2015 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

A presidential election was scheduled to be held on 20 September 2015 to elect the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan for a new 3-year term. Incumbent president Shinzo Abe was running for re-election.

As no other candidates besides Abe received enough nominations to contest the position, Abe was declared re-elected on 8 September 2015 without a vote.^[1]

Candidate

The presidential election was scheduled to be held on 20 September 2015. However, there were no candidates other than the incumbent Shinzo Abe. Abe was therefore declared re-elected without a vote on 8 September 2015. ^[2]

In addition to Abe, Seiko Noda, a former member of the Liberal Democratic Party's General Affairs Council, expressed her willingness to run, but failed to attract 20 endorsements and announced on the announcement day that she would give up running.^[3]

Nominated

Candidate(s)		Date of birth	Notable positions	Party faction(s)	District(s)
Shinzo Abe		(1954-09-21)21 September 1954 (age 60)	President of the LDP (2006–2007, since 2012) Prime Minister (2006–2007, since 2012) Member of the House of Representatives (since 1993) Chief Cabinet Secretary (2005–2006)	None	Yamaguchi 4th

Expressed intention but did not have enough votes for nomination

Seiko Noda.

Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Seiko Noda
(2008–2009)

Supporters

List of Supporters ^{[citation needed]}
Candidates	Shinzo Abe^[4]
Leader of Supporters	Takeo Kawamura
Supporters	Yoshitami Kameoka Junji Suzuki Ryū Shionoya Naomi Tokashiki Kenji Wakamiya Minoru Terada Noriko Miyagawa Hiroshi Moriyama Hiromichi