2009 Tokyo prefectural election
Results
Polls closed at 8:00 pm Japan Standard Time. Turnout was significantly up from 2005 and stood at 54.5 percent.

2009 Tokyo prefectural election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: Polls closed at 8:00 pm Japan Standard Time. Turnout was significantly up from 2005 and stood at 54.5 percent.

Parties	Candidates	Votes	%	Seats

Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō)	58	2,298,494	40.79	54

Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党, Jiyū Minshutō)	58	1,458,108	25.88	38

New Komeito Party (公明党, Kōmeitō)	23	743,427	13.19	23

Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō)	40	707,602	12.56	8

Tokyo Seikatsusha Network (東京・生活者ネットワーク)	5	110,407	1.96	2

Social Democratic Party (社民党 Shamin-tō)	2	20,084	0.36	0

Others	13	45,329	0.80	0

Independents	22	250,869	4.45	2

Total (turnout 54.49%)	221	5,705,441	100.00	127

Source: Tokyo electoral commission [1]

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221 candidates had been registered with the Tokyo electoral commission.

final_sentence: 221 candidates had been registered with the Tokyo electoral commission.