2003 Tokyo gubernatorial election

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, which was riding a nationwide wave of popularity under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.^[1] 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.^[2]

2003 Tokyo gubernatorial election

← 1999 April 13, 2003 2007 →
Turnout	44.94% 12.93 pp
Candidate Shintarō Ishihara Keiko Higuchi Party Independent Independent Popular vote 3,087,190 817,146 Percentage 70.2% 18.6%
Governor before election Shintarō Ishihara Independent Elected Governor Shintarō Ishihara Independent