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Shinjuku, Tokyo held an election to the local ward assembly on April 27, 2003,^[1] as part of the 15th unified local elections.

Candidates

Source: ^[2]

Incumbents

Sanae Abe (阿部早苗, Abe Sanae), a 49-year-old woman
Tsuyako Akaba (赤羽艶子, Akaba Tsuyako), a 47-year-old woman
Hiroshi Akita (秋田博, Akita Hiroshi), a 65-year-old man
Takehiko Amemiya (雨宮武彦, Amemiya Takehiko), a 55-year-old man
Teruhisa Asō (麻生輝久, Asō Teruhisa), a 54-year-old man
Tamie Azami (あざみ民栄, Azami Tamie), a 33-year-old woman
Hidetaka Enoki (榎秀隆, Enoki Hidetaka), a 38-year-old man
Isamu Gonnami (権並勇, Gonnami Isamu), a 69-year-old man
Masami Inotsume (猪爪まさみ, Inotsume Masami), a 47-year-old woman and later Tokyo Metropolitan Assemblywoman^[3]
Hideo Kami (上秀夫, Kami Hideo), a 57-year-old man
Tsuyako Kasai (笠井艶子, Kasai Tsuyako), a 55-year-old woman
Akihiko Kawade (川出昭彦, Kawade Akihiko), a 37-year-old man
Tatsuo Kawano (河野達男, Kawano Tatsuo), a 55-year-old man
Masako Komatsu (小松政子, Komatsu Masako), a 51-year-old woman
Natsuko Kondō (近藤奈津子, Kondō Natsuko), a 36-year-old woman
Gōsuke Kubo (久保合介, Kubo Gōsuke), a 66-year-old man
Sumiko Kumagai (熊谷澄子, Kumagai Sumiko), a 57-year-old woman
Kōhei Kuwabara (桑原公平, Kuwabara Kōhei), a 50-year-old man
Masao Matsugaya (松ヶ谷匡男, Matsugaya Masao), a 64-year-old man and later 2010 candidate for Shinjuku mayor.^[4]
Kimihiro Matsukawa (松川公浩, Matsukawa Kimihiro), a 41-year-old man
Toshifumi Miyasaka (宮坂俊文, Miyasaka Toshifumi), a 48-year-old man
Yoshihiko Nakamura (中村吉彦, Nakamura Yoshihiko), a 65-year-old man
Takeshi Nodzu (野頭健, Nodzu Takeshi), a 39-year-old man
Fumiaki Noguchi (野口史章, Noguchi Fumiaki), a 62-year-old man
Michio Obata (小畑通夫, Obata Michio), a 57-year-old man
Kimiko Ono (小野紀美子, Ono Kimiko), a 66-year-old woman
Takeshi Sahara (佐原勇, Sahara Takeshi), a 59-year-old man
Ayumi Sawada (沢田あゆみ, Sawada Ayumi), a 37-year-old woman
Yūichirō Shida (志田雄一郎, Shida Yūichirō), a 35-year-old man
Masaaki Sometani (染谷正明, Sometani Masaaki), a 59-year-old man
Yukie Suzuki (鈴木幸枝, Suzuki Yukie), a 48-year-old woman
Norihide Tanaka (田中憲秀, Tanaka Norihide), a 50-year-old man
Masao Toyoshima (豊嶋正雄, Toyoshima Masao), a 55-year-old man
Toshiyuki Yamada (山田敏行, Yamada Toshiyuki), a 60-year-old man
Iwao Yamazoe (山添巌, Yamazoe Iwao), a 59-year-old man

