2016 Tokyo gubernatorial election

2016 Tokyo gubernatorial election
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Turnout59.73% Increase 13.59 pp
 
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Candidate Yuriko Koike Hiroya Masuda Shuntaro Torigoe
Party Independent Independent Independent
Popular vote 2,912,628 1,793,453 1,346,103
Percentage 44.49% 27.4% 20.56%
Supported by — LDP, Komeito, Kokoro DP, JCP, SDP, PLP, TSN
Koike swept all main island municipalities except Hinohara village, she won her largest margin in Toshima ward in her former lower house district, Masuda only carried Hinohara and a few towns and villages on the Izu islands.
Governor before election

Yoichi Masuzoe
Independent

Elected Governor

Yuriko Koike
Independent

The 2016 Tokyo gubernatorial election took place on 31 July 2016 to elect the successor to Governor Yoichi Masuzoe, who submitted his resignation to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on 15 June 2016.[1] By-elections in four of Tokyo's cities were held on the same day to fill vacancies in the Assembly.

Former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike won the election by a wide margin. Turnout increased sharply to 59% from 46% in the previous election.[2]

  1. ^ "舛添氏が辞職願＝21日付、政治資金流用で引責—都議会の不信任前に" [Masuzoe submits resignation dated 21st, takes responsibility for misuse of funds before no-confidence vote]. Yahoo Japan. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  2. ^ Landers, Peter (2016-07-31). "Yuriko Koike Elected Governor of Tokyo, First Woman in Post". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-08-01.