2003 Shinjuku local election

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Shinjuku, Tokyo held an election to the local ward assembly on April 27, 2003,[1] as part of the .

Candidates[]

Incumbents[]

  • Sanae Abe (阿部 早苗, Abe Sanae), a 49-year-old woman
  • Tsuyako Akaba (赤羽 艶子, Akaba Tsuyako), a 47-year-old woman
  • Hiroshi Akita (秋田 博, Akita Hiroshi), a 65-year-old man
  • Takehiko Amemiya (雨宮 武彦, Amemiya Takehiko), a 55-year-old man
  • Teruhisa Asō (麻生 輝久, Asō Teruhisa), a 54-year-old man
  • Tamie Azami (あざみ 民栄, Azami Tamie), a 33-year-old woman
  • Hidetaka Enoki (榎 秀隆, Enoki Hidetaka), a 38-year-old man
  • Isamu Gonnami (権並 勇, Gonnami Isamu), a 69-year-old man
  • (猪爪 まさみ, Inotsume Masami), a 47-year-old woman and later Tokyo Metropolitan Assemblywoman[3]
  • Hideo Kami (上 秀夫, Kami Hideo), a 57-year-old man
  • Tsuyako Kasai (笠井 艶子, Kasai Tsuyako), a 55-year-old woman
  • Akihiko Kawade (川出 昭彦, Kawade Akihiko), a 37-year-old man
  • Tatsuo Kawano (河野 達男, Kawano Tatsuo), a 55-year-old man
  • Masako Komatsu (小松 政子, Komatsu Masako), a 51-year-old woman
  • Natsuko Kondō (近藤 奈津子, Kondō Natsuko), a 36-year-old woman
  • Gōsuke Kubo (久保 合介, Kubo Gōsuke), a 66-year-old man
  • Sumiko Kumagai (熊谷 澄子, Kumagai Sumiko), a 57-year-old woman
  • Kōhei Kuwabara (桑原 公平, Kuwabara Kōhei), a 50-year-old man
  • Masao Matsugaya (松ヶ谷 匡男, Matsugaya Masao), a 64-year-old man and later 2010 candidate for Shinjuku mayor.[4]
  • Kimihiro Matsukawa (松川 公浩, Matsukawa Kimihiro), a 41-year-old man
  • Toshifumi Miyasaka (宮坂 俊文, Miyasaka Toshifumi), a 48-year-old man
  • Yoshihiko Nakamura (中村 吉彦, Nakamura Yoshihiko), a 65-year-old man
  • Takeshi Nodzu (野頭 健, Nodzu Takeshi), a 39-year-old man
  • Fumiaki Noguchi (野口 史章, Noguchi Fumiaki), a 62-year-old man
  • Michio Obata (小畑 通夫, Obata Michio), a 57-year-old man
  • Kimiko Ono (小野 紀美子, Ono Kimiko), a 66-year-old woman
  • Takeshi Sahara (佐原 勇, Sahara Takeshi), a 59-year-old man
  • Ayumi Sawada (沢田 あゆみ, Sawada Ayumi), a 37-year-old woman
  • Yūichirō Shida (志田 雄一郎, Shida Yūichirō), a 35-year-old man
  • Masaaki Sometani (染谷 正明, Sometani Masaaki), a 59-year-old man
  • Yukie Suzuki (鈴木 幸枝, Suzuki Yukie), a 48-year-old woman
  • Norihide Tanaka (田中 憲秀, Tanaka Norihide), a 50-year-old man
  • Masao Toyoshima (豊嶋 正雄, Toyoshima Masao), a 55-year-old man
  • Toshiyuki Yamada (山田 敏行, Yamada Toshiyuki), a 60-year-old man
  • Iwao Yamazoe (山添 巌, Yamazoe Iwao), a 59-year-old man

Newcomers[]

