to mandates against the LDP, but the LDP lost the individual constituencies in the city center and several mandates in the more populous counties in the northeast. In all two- mandate constituencies, the DPJ was before the LDP candidates. Only in the district and in Ōta island constituency, the LDP could win more seats than the DPJ. The Kōmeitō managed to bring all the nominees to parliament.

  • Liberal Democratic Party
  • Democratic Party
  • Kōmeitō
  • Japanese Communist Party
  • Tōkyō Seikatsusha Network
  • 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

Apart from Ōta, where the two previous Democratic deputies received the ninth - and tenth- highest share of votes and were eliminated so that all members of the DPJ candidates again were confirmed in office. 22 DPJ candidates were first elected to parliament. Cleared were nine MPs from the LDP and six of the CPY and two independents and two Others, including Yuichi Gotō, the chairman and only Member of Gyōkaku hyakutō -ban ( " Administrative Reform 110"). One of the most prominent loser was Shigeru Uchida in Chiyoda, Secretary General of the LDP Prefectural Association and former President of the Parliament. The 70 -year-old lost the constituency after six terms in office by 176 votes from the 26 -year-old Democrat Zenko Kurishita. The LDP had lost Chiyoda last 1959.

Effects

The chairman of the LDP Tokyo Governor Ishihara's eldest son Nobuteru, announced his retirement, but remained chairman but later. Prime Minister Taro Aso came from their own ranks to withdraw under pressure and dissolved the Shūgiin on. In the resulting Shūgiin - election in 2009, the LDP lost for the first time since 1994, the government involvement.

President of the Parliament of the Democrat Ryo Tanaka was elected ( electoral district Suginami ), Vice- President was Kantaro Suzuki ( Kōmeitō, Arakawa ).

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