2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election

2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election

5 July 2020
Turnout55.00% 4.73 pp
 
Candidate Yuriko Koike Kenji Utsunomiya
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 3,661,371 844,151
Percentage 59.7% 13.76%
Supported by Tomin First CDP, DPFP, JCP, SDP

 
Candidate Tarō Yamamoto Taisuke Ono
Party Reiwa Shinsengumi Independent
Popular vote 657,277 612,530
Percentage 10.72% 9.99%
Supported by DPFP Ishin

Election results by municipalities. Incumbent governor Yuriko Koike swept all municipalities with more than 50% of popular votes.

Governor before election

Yuriko Koike
Independent

Elected Governor

Yuriko Koike
Independent

The 2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election took place on 5 July 2020 to elect the Governor of Tokyo. In a result viewed as an endorsement of her handling of Tokyo's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, incumbent Yuriko Koike was re-elected for a second term in a landslide, increasing her share of the vote to 59.7%.