2009 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

A presidential election was held in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan on 28 September 2009 after the incumbent party leader and outgoing Prime Minister of Japan Tarō Asō announced that he would resign after losing badly in the general election held on 30 August 2009.[1] Asō announced on 8 September he would resign on 16 September 2009,[2] which he did as planned.[3]

2009 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election

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Candidate Sadakazu Tanigaki Tarō Kōno Yasutoshi Nishimura
LDP MPs 120 35 43
Party members 180 109 11
Total 300 144 54

President before election

Tarō Asō

Elected President

Sadakazu Tanigaki

Candidates

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In order to run in the election, a candidate must have the support of at least twenty LDP MPs. Since there are 387 LDP Diet members and 141 prefectural LDP representatives (three for each of the 47 prefectural chapters), there is a total of 528 votes.

Former finance minister Sadakazu Tanigaki announced on 13 September 2009 he would stand in the election. Tanigaki had also been a candidate in the 2006 leadership election, where he came in third place behind Shinzō Abe and Tarō Asō. Yasutoshi Nishimura and Tarō Kōno (son of former LDP leader Yōhei Kōno) are the other two announced candidates.[4]

Farm minister Shigeru Ishiba was also considered a possible candidate, but he did not stand.[5]

Declared

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Candidate(s) Date of birth Current position Party faction Electoral district
 
Sadakazu Tanigaki
(1945-03-07)7 March 1945
(age 64)
Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1983)
Kōchikai
(Koga)
 
Kyoto 5th
 
Taro Kono
(1963-01-10)10 January 1963
(age 46)
Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1996)
Previous offices held
  • Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
    (2002)
  • State Minister of Justice
    (2005–2006)
Ikōkai
(Asō)
 
Kanagawa 15th
 
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Yasutoshi Nishimura
(1962-10-15)15 October 1962
(age 46)
Member of the House of Representatives
(since 2003)
Previous offices held
  • Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
    (2008–2009)
Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai
(Machimura)
 
Hyōgo 9th

Recommenders

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List of recommenders
Candidates Yasutoshi Nishimura Taro Kono Sadakazu Tanigaki
Leader of recommenders Katsunobu Kato Masahiko Shibayama Takashi Tanihata
Person in charge Ryota Takeda Masaaki Taira Ryotaro Tanose
Recommenders Ichirō Kamoshita Jiro Aichi Masatoshi Ishida
Tarō Kimura Shinji Inoue Nobuteru Ishihara
Shigeo Kitamura Hideaki Ōmura Masahiro Imamura
Ryū Shionoya Katsuyuki Kawai Takeshi Iwaya
Sanae Takaichi Yoriko Kawaguchi Yasuhiro Ozato
Hiroshi Hase Shinobu Kandori Yuriko Koike
Kunio Hatoyama Akio Koizumi Genichiro Sata
Motohisa Furukawa Ken Saitō Tsuyoshi Takagi
Keiji Furuya Isshu Sugawara Wataru Takeshita
Norio Mitsuya Hiroshige Sekō Koichi Tani
Yūji Yamamoto Kazunori Tanaka Takeshi Tokuda
Kaoru Yosano Kotaro Tamura Seiichiro Murakami
Seiichi Eto Ichiro Tsukada Hiroshi Moriyama
Yōsuke Isozaki Keiko Nagaoka Shinya Izumi
Shinsuke Suematsu Katsuei Hirasawa Issei Kitagawa
Kyoko Nakayama Kazuya Maruyama Masahisa Sato
Toshiharu Furukawa Ichita Yamamoto Satoshi Ninoyu
Eriko Yamatani Hiroyuki Yoshiie Masako Mori

Campaign

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A public debate was held on 19 September 2009.[6] Tanigaki was elected with 300 of 498 ballots.[7]

Results

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Candidates Diet members Party members Total
Sadakazu Tanigaki 120 180 300
Taro Kono 35 109 144
Yasutoshi Nishimura 43 11 54
Grand Total 198 300 498
  • 1 invalid vote

References

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