2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election

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2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election
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  2016 5 July 2020 2024  
Turnout55.00% Decrease2.svg 4.73 pp
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Candidate Yuriko Koike Kenji Utsunomiya
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote3,661,371844,151
Percentage59.7%13.76%
Supported by Tomin First [1] CDP, DPFP, JCP, SDP

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Candidate Tarō Yamamoto Taisuke Ono
Party Reiwa Shinsengumi Independent
Popular vote657,277612,530
Percentage10.72%9.99%
Supported by DPFP Ishin

2020 Tokyo Gubernatorial Election by municipalities.svg
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] [3] increasing her share of the vote to 59.7%. [4]

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Candidates

A total of 22 candidates registered candidacies for the election. [4]

Incumbent Governor Yuriko Koike announced her campaign for re-election on 12 June 2020. [5] Similar to her first campaign for Governor, Koike ran as an independent and did not receive the endorsement of any party, aside from the support of the regional Tomin First party which she founded in 2017. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party considered endorsing Koike in the 2020 election, unlike in the 2016 gubernatorial election in which the party endorsed a separate candidate, however the party ultimately chose not to endorse any candidate, instead encouraging members to vote freely. [6] [7] Koike was widely expected to win a second term, based on opinion polling conducted in the weeks prior the election. [8]

Kenji Utsunomiya, a lawyer and former chairman of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, announced his candidacy on 28 May 2020. Utsunomiya was considered the main opposition to Koike, having received endorsements from a coalition of opposition parties including the Constitutional Democratic Party, the Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party. This was Utsunomiya's third campaign for Governor of Tokyo, having also ran in the 2012 and 2014 elections. [9]

Other notable candidates included Tarō Yamamoto, a former actor who founded the anti-establishment and anti-nuclear energy party Reiwa Shinsengumi in 2019, Taisuke Ono, the former Vice Governor of Kumamoto, whose candidacy received the endorsement of Nippon Ishin no Kai, Makoto Sakurai, a far-right activist and the founder and leader of the Japan First Party, and Takashi Tachibana, the head of the NHK Party and a former member of the House of Councillors. [9]

Tokyo Review described the election as a "circus" [10] viewed by many candidates as marketing opportunity:

For less than $30,000, each candidate gets several minutes to broadcast whatever they want on NHK, an official statement delivered to every single household in Tokyo, and a prime outdoor location on every street in the city for their posters for two weeks.

Results

Tokyo gubernatorial election, 2020 [4] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent (Supported by Tomin First ) Yuriko Koike (incumbent)3,661,37159.7%Increase2.svg 15.21%
Independent (Supported by Constitutional Democratic , Democrats for the People , Communist , Social Democratic ) Kenji Utsunomiya 844,15113.76%N/A
Reiwa Shinsengumi (Supported by Democrats for the People ) Tarō Yamamoto 657,27710.72%N/A
Independent (Supported by Ishin )Taisuke Ono612,5309.99%N/A
Japan First Makoto Sakurai 178,7842.92%Increase2.svg 1.23%
Horiemon New Party (Supported by NHK Party ) Takashi Tachibana 43,9120.72%Increase2.svg 0.20%
Happiness Realization Hiroko Nanami22,0030.36%Decrease2.svg 0.08%
Independent Teruki Gotō 21,9970.36%Increase2.svg 0.25%
IndependentShion Sawa20,7380.34%N/A
Independent Makoto Nishimoto 11,8870.19%N/A
Smile Hiroshi Komiyama10,9350.18%Decrease2.svg 0.60%
People's Sovereignty PartyMasayuki Hiratsuka8,9970.15%N/A
Horiemon New Party (Supported by NHK Party )Osamu Hattori5,4530.09%N/A
Horiemon New Party (Supported by NHK Party )Kenichirō Saitō5,1140.08%N/A
IndependentHiroshi Ichikawa4,7600.08%N/A
IndependentHisao Naitō4,1450.07%N/A
IndependentYasuhiro Sekiguchi4,0970.07%Increase2.svg 0.05%
IndependentHideyuki Takemoto3,9970.07%N/A
IndependentHitoshi Ishi3,3560.05%N/A
IndependentYasuhiro Nagasawa2,9550.05%N/A
IndependentSeiichi Oshikoshi2,7080.04%N/A
IndependentKazue Ushio1,5100.02%N/A
Turnout 6,132,67955%Decrease2.svg 4.73%

