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Koike’s camp clobbers Abe’s LDP in historic Tokyo assembly election
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jul 03, 2017 02:43pm |
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| Category | Election Guide |
| Author | Tomohiro Osaki |
| Media | English Language Newspaper - Japan Times |
| News Date | Monday, July 3, 2017 08:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Gov. Yuriko Koike’s upstart Tomin First party scored a sweeping victory Sunday in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, dethroning the Liberal Democratic Party and damaging Shinzo Abe’s prospects for winning another term as prime minister.
With 49 seats, Koike’s Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First) became the largest party in the 127-seat assembly.
“The result is much better than we had expected,” Koike said in an interview on Fuji TV. “Our candidates are all fresh, and this new lineup will make the assembly something completely different.”
In the final results, the LDP and Komeito each captured 23. The polls closed at 8 p.m. |
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