  • Toshirō Arima (有馬 俊郎, Arima Toshirō), a 46-year-old man
  • Toshisada Fukazawa (深沢 利定, Fukazawa Toshisada), a 60-year-old man
  • Akihiko Henmi (逸見 彰彦, Henmi Akihiko), a 45-year-old man
  • Haruji Ishioka (石岡 春二, Ishioka Haruji), a 45-year-old man
  • Noriaki Kawamura (川村 範昭, Kawamura Noriaki), a 31-year-old man
  • Kōzō Muramatsu (村松 弘三, Muramatsu Kōzō), a 38-year-old man
  • Masayuki Nasu (那須 雅之, Nasu Masayuki), a 59-year-old man
  • Toshihiko Ogura (小倉 利彦, Ogura Toshihiko), a 42-year-old man
  • Shōtarō Ōki (大木 庄太郎, Ōki Shōtarō), a 57-year-old man
  • Haruo Shimomura (下村 治生, Shimomura Haruo), a 50-year-old man
  • Kazuharu Tsubuki (津吹 一晴, Tsubuki Kazuharu), a 41-year-old man
  • Junichi Urushibara (漆原 順一, Urushibara Junichi), a 64-year-old man and previously Shinjuku mayor candidate in 1999 and 2002.[5]
  • Haruo Yoshizumi (吉住 栄郎, Yoshizumi Haruo), a 30-year-old man
  • Kenichi Yoshizumi (吉住 健一, Yoshizumi Kenichi), a 31-year-old man, later Tokyo Metropolitan Assemblyman and mayor of Shinjuku[6]

Two of the male candidates, 54-year-old male Jirō Nemoto (根本 二郎, Nemoto Jirō) and 39-year-old male Kenji Yamaguchi (山口 健二, Yamaguchi Kenji), were previously in this office.[2]

Results[]

Summary of the April 27, 2003 election results
Parties Votes % Seats
New Komeito party (公明党, Kōmeitō) 9
Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō) 9
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党, Jiyū Minshutō) 8
Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō) 3
New Socialist Party 1
Independents 8
Total (turnout 40.52%) 91,293 100.00 38
Source: Official results Archived 2007-04-30 at the Wayback Machine

Candidate results[]

2003 Shinjuku local election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Hidetaka Enoki 3,327
Komeito Masao Toyoshima 2,622
Liberal Democratic Haruo Shimomura 2,517
Liberal Democratic Kenichi Yoshizumi 2,468.65
Komeito Tsuyako Akaba 2,425
Communist Noriaki Kawamura 2,411
Komeito Yukie Suzuki 2,353
Komeito Masako Komatsu 2,343
Komeito Toshirō Arima 2,318
Komeito Iwao Yamazoe 2,306
Komeito Michio Obata 2,258
Komeito Masaaki Sometani 2,237
Komeito Sumiko Kumagai 2,158
Communist Natsuko Kondō 2,120
Democratic Gōsuke Kubo 2,113
Communist Ayumi Sawada 2,112
Independent 2,069
Democratic Yūichirō Shida 2,061
Communist Sanae Abe 2,007
Independent Takeshi Nodzu 1,942.59
Liberal Democratic Hiroshi Akita 1,941
Social Democratic Tatsuo Kawano 1,935
New Socialist Toshiyuki Yamada 1,866
Liberal Democratic Kōhei Kuwabara 1,863
Communist Takehiko Amemiya 1,812
Liberal Democratic Fumiaki Noguchi 1,806
Independent Jirō Nemoto 1,797
Liberal Democratic Toshifumi Miyasaka 1,748
Communist Tamie Azami 1,723
Communist Norihide Tanaka 1,688
Communist Masao Matsugaya 1,586
Democratic Kimiko Ono 1,582
Liberal Democratic Toshihiko Ogura 1,553
Communist Tsuyako Kasai 1,527
Independent Masayuki Nasu 1,522
Liberal Democratic Toshisada Fukazawa 1,440
Independent Junichi Urushibara 1,397
Independent Teruhisa Asō 1,389
Liberal Democratic Kenji Yamaguchi 1382
Liberal Democratic Yoshihiko Nakamura 1362
Independent Takeshi Sahara 1337.41
Liberal Democratic Haruo Yoshizumi 1250.35
Independent Isamu Gonnami 1225
Independent Hideo Kami 1128
Independent Akihiko Kawade 1060
Democratic Shōtarō Ōki 1020
Independent Kazuharu Tsubuki 977
Independent Kimihiro Matsukawa 736
Independent Haruji Ishioka 369
Independent Akihiko Henmi 340
Liberal Democratic Kōzō Muramatsu
Turnout 40.52

References[]

  1. ^ "新宿区議会議員選挙開票結果" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c https://go2senkyo.com/local/senkyo/9883
  3. ^ https://go2senkyo.com/seijika/15286
  4. ^ https://go2senkyo.com/seijika/15252
  5. ^ https://go2senkyo.com/seijika/15248
  6. ^ https://go2senkyo.com/seijika/15325
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