The Liberal Democratic Party is leading Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's political group ahead of the upcoming Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election on July 2, according to a Kyodo News poll released Sunday, although nearly half of those surveyed remain undecided.

Seventeen percent of Tokyo residents responding to the telephone survey over the weekend said they would vote for the LDP, while 11 percent said they would support Tomin First no Kai (Group That Puts Tokyo Residents First), for which Koike serves as special adviser.

But given that 5 percent support Komeito, which is cooperating with Koike's party in the metropolitan election, the governor's group is almost evenly matched against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's LDP. Komeito and the LDP make up the ruling coalition at the national level.