2005 Tokyo prefectural election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2005 Tokyo prefectural election
| country = Tokyo
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2001 Tokyo prefectural election
| previous_year = 2001
| previous_mps =
| next_election = 2009 Tokyo prefectural election
| next_year = 2009
| seats_for_election = All 127 seats in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
| majority_seats = 64
|turnout = 43.99%({{decrease}}6.09%)
| election_date = 3 July 2005
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Eita Yashiro.jpg|bSize = 110|cWidth = 90|cHeight = 120|oTop = 0|oLeft = 10}}
| leader1 = Eita Yashiro
| party1 = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
| leaders_seat1 =
| last_election1 = 53
| seats_before1 = 53
| seats1 = 48
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 5
| popular_vote1 = 1,339,548
| percentage1 = 30.7%
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Banri Kaieda 201106.jpg|bSize = 95|cWidth = 90|cHeight = 120|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| leader2 = Banri Kaieda
| party2 = Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)
| leaders_seat2 =
| last_election2 = 22
| seats_before2 = 22
| seats2 = 35
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 13
| popular_vote2 = 1,070,893
| percentage2 = 24.5%
| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Natsuo_Yamaguchi.jpg|bSize = 90|cWidth = 90|cHeight = 120|oTop = 0|oLeft = 5}}
| leader3 = Natsuo Yamaguchi
| party3 = Komeito
| leaders_seat3 =
| last_election3 = 23
| seats_before3 = 22
| seats3 = 23
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote3 = 786,292
| percentage3 = 18.0%
| image4 =
| party4 = Japanese Communist Party
| leader4 = Yoshiharu Wakabayashi
| last_election4 = 15
| seats_before4 = 15
| seats4 = 13
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 2
| popular_vote4 = 680,200
| percentage4 = 15.6%
| image5 =
| leader5 = Fumie Yamaguchi
| party5 = Tokyo Seikatsusha Network
| last_election5 = 6
| seats_before5 = 6
| seats5 = 3
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 3
| popular_vote5 = 181,020
| percentage5 = 4.1%
| map = 350px
| title = Assembly President
| before_election = Shigeru Uchida
| before_party = Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
| after_election = Chuuichi Kawashima
| after_party = Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
}}
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{{Politics of Japan}}
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.
Results
{{election table|title=Summary of the 3 July 2005 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election results}}
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Parties
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Candidates
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |%
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党, Jiyū Minshutō)
| style="text-align:right;" | 57
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,339,548
| style="text-align:right;" | 30.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō)
| style="text-align:right;" | 51
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,070,893
| style="text-align:right;" | 24.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 35
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |New Komeito party (公明党, Kōmeitō)
| style="text-align:right;" | 23
| style="text-align:right;" | 786,292
| style="text-align:right;" | 18.0
| style="text-align:right;" | 23
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō)
| style="text-align:right;" | 43
| style="text-align:right;" | 680,200
| style="text-align:right;" | 15.6
| style="text-align:right;" | 13
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Social Democratic Party (社民党 Shamin-tō)
| style="text-align:right;" | 1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,165
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.2
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Tokyo Seikatsusha Network (東京・生活者ネットワーク)
| style="text-align:right;" | 10
| style="text-align:right;" | 181,020
| style="text-align:right;" | 4.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Gyokaku 110-ban (行革110番)
| style="text-align:right;" | 1
| style="text-align:right;" | 24,259
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.6
| style="text-align:right;" | 1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Others
| style="text-align:right;" | 4
| style="text-align:right;" | 27,784
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.6
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Independents
| style="text-align:right;" | 30
| style="text-align:right;" | 248,999
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 4
|-
|style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 43.99%)
|width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 220
|width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 4,435,435
|width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 100.00
|width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 127
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan=4 |Sources:Tokyo electoral commission: [http://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.jp/h17togisen/sokuhou/index.htm 投開票結果] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209045546/http://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.jp/h17togisen/sokuhou/index.htm |date=9 December 2012 }}, JANJAN: [http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2005/13/00000109.html 東京都議会議員選挙], Asahi Shimbun: [http://www.asahi.com/politics/2005togisen/chart/05070403.html]
|}
NB: Results are incomplete due to lack of sources.
References
- [http://www.citymayors.com/politics/tokyo_election05.html City Mayors: Tokyo elections 2005]
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