Shinjuku, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...

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 Assembly The is the prefectural parliament of Tokyo Metropolis. Its 127 members are elected every four years in 42 districts by single non-transferable vote. 23 electoral districts equal the special wards, another 18 districts are made up by the cities, ...

woman *, 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

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

Results

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Japanese Communist Party The is a Left-wing politics, left-wing to Far-left politics, far-left List of political parties in Japan, political party in Japan. With approximately 270,000 members belonging to 18,000 branches, it is one of the largest non-governing Communis ...

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Liberal Democratic Party of Japan The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a conservativeThe Liberal Democratic Party is widely described as conservative: * * * * * political party in Japan. The LDP has been in power almost continuously since its foundation in 1955—a per ...

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Democratic Party of Japan The was a centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist: * * * * * * * to centre-left liberal or social-liberal political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016. The party's origins lie in the previous Democratic ...

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Official results

Candidate results

References

{{reflist Local elections in Japan Shinjuku 2003 elections in Japan April 2003 events in Japan 2003 in Tokyo