Shinjuku mayoral election, 2006

Shinjuku held a mayoral election on November 12, 2006. Hiroko Nakayama, backed by the LDP and New Komeito Party was re-elected. Polling turnout was extremely low, only 26% but still about 1% more than last election.

Mayoral election 2006: Shinagawa City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDP, NKP	Hiroko Nakayama (中山 弘子)	44,472
	JCP	Kazu Sueyoshi (末 吉和)	12,372
	Independent	Haruji Ishioka (石岡 春二)	5,168
Turnout			63,079	26.58	1.43

Sources

• (Japanese) Official results
• (Japanese) ザ･選挙　-選挙情報-