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Prefectural elections were held in
Tokyo for the city's
Metropolitan Assembly on June 24, 2001. The
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and
New Komeito Party secured their positions as ruling parties.
Japanese Communist Party (JCP) lost almost half its seats while
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) saw an increase by ten seats.
Results
Summary of the June 24, 2001
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election results
| Parties
|
Candidates
|
Votes
|
%
|
Seats
|
|
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党, Jiyū Minshutō)
|
55
|
1,721,603
|
35.96
|
53
|
|
New Komeito party (公明党, Kōmeitō)
|
23
|
722,464
|
15.09
|
23
|
|
Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō)
|
33
|
647,572
|
13.53
|
22
|
|
Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō)
|
44
|
748,085
|
15.63
|
15
|
|
Tokyo Seikatsusha Network (東京・生活者ネットワーク)
|
6
|
137,489
|
2.87
|
6
|
|
Social Democratic Party (社民党 Shamin-tō)
|
6
|
68,055
|
1.42
|
0
|
|
Liberal Party (自由党, Jiyū-tō)
|
13
|
132,719
|
2.77
|
0
|
| Others
|
3
|
49,224
|
1.03
|
1
|
| Independents
|
61
|
560,245
|
11.7
|
7
|
| Total (turnout 50.08%)
|
244
|
4,862,229
|
100.00
|
127
|
| Source:Tokyo electoral commission
[1]
Archived 2003-04-23 at the
Wayback Machine,
[2]
Archived 2003-04-23 at the
Wayback Machine
|
See also
References
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