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{{short description|Election for Governor of Tokyo}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2003 Tokyo gubernatorial election
| country = Tokyo
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1999 Tokyo gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 1999
| next_election = 2007 Tokyo gubernatorial election
| next_year = 2007 
| election_date = April 13, 2003 
| turnout =  44.94% {{decrease}} 12.93 [[percentage points|pp]]
| image_size = x150px
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Shintarō Ishihara 2003.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| candidate1 = [[Shintarō Ishihara]]
| party1 = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| popular_vote1 = '''3,087,190'''
| percentage1 = '''70.2%'''
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Keiko Higuchi portrait(2010).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| candidate2 = [[Keiko Higuchi]]
| party2 = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| popular_vote2 = 817,146
| percentage2 = 18.6%
| title           = Governor
| before_election = [[Shintarō Ishihara]]
| before_party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| after_election = [[Shintarō Ishihara]]
| after_party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
}}

The '''2003 Tokyo Gubernatorial elections''' were held on 13 April 2003. Incumbent governor [[Shintaro Ishihara]] was re-elected with the support of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]], which was riding a nationwide wave of popularity under Prime Minister [[Junichiro Koizumi]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Tokyo governor re-elected|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2946345.stm|accessdate=8 January 2014|newspaper=BBC|date=14 April 2003}}</ref> Opposition parties had billed the election as a referendum regarding Japanese support for the [[Iraq War]]. Although endorsed by the LDP, Ishihara's [[landslide victory]] was partly owed to the popularity of policies he enacted in opposition to the national government, such as stricter pollution controls.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tokyo Governor Easily Wins Re-Election|url=http://www.theintelligencer.com/archives/article_1d2ba4ed-9fc2-50c8-afad-16c948263f07.html|accessdate=8 January 2014|newspaper=Edwardsville Intelligencer|date=13 April 2003}}</ref>

== Results ==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: right"
|-
!Candidate
!Party
!Votes
!%
|-
| align=left|'''[[Shintarō Ishihara]] (incumbent)'''
| align=left|endorsed by [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]]
| 3,087,190
| 70.2
|-
| align=left|[[Keiko Higuchi]]
| align=left|endorsed by [[Democratic Party of Japan|DPJ]], [[Social Democratic Party (Japan)|SDP]]
| 817,146
| 18.6
|-
| align=left|Yoshiharu Wakabayashi
| align=left|[[Japanese Communist Party]]
| 364,007
| 8.3
|-
| align=left|Yoshiro Nakamatsu (ドクター 中松)
|
| 109,091
| 2.5
|-
| align=left|Kazutomo Ikeda (池田 一朝)
|
| 19,860
| 0.4
|-
| align=left colspan=2|'''Total''' (Turnout: 44.94% (-12.93%))
| '''4,397,294'''
|
|}

== References ==
{{Portal|Tokyo}}
{{Reflist}}

* {{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060908121344/http://www.senkyo.metro.tokyo.jp/data/data01_07_02.html 平成15年都知事選挙 開票結果]
* {{in lang|ja}} [http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/election/2003/13/00000741.html ザ・選挙 -選挙情報-]

{{Tokyo elections}}

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[[Category:2003 elections in Japan]]
[[Category:Shintaro Ishihara]]
[[Category:Tokyo gubernatorial elections|2003]]
[[Category:April 2003 in Japan]]
[[Category:2003 in Tokyo]]


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