2013 Tokyo prefectural election

2013 Tokyo prefectural election

14 June 2013
All 127 seats in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly 64 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	43.50%(10.99%)
First party Second party Third party   共産 Leader Nobuteru Ishihara Yōsuke Takagi Yoshiharu Wakabayashi Party Liberal Democratic Komeito Communist Leader since September 2005 September 2009 1997 Last election 39 23 8 Seats before 39 23 8 Seats won 59 23 17 Seat change 20 0 9 Popular vote 1,633,304 639,160 616,722 Percentage 36.04% 14.10% 13.61%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   ネット Leader Yoshikatsu Nakayama Mitsuko Nishizaki Kota Matsuda Party Democratic Tokyo Seikatsusha Network Your Leader since October 2012 Last election 54 2 New Seats before 43 2 1 Seats won 15 3 7 Seat change 28 1 6 Popular vote 690,623 94,239 311,278 Percentage 15.24% 2.08% 6.87%   Seventh party   Leader Hiroshi Yamada Party Restoration Leader since November 2012 Last election New Seats before 3 Seats won 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 374,109 Percentage 8.25%
Assembly President before election Akihiko Nakamura Democratic Elected Assembly President Toshiaki Yoshino Liberal Democratic

Prefectural elections for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly was held on 23 June 2013, one month before 2013 Japanese House of Councillors election.

The Liberal Democratic Party took majority control of the assembly from the Democratic Party of Japan after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stated that the election had to be won "at any cost" in order to set the stage for an LDP victory in the House of Councillors election. Abe used the victory to claim popular backing for his "Abenomics" economic policies. The Japan Restoration Party performed poorly after controversial remarks by its leader Toru Hashimoto regarding comfort women, while Your Party made gains in the assembly after distancing itself from the JRP.

Candidates

Number of candidates

Party	Total (Women)	Candidates			Pre-election strength
		Incumbent	Former members	Newcomer
Democratic Party	44(06)	39	0	5	43
Liberal Democratic Party	59(03)	34	6	19	39
New Komeito	23(03)	23	0	0	23
Japanese Communist Party	42(16)	6	5	31	8
Japan Restoration Party	34(07)	3	3	28	3
Tokyo Seikatsusha Network	5(05)	2	0	3	2
Your Party	20(07)	1	0	19	1
People's Life Party	3(01)	0	1	2	0
Social Democratic Party	1(00)	0	0	1	0
Green Wind	1(01)	0	0	1	0
Minor parties	4(00)	0	1	3	0
Independent	17(04)	3	0	14	6
	253(53)	111	16	126	125

Results

Summary of the 23 June 2013 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election results

Party	Candidates	Votes	%	Seats
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党, Jiyū Minshutō)	59	1,633,303	36.04	59
New Komeito Party (公明党, Kōmeitō)	23	639,160	14.10	23
Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō)	42	616,721	13.61	17
Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō)	44	690,622	15.24	15
Your Party (みんなの党 Minna no Tō)	20	311,278	6.87	7
Tokyo Seikatsusha Network (東京・生活者ネットワーク)	5	94,239	2.08	3
Japan Restoration Party (日本維新の会 Nippon Ishin no Kai)	34	374,109	8.25	2
Social Democratic Party (社民党 Shamin-tō)	1	12,948	0.29	0
People's Life First (生活の党 Seikatsu no Tō)	3	9,563	0.21	0
Green Wind (みどりの風 Midori no Kaze)	1	6,463	0.14	0
Others	4	25,421	0.56	0
Independents	17	118,450	2.61	1
Total (turnout 43.50%)	253	4,532,279	100.00	127
Source: Tokyo electoral commission [1]