2003 Shinjuku local election

Shinjuku, Tokyo held an election to the local ward assembly on April 27, 2003, as part of the 15th unified local elections.

Candidates

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Incumbents

• , a 49-year-old woman
• , a 47-year-old woman
• , a 65-year-old man
• , a 55-year-old man
• , a 54-year-old man
• , a 33-year-old woman
• , a 38-year-old man
• , a 69-year-old man
• , a 47-year-old woman and later Tokyo Metropolitan Assemblywoman
• , a 57-year-old man
• , a 55-year-old woman
• , a 37-year-old man
• , a 55-year-old man
• , a 51-year-old woman
• , a 36-year-old woman
• , a 66-year-old man
• , a 57-year-old woman
• , a 50-year-old man
• , a 64-year-old man and later 2010 candidate for Shinjuku mayor.
• , a 41-year-old man
• , a 48-year-old man
• , a 65-year-old man
• , a 39-year-old man
• , a 62-year-old man
• , a 57-year-old man
• , a 66-year-old woman
• , a 59-year-old man
• , a 37-year-old woman
• , a 35-year-old man
• , a 59-year-old man
• , a 48-year-old woman
• , a 50-year-old man
• , a 55-year-old man
• , a 60-year-old man
• , a 59-year-old man

Newcomers

• , a 46-year-old man
• , a 60-year-old man
• , a 45-year-old man
• , a 45-year-old man
• , a 31-year-old man
• , a 38-year-old man
• , a 59-year-old man
• , a 42-year-old man
• , a 57-year-old man
• , a 50-year-old man
• , a 41-year-old man
• , a 64-year-old man and previously Shinjuku mayor candidate in 1999 and 2002.
• , a 30-year-old man
• , a 31-year-old man, later Tokyo Metropolitan Assemblyman and mayor of Shinjuku

Two of the male candidates, 54-year-old male and 39-year-old male , were previously in this office.

Results

|- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Parties ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats |- | style="text-align:left;" |New Komeito party (公明党, Kōmeitō) | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō) | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党, Jiyū Minshutō) | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 8 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō) | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 3 |- | style="text-align:left;" | New Socialist Party | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 1 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Independents | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 8 |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 40.52%) |width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 91,293 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 100.00 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 38 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan=4 |Source: Official results

Candidate results

References