Prefectural elections for the

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was held on 23 June 2013, one month before

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. The Liberal Democratic Party took majority control of the assembly from the

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after Prime Minister

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stated that the election had to be won "at any cost" in order to set the stage for an LDP victory in the House of Councillors election. Abe used the victory to claim popular backing for his "

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" economic policies. The

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performed poorly after controversial remarks by its leader

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regarding

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, while

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made gains in the assembly after distancing itself from the JRP.

Candidates

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;" , 59 , style="text-align:right;" , 1,633,303 , style="text-align:right;" , 36.04 , style="text-align:right;" , 59 , - , 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 coalit ...

(公明党, ''Kōmeitō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 23 , style="text-align:right;" , 639,160 , style="text-align:right;" , 14.10 , style="text-align:right;" , 23 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Japanese Communist Party The is a left-wing to far-left political party in Japan. With approximately 270,000 members belonging to 18,000 branches, it is one of the largest non-governing communist parties in the world. The party advocates the establishment of a dem ...

(日本共産党, ''Nihon Kyōsan-tō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 42 , style="text-align:right;" , 616,721 , style="text-align:right;" , 13.61 , style="text-align:right;" , 17 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

(民主党, ''Minshutō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 44 , style="text-align:right;" , 690,622 , style="text-align:right;" , 15.24 , style="text-align:right;" , 15 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

(みんなの党 ''Minna no Tō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 20 , style="text-align:right;" , 311,278 , style="text-align:right;" , 6.87 , style="text-align:right;" , 7 , - , 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 tend ...

(東京・生活者ネットワーク) , style="text-align:right;" , 5 , style="text-align:right;" , 94,239 , style="text-align:right;" , 2.08 , style="text-align:right;" , 3 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

(日本維新の会 ''Nippon Ishin no Kai'') , style="text-align:right;" , 34 , style="text-align:right;" , 374,109 , style="text-align:right;" , 8.25 , style="text-align:right;" , 2 , - , 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 For ...

(社民党 ''Shamin-tō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 1 , style="text-align:right;" , 12,948 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.29 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

People's Life First was a short-lived political party in Japan. It had 37 out of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives, and 12 in the 242-member House of Councillors. On 28 November 2012, the party merged into Governor of Shiga Yukiko Kada's Japan Future Par ...

(生活の党 ''Seikatsu no Tō'') , style="text-align:right;" , 3 , style="text-align:right;" , 9,563 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.21 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Green Wind Green Wind was a left-wing political party in Japan. It opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership and October 2012 Consumption Tax Hike. It was founded as a parliamentary group in July 2012, and as a political party in November 2012 when Representati ...

(みどりの風 ''Midori no Kaze'') , style="text-align:right;" , 1 , style="text-align:right;" , 6,463 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.14 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Others , style="text-align:right;" , 4 , style="text-align:right;" , 25,421 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.56 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Independents , style="text-align:right;" , 17 , style="text-align:right;" , 118,450 , style="text-align:right;" , 2.61 , style="text-align:right;" , 1 , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9", Total (turnout 43.50%) , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9" , 253 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 4,532,279 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 127 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=5 , Source: Tokyo electoral commissio

References

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