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Results by municipality

MunicipalityYuriko KoikeKenji UtsunomiyaTaro YamamotoTaisuke OnoMakoto SakuraiTakashi Tachibana
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
Total3,661,37159.70%844,15113.76%657,27710.72%612,5309.99%178,7842.92%43,9120.72%
Chiyoda 16,72754.77%3,95012.93%3,0139.87%4,77515.64%1,0653.49%2720.89%
Chuo 43,30056.42%8,55911.15%7,76910.12%12,58116.39%2,2742.96%7220.94%
Minato 51,42652.70%12,87613.20%11,22711.51%16,03116.43%2,9943.07%9460.97%
Shinjuku 79,32054.80%22,18715.33%16,40511.33%17,43112.04%4,9523.42%1,2670.88%
Bunkyo 61,10354.42%18,61216.58%10,8929.70%15,20913.55%3,1012.76%8350.74%
Taito 54,08258.51%11,64612.60%10,13110.96%10,26211.10%3,3653.64%7950.86%
Sumida 76,30262.01%13,71911.15%12,82310.42%12,39610.07%4,0423.28%1,0190.83%
Koto 140,18560.46%28,88812.46%22,7939.83%26,29611.34%6,6132.85%1,8460.80%
Shinagawa 108,37358.78%23,83112.93%18,2209.88%22,72612.33%5,4192.94%1,7630.96%
Meguro 66,83853.08%19,13815.20%15,38012.22%17,75314.10%3,2702.60%9890.79%
Ota 194,09560.30%40,06912.45%32,34910.05%34,20110.63%10,0753.13%2,5760.80%
Setagaya 239,19154.69%68,70915.71%52,68812.05%53,46312.22%11,6092.65%2,7830.64%
Shibuya 54,24851.65%16,70515.91%13,71813.06%13,95013.28%3,1392.99%9290.88%
Nakano 83,07054.23%25,23616.47%18,25811.92%16,29410.64%5,3693.51%1,2440.81%
Suginami 143,99252.66%48,35017.68%33,09612.10%32,07811.73%8,0902.96%1,7820.65%
Toshima 71,71458.01%17,51814.17%13,42510.86%12,69810.27%4,2973.48%9580.77%
Kita 97,77660.30%22,72914.02%16,54710.20%15,0919.31%4,8062.96%1,1560.71%
Arakawa 55,89261.63%11,19912.35%9,61610.60%8,4889.36%2,8633.16%6750.74%
Itabashi 148,85660.42%33,96513.79%25,98110.55%21,8358.86%7,9913.24%1,9860.81%
Nerima 200,64559.89%46,86613.99%35,23910.52%32,2289.62%9,9842.98%2,4050.72%
Adachi 179,51665.38%29,94310.90%29,39610.71%19,3527.05%8,3803.05%1,9550.71%
Katsuhika 123,29763.97%21,58611.20%21,22911.01%15,0387.80%6,0043.12%1,3720.71%
Edogawa 180,71465.19%27,1989.81%28,02110.11%23,1338.34%9,2513.34%2,0160.73%
Hachioji 149,73963.95%30,55813.05%24,19110.33%16,9217.23%6,3182.70%1,5360.66%
Tachikawa 51,25363.75%10,42512.97%8,29910.32%6,0687.55%2,1662.69%5350.67%
Musashino 39,40354.07%13,01917.86%7,99010.96%8,59211.79%1,9792.72%4230.58%
Mitaka 50,69856.41%14,70116.36%10,49511.68%9,18610.22%2,3672.63%5500.61%
Ome 39,99368.71%6,38510.97%5,6909.78%3,3895.82%1,3122.25%2900.50%
Fuchu 71,27261.83%15,27213.25%11,95710.37%10,3618.99%3,4072.96%7160.62%
