LDP, Komeito fail to win majority in Tokyo assembly election japantoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from japantoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Voters listen to a speech by a candidate in Tokyo on Saturday. | KYODO
Bloomberg, JIJI, KYODO Jul 5, 2021
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s party gained seats in a Tokyo assembly vote Sunday, weeks before the Olympics. But his ruling bloc failed to score a majority, delivering a mixed result ahead of a national vote expected after the games.
Suga’s Liberal Democratic Party and its ally Komeito failed to win a majority of the 127 seats in the closely watched election for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, although the LDP returned as the biggest force in the body.
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Tokyo, Jul 5 (EFE).- The ruling coalition in Japan gained ground in the Tokyo regional elections on Sunday but did not obtain a majority, an unfavorable sign for Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga ahead of the general elections scheduled in autumn.
Suga’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won 33 of the 127 seats in the metropolitan assembly, compared to the 25 it had secured in the previous elections, displacing Tomin First (Tokyo Citizens First), the party of Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, as the most voted party, according to results released on Monday.
The number of seats held by Koike’s party went from 46 to 31.
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