US EditionKoike-Backed Party Gains Seats as LDP Dealt Setback in Tokyo Assembly Poll
- The Tokyo metropolitan assembly election on Sunday saw the Koike-backed party Tomin First no Kai win 31 seats, becoming the largest party.
- The election followed voter dissatisfaction with the ruling LDP and Komeito over rising prices and a political funding scandal affecting support.
- The LDP’s seat count dropped from 30 to a record-low 21 seats, while Komeito won 19 seats, both losing ground compared to previous assembly results.
- Turnout rose to 47.59%, up 5.2 points from 2021, with 295 candidates running including a record 99 women, and the DPP won nine seats for the first time.
- The results signal challenges for Prime Minister Ishiba ahead of the July 20 Upper House election and show continuing opposition gains amid public discontent.
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Koike-tied party wins most seats in assembly; LDP takes a drubbing
The Liberal Democratic Party suffered a record-setting loss in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election on June 22 while the regional Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First) party regained its top-place position. The LDP was the leading party in the assembly before the election with 30 seats, including those held by those not officially endorsed. But after the election, when all 127 assembly seats were up for grabs, the party won 21, down from its …
LDP Suffers Hit in Tokyo Assembly Election, Cedes Top Spot to Tomin First Party
The Liberal Democratic Party suffered a major setback in Sunday’s Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, its seats in the assembly falling to an all-time low at 21 seats. The LDP also surrendered its position as the largest party in the assembly to Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites first group).
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AlKhaleej TodayTokyo voters deal blow to ruling LDP in key poll ahead of national vote
TOKYO, June 23 — Voters in Tokyo decisively knocked Japan’s ruling party from its position as the largest group in the city assembly, results showed Monday, a warning sign for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s unpopular government before July elections. Japanese media said it was a record-low result in the key local election for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has led the country almost continuously since 1955. Public support for Ishiba,…
Following on from last year's House of Representatives election, the Liberal Democratic Party suffered a major setback in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election held on the 22nd. High prices and issues with failing to report political funds have been cited as reasons for the defeat, but it cannot be overlooked that the core conservative voters who had been supporting the LDP for the past decade have also lost their support. The Party of Counci…
The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election (127 seats) was held due to the expiration of the term of office on the 22nd, and the Tokyo Citizens First Party, of which Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko serves as special advisor, increased its number of seats and became the largest party. The Liberal Democratic Party, affected by the party's secret funds scandal and other factors, fell below its record low of 23 seats in 2017, even including the additional…
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