2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election

2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election
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Turnout55.00% Decrease 4.73 pp
 
Candidate Yuriko Koike Kenji Utsunomiya
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 3,661,371 844,151
Percentage 59.7% 13.76%
Supported by Tomin First[1] CDP, DPFP, JCP, SDP
 
Candidate Tarō Yamamoto Taisuke Ono
Party Reiwa Shinsengumi Independent
Popular vote 657,277 612,530
Percentage 10.72% 9.99%
Supported by DPFP Ishin
Election results by municipalities. Incumbent governor Yuriko Koike swept all municipalities with more than 50% of popular votes.
Governor before election

Yuriko Koike
Independent

Elected Governor

Yuriko Koike
Independent

The 2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election took place on 5 July 2020 to elect the Governor of Tokyo. In a result viewed as an endorsement of her handling of Tokyo's response to the COVID-19 pandemic,[2] incumbent Yuriko Koike was re-elected for a second term in a landslide,[2] increasing her share of the vote to 59.7%.[3]

  1. ^ "都民ファーストの会". tomin1st.jp.
  2. ^ a b Rich, Motoko (5 July 2020). "Tokyo's First Female Governor Sails to Re-Election Even as Virus Cases Rise". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "開票速報｜2020都知事選（東京都知事選挙）：朝日新聞デジタル".