Prefectural elections were held in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

for the city's Metropolitan Assembly on June 24, 2001. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and

New Komeito Party , formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a conservative political party in Japan founded by lay members of the Buddhist Japanese new religious movement Soka Gakkai in 1964. Since 2012, it has served in government as the junior coalitio ...

secured their positions as ruling parties.

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 ...

(JCP) lost almost half its seats while

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 ...

(DPJ) saw an increase by ten seats.

Results

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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 ...

(自由民主党, ''Jiyū Minshutō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 55 , style="text-align:right;" , 1,721,603 , style="text-align:right;" , 35.96 , style="text-align:right;" , 53 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

New Komeito party , formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a conservative political party in Japan founded by lay members of the Buddhist Japanese new religious movement Soka Gakkai in 1964. Since 2012, it has served in government as the junior coalitio ...

(公明党, ''Kōmeitō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 23 , style="text-align:right;" , 722,464 , style="text-align:right;" , 15.09 , style="text-align:right;" , 23 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

(民主党, ''Minshutō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 33 , style="text-align:right;" , 647,572 , style="text-align:right;" , 13.53 , style="text-align:right;" , 22 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

(日本共産党, ''Nihon Kyōsan-tō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 44 , style="text-align:right;" , 748,085 , style="text-align:right;" , 15.63 , style="text-align:right;" , 15 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Tokyo Seikatsusha Network The Tokyo Seikatsusha Network (東京・生活者ネットワーク, ''Tōkyō Seikatsusha Nettowāku'') is a local Japanese political party affiliated with Tokyo Seikatsu Club, a consumer's cooperative. It is generally moderate left, and ten ...

(東京・生活者ネットワーク) , style="text-align:right;" , 6 , style="text-align:right;" , 137,489 , style="text-align:right;" , 2.87 , style="text-align:right;" , 6 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

(社民党 ''Shamin-tō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 6 , style="text-align:right;" , 68,055 , style="text-align:right;" , 1.42 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...

(自由党, ''Jiyū-tō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 13 , style="text-align:right;" , 132,719 , style="text-align:right;" , 2.77 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Others , style="text-align:right;" , 3 , style="text-align:right;" , 49,224 , style="text-align:right;" , 1.03 , style="text-align:right;" , 1 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Independents , style="text-align:right;" , 61 , style="text-align:right;" , 560,245 , style="text-align:right;" , 11.7 , style="text-align:right;" , 7 , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9", Total (turnout 50.08%) , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 244 , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 4,862,229 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 127 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=4 , Source:Tokyo electoral commissi

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JCP secures 15 seats in Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election
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