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

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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