(Update 3) Tomin First Certain to Win Top Share in Tokyo Assembly

   Tokyo, June 23 (Jiji Press)--Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites first group) is certain to overtake the Liberal Democratic Party as the largest force in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly in Sunday's election.
   The LDP, which forms a ruling coalition with Komeito in national politics, is expected to see its Tokyo assembly share hit a record low, in a blow to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, president of the LDP, ahead of the House of Councillors election next month.
   Komeito failed to see all of its candidates elected, for the first time in nine metropolitan assembly elections.
   Tomin First, a regional party with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike as special adviser, the LDP and Komeito, all of which support the governor, are certain to maintain their combined majority in the assembly.
   Meanwhile, the Democratic Party for the People and Sanseito won their first seats in the Tokyo assembly.

(2025/06/23-01:16)