2016 Tokyo prefectural by-election

A by-election was held on 31 July 2016 to fill vacancies in four districts of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. The elections were held simultaneously with the gubernatorial election. Nominations for the election were announced on 22 July 2016.[1] Liberal Democratic Party candidates won all four elections.[2]

Ota district

The Ota district, which corresponds with Ota city, elects eight members to the 127-member assembly. Ken Tanaka, a second-term Democratic Party member who placed 1st in the 2009 election[3] and 7th in the 2013 election,[4] resigned from his seat in the assembly to contest the next national general election. In the closest contest of the four districts, LDP candidate Hiroyuki Yamamori defeated Democratic Party candidate Ai Mori by 4,141 votes (1.32%).[2]

Tokyo prefectural by-election, 2016 (Ota District)[2][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Hiroyuki Yamamori 135,233 43.11
Democratic Ai Mori 131,092 41.79
Independent Koichi Mizoguchi 47,400 15.11
Total valid votes 313,725 91.85
Informal votes 27,844 8.15
Turnout 341,569 57.29 +12.79

Shibuya district

The Shibuya district, which corresponds with Shibuya city, elects two members to the assembly. Liberal Democrat Hideko Murakami, who was serving her fourth term in the assembly since being first elected in the November 2003 by-election, resigned from the assembly to contest the Shibuya mayoral election that was held on 26 April 2015, in which she placed third.[7]

Tokyo prefectural by-election, 2016 (Shibuya District)[2][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Kazushige Maeda 45,807 46.30
Democratic Hiroki Hamada 35,559 35.94
Communist Yuji Orikasa 17,576 17.76
Total valid votes 98,942 92.92
Informal votes 7,540 7.08
Turnout 106,482 57.17 +21.51

Shinjuku district

The Shinjuku district, which corresponds with Shinjuku city, elects four members to the 127-member assembly. Kenichi Yoshizumi resigned from the assembly to contest the November 2014 Shinjuku mayoral election, which he won.

Tokyo prefectural by-election, 2016 (Shinjuku District)[2][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Sachie Daimon 55,599 40.06
Democratic Masami Inotsume 33,983 24.49
Independent Tsukasa Moriguchi 24,664 17.77
Communist Takeki Fujiwara 24,529 17.68
Total valid votes 138,775 92.47
Informal votes 11,308 7.53
Turnout 150,083 56.97 +14.74

Taito district

The Taito district, which corresponds with Taito city, elects two members to the 127-member assembly. Liberal Democrat Yukuo Hattori, who was serving his third term in the assembly,[8] resigned to contest the Taito mayoral election on 1 March 2015, which he won with 47.9% of the vote in a six-candidate contest.[9]

Tokyo prefectural by-election, 2016 (Taito District)[2][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democratic Hiroshi Izumi 53,920 62.57
Communist Shigeru Koyanagi 32,252 37.43
Total valid votes 86,172 92.20
Informal votes 7,290 7.80
Turnout 93,462 59.43 +16.91

References
  1. "東京都知事選挙及び東京都議会員補欠選挙（新宿区、台東区、大田区及び渋谷区の各選挙区）の選挙期日等の決定について" [About the determination of the election date for Tokyo gubernatorial election and Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly by-election (Shinjuku, Daito, Ota and Shibuya districts)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Tokyo Electoral Commission. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  2. "東京都議会議員補欠選挙　候補者別得票数（全候補）" [Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly By-Election: Votes received per candidate (all candidates)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Tokyo Electoral Commission. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. "都議会議員選挙（平成21年7月12日執行）開票結果" [Tokyo prefectural election (12 July 2009) Results] (in Japanese). Tokyo Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  4. "東京都議会議員選挙（平成25年6月23日）開票結果" [Tokyo prefectural election (23 June 2013) Results] (in Japanese). Tokyo Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  5. "東京都議会議員補欠選挙　開票結果内訳" [Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly By-Election Breakdown of Results] (PDF) (in Japanese). Tokyo Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  6. "東京都議会議員補欠選挙　投票結果" [Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly By-Election Turnout] (PDF) (in Japanese). Tokyo Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  7. "平成27年4月26日執行　渋谷区長選挙開票速報" [26 April 2015 Shibuya Mayoral Election Results] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  8. "服部 征夫（ハットリ ユクオ）自由民主党" [Yukuo Hattori LDP]. go2senkyo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  9. "平成27年3月1日執行 台東区長選挙" [1 March 2015 Taito Mayoral Election] (PDF) (in Japanese). Taito Electoral Commission. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
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