2003 Shinjuku local election
Shinjuku, Tokyo held an election to the local ward assembly on April 27, 2003,[1] as part of the 15th unified local elections.
Candidates[edit]
- Source: [2]
Incumbents[edit]
- 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
- Masami Inotsume (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[edit]
- 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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 | Masami Inotsume | 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[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "新宿区議会議員選挙 - 2003年04月27日投票 | 東京都新宿区".
- ^ "猪爪まさみ（イノツメマサミ）｜政治家情報｜選挙ドットコム".
- ^ "松ヶ谷匡男（マツガヤマサオ）｜政治家情報｜選挙ドットコム".
- ^ "漆原順一（ウルシバラジュンイチ）｜政治家情報｜選挙ドットコム".
- ^ "吉住健一（ヨシズミケンイチ）｜政治家情報｜選挙ドットコム".