2005 Tokyo prefectural election

Prefectural elections were held in Tokyo for the city's Metropolitan Assembly on 3 July 2005. The election was a great success for the Democratic Party of Japan which won 16 additional seats, closing in on the Liberal Democratic Party.

2005 Tokyo prefectural election

3 July 2005
All 127 seats in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly 64 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	43.99%(6.09%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Eita Yashiro Banri Kaieda Natsuo Yamaguchi Party Liberal Democratic Democratic Komeito Last election 53 22 23 Seats before 53 22 22 Seats won 48 35 23 Seat change 5 13 1 Popular vote 1,339,548 1,070,893 786,292 Percentage 30.7% 24.5% 18.0%   Fourth party Fifth party   共産きょうさん ネット Leader Yoshiharu Wakabayashi Mitsuko Nishizaki Party Communist Tokyo Seikatsusha Network Last election 15 6 Seats before 15 6 Seats won 13 3 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 680,200 181,020 Percentage 15.6% 4.1%
Assembly President before election Shigeru Uchida Liberal Democratic Elected Assembly President Chuuichi Kawashima Liberal Democratic

Results

Summary of the 3 July 2005 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election results

Parties	Candidates	Votes	%	Seats
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党じゆうみんしゅとう, Jiyū Minshutō)	57	1,339,548	30.7	48
Democratic Party of Japan (民主党みんしゅとう, Minshutō)	51	1,070,893	24.5	35
New Komeito party (公明党こうめいとう, Kōmeitō)	23	786,292	18.0	23
Japanese Communist Party (日本にっぽん共産党きょうさんとう, Nihon Kyōsan-tō)	43	680,200	15.6	13
Social Democratic Party (社民党しゃみんとう Shamin-tō)	1	10,165	0.2	0
Tokyo Seikatsusha Network (東京とうきょう・生活せいかつ者しゃネットワーク)	10	181,020	4.1	3
Gyokaku 110-ban (行革ぎょうかく110番ばん)	1	24,259	0.6	1
Others	4	27,784	0.6	0
Independents	30	248,999	5.7	4
Total (turnout 43.99%)	220	4,435,435	100.00	127
Sources:Tokyo electoral commission: 投開票とうかいひょう結果けっか Archived 9 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine, JANJAN: 東京とうきょう都議会とぎかい議員ぎいん選挙せんきょ, Asahi Shimbun: [1]

NB: Results are incomplete due to lack of sources.

References

• City Mayors: Tokyo elections 2005