Tokyo gubernatorial election, 2003

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Gubernatorial elections were held in Tokyo on 13 April 2003. Conservative Shintaro Ishihara was re-elected as governor.

[edit] Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Shintaro Ishihara	endorsed by LDP	3,087,190	70.2
Keiko Higuchi	endorsed by DPJ, SDP	817,146	18.6
Yoshiharu Wakabayashi	Japanese Communist Party	364,007	8.3
Yoshiro Nakamatsu (ドクター 中松)		109,091	2.5
Kazutomo Ikeda (池田 一朝)		19,860	0.4
Total (Turnout: 44.94% (-12.93%))		4,397,294

[edit] Sources

• (Japanese) 平成15年都知事選挙 開票結果
• (Japanese) ザ・選挙 -選挙情報-

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