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{{Infobox election
| election_name      = 2001 Tokyo prefectural election
| country            = Tokyo
| type               = parliamentary
| ongoing            = no
| previous_election  = 1997 Tokyo prefectural election
| previous_year      = 1997
| previous_mps       = 
| next_election      = 2005 Tokyo prefectural election
| next_year          = 2005
| seats_for_election = All 127 seats in the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly]]
| majority_seats     = 64     
|turnout            = 50.08%({{increase}}9.28%)
| election_date      = 26 June 2001

| image1             = {{CSS image crop|Image = Eita Yashiro.jpg|bSize = 110|cWidth = 90|cHeight = 120|oTop = 0|oLeft = 10}}
| leader1            = Eita Yashiro
| party1             = Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
| leaders_seat1      = 
| last_election1     = '''54'''
| seats_before1      = '''54'''
| seats1             = '''53'''
| seat_change1       = {{decrease}} 1
| popular_vote1      = '''1,721,603'''
| percentage1        = '''35.96%'''

| image2             = <div style="width:90px;"><span style="line-height:120px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|Komeito}}; font-size:30px;"> '''公明''' </span></div>
| leader2            = Yatsujiro Hashimoto
| party2             = Komeito
| last_election2     = 24
| seats_before2      = 24
| seats2             = 22
| seat_change2       = {{decrease}} 1
| popular_vote2      = 722,464
| percentage2        = 15.09%

| image3             = <div style="width:90px;"><span style="line-height:120px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)}}; font-size:30px;"> '''民主''' </span></div>
| leader3            = Tetsundo Iwakuni
| party3             = Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)
| leaders_seat3      = 
| last_election3     = 12
| seats_before3      = 12
| seats3             = 22
| seat_change3       = {{increase}} 10
| popular_vote3      = 	748,085
| percentage3        =  13.53%

| image4             =<div style="width:90px;"><span style="line-height:120px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|Japanese Communist Party}}; font-size:30px;"> '''共産''' </span></div>
| party4             = Japanese Communist Party 	
| leader4            = Yoshiharu Wakabayashi	
| leaders_seat4       = 1997
| last_election4     = 26
| seats_before4      = 26
| seats4             = 15
| seat_change4       = {{decrease}} 11
| popular_vote4      =  680,200	
| percentage4        =  15.63%

| image5             = Masako Okawara 2024-10-14(1) (cropped).jpg
| leader5            = [[Masako Ōkawara]]
| leader_since5      = 
| party5             = Tokyo Seikatsusha Network
| leaders_seat5      = 
| last_election5     = 2
| seats_before5      = 2
| seats5             = 6
| seat_change5       = {{increase}} 4
| popular_vote5      = 137,489
| percentage5        = 2.87%

| map                = [[File:2001 Tōkyō Legislative Election.svg|350px]]

| title              = Assembly President
| before_election    = Morio Shibuya
| before_party       = Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
| after_election     = Toshiya Mita
| after_party        = Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
}}
{{Politics of Japan}}
'''Prefectural elections''' were held in [[Tokyo]] for the city's [[Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly|Metropolitan Assembly]] on June 24, 2001. The [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] (LDP) and [[New Komeito Party]] secured their positions as ruling parties. [[Japanese Communist Party]] (JCP) lost almost half its seats while [[Democratic Party of Japan]] (DPJ) saw an increase by ten seats.

==Results==
{{election table|title=Summary of the June 24, 2001 [[Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly]] election results}}
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Parties
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Candidates
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |%
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Liberal Democratic Party of Japan]] (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]] (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;" |[[Democratic Party of Japan]] (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;" |[[Japanese Communist Party]] (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]] (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 (Japan)|Social Democratic Party]] (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 (Japan, 1998)|Liberal Party]] (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 commission[http://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.jp/data/data01_02_05.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030423172435/http://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.jp/data/data01_02_05.html |date=2003-04-23 }}, [http://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.jp/data/data01_02_01.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030423171814/http://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.jp/data/data01_02_01.html |date=2003-04-23 }}
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Tokyo}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.japan-press.co.jp/2001/2241/r0625jcp-secure.html JCP secures 15 seats in Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election] Japan Press Weekly

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