Newcomers

Toshirō Arima (有馬俊郎, Arima Toshirō), a 46-year-old man
Toshisada Fukazawa (深沢利定, Fukazawa Toshisada), a 60-year-old man
Akihiko Henmi (逸見彰彦, Henmi Akihiko), a 45-year-old man
Haruji Ishioka (石岡春二, Ishioka Haruji), a 45-year-old man
Noriaki Kawamura (川村範昭, Kawamura Noriaki), a 31-year-old man
Kōzō Muramatsu (村松弘三, Muramatsu Kōzō), a 38-year-old man
Masayuki Nasu (那須雅之, Nasu Masayuki), a 59-year-old man
Toshihiko Ogura (小倉利彦, Ogura Toshihiko), a 42-year-old man
Shōtarō Ōki (大木庄太郎, Ōki Shōtarō), a 57-year-old man
Haruo Shimomura (下村治生, Shimomura Haruo), a 50-year-old man
Kazuharu Tsubuki (津吹一晴, Tsubuki Kazuharu), a 41-year-old man
Junichi Urushibara (漆原順一, Urushibara Junichi), a 64-year-old man and previously Shinjuku mayor candidate in 1999 and 2002.^[5]
Haruo Yoshizumi (吉住栄郎, Yoshizumi Haruo), a 30-year-old man
Kenichi Yoshizumi (吉住健一, Yoshizumi Kenichi), a 31-year-old man, later Tokyo Metropolitan Assemblyman and mayor of Shinjuku^[6]

Two of the male candidates, 54-year-old male Jirō Nemoto (根本二郎, Nemoto Jirō) and 39-year-old male Kenji Yamaguchi (山口健二, Yamaguchi Kenji), were previously in this office.^[2]

Results

Summary of the April 27, 2003 Shinjuku Ward Assembly election results
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
New Komeito party (公明党, Kōmeitō)			9
Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō)			9
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党, Jiyū Minshutō)			8
Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō)			3
New Socialist Party			1
Independents			8
Total (turnout 40.52%)	91,293	100.00	38
Source: Official results Archived 2007-04-30 at the Wayback Machine

Candidate results

2003 Shinjuku local election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Hidetaka Enoki	3,327
	Komeito	Masao Toyoshima	2,622
	LDP	Haruo Shimomura	2,517
	LDP	Kenichi Yoshizumi	2,468.65
	Komeito	Tsuyako Akaba	2,425
	JCP	Noriaki Kawamura	2,411
	Komeito	Yukie Suzuki	2,353
	Komeito	Masako Komatsu	2,343
	Komeito	Toshirō Arima	2,318
	Komeito	Iwao Yamazoe	2,306
	Komeito	Michio Obata	2,258
	Komeito	Masaaki Sometani	2,237
	Komeito	Sumiko Kumagai	2,158
	JCP	Natsuko Kondō	2,120
	Democratic	Gōsuke Kubo	2,113
	JCP	Ayumi Sawada	2,112
	Independent	Masami Inotsume	2,069
	Democratic	Yūichirō Shida	2,061
	JCP	Sanae Abe	2,007
	Independent	Takeshi Nodzu	1,942.59
	LDP	Hiroshi Akita	1,941
	Social Democratic	Tatsuo Kawano	1,935
	New Socialist	Toshiyuki Yamada	1,866
	LDP	Kōhei Kuwabara	1,863
	JCP	Takehiko Amemiya	1,812
	LDP	Fumiaki Noguchi	1,806
	Independent	Jirō Nemoto	1,797
	LDP	Toshifumi Miyasaka	1,748
	JCP	Tamie Azami	1,723
	JCP	Norihide Tanaka	1,688
	JCP	Masao Matsugaya	1,586
	Democratic	Kimiko Ono	1,582
	LDP	Toshihiko Ogura	1,553
	JCP	Tsuyako Kasai	1,527
	Independent	Masayuki Nasu	1,522
	LDP	Toshisada Fukazawa	1,440
	Independent	Junichi Urushibara	1,397
	Independent	Teruhisa Asō	1,389
	LDP	Kenji Yamaguchi	1382
	LDP	Yoshihiko Nakamura	1362
	Independent	Takeshi Sahara	1337.41
	LDP	Haruo Yoshizumi	1250.35
	Independent	Isamu Gonnami	1225
	Independent	Hideo Kami	1128
	Independent	Akihiko Kawade	1060
	Democratic	Shōtarō Ōki	1020
	Independent	Kazuharu Tsubuki	977
	Independent	Kimihiro Matsukawa	736
	Independent	Haruji Ishioka	369
	Independent	Akihiko Henmi	340
	LDP	Kōzō Muramatsu
Turnout				40.52