Akishima 32,17866.30%5,89412.14%4,5449.36%3,3546.91%1,2862.65%3140.65%
Chofu 65,09758.48%16,26614.61%12,53111.26%11,20610.07%3,1372.82%7070.64%
Machida 122,84963.66%24,93512.92%19,75310.24%15,4818.02%4,9502.57%1,1600.60%
Koganei 32,56756.89%10,02817.52%5,89910.30%5,95510.40%1,4102.46%3290.57%
Kodaira 52,31460.09%13,04814.99%8,89010.21%8,2059.42%2,3052.65%5010.58%
Hino 54,06561.97%12,48814.31%8,82410.11%6,8857.89%2,3112.65%5960.68%
Higashimurayama 41,89862.52%9,91314.79%6,85710.23%4,9047.32%1,6532.47%3950.59%
Kokubunji 35,34757.81%10,23516.74%6,24310.21%6,15510.07%1,5822.59%4090.67%
Kunitachi 21,14656.86%6,59017.72%4,23011.37%3,4059.16%8822.37%2250.60%
Fussa 14,52366.18%2,36110.76%2,28210.40%1,5036.85%6532.98%1400.64%
Komae 24,25159.15%6,50215.86%4,48210.93%3,6408.88%1,0272.51%2600.63%
Higashiyamato 24,65565.80%4,92713.15%3,5879.57%2,4796.62%9072.42%1920.51%
Kiyose 21,01661.37%5,71416.69%3,50610.24%2,3156.76%8382.45%1830.53%
Higashikurume 32,46661.98%8,19815.65%5,32210.16%3,9937.62%1,2012.29%2480.47%
Musashimurayama 19,30669.25%3,04710.93%2,7149.74%1,4695.27%7102.55%1470.53%
Tama 42,25959.69%11,05815.62%7,73110.92%6,1308.66%1,7332.45%4700.66%
Inagi 26,52263.26%5,09512.15%4,20410.03%3,8789.25%1,0542.51%3060.73%
Hamura 16,06267.95%2,72411.52%2,2119.35%1,5196.43%5732.42%1240.52%
Akiruno 24,81970.13%3,91311.06%3,2849.28%1,8315.17%8232.33%1730.49%
Nishitokyo 56,94160.02%14,01914.78%10,15010.70%8,7049.18%2,5202.66%5510.58%
Mizuho 9,75474.53%9877.54%1,1618.87%6234.76%2962.26%490.37%
Hinode 5,45171.78%83210.96%6128.06%3865.08%1471.93%240.32%
Hinohara 95577.58%977.88%1088.77%383.09%80.65%30.24%
Okutama 2,19579.50%1866.74%2017.28%822.97%401.45%50.18%
Oshima 2,65770.35%48312.79%2937.76%1794.74%561.48%120.32%
To-shima 15581.58%168.42%73.68%105.26%10.53%00.00%
Niijima 1,27880.73%1137.14%5.56%513.22%311.96%60.38%
Kozushima 83082.18%454.46%656.44%363.56%141.39%60.59%
Miyake 1,04878.62%987.35%876.53%493.68%272.03%70.53%
Mikurajima 11459.38%3317.19%2311.98%94.69%73.65%21.04%
Hachijo 2,73774.21%3028.19%3639.84%1684.56%531.44%170.46%
Aogashima 7169.61%1110.78%1514.71%32.94%00.00%00.00%
Ogasawara 82562.79%15411.72%17213.09%594.49%483.65%100.76%

Simultaneous legislative by-elections

Four by-elections to the assembly were held together with the gubernatorial election: in Ota Ward, Kita Ward, Hino City and the North Tama 3rd electoral district (=Chofu City+Komae City). [12] All four were won by LDP candidates. [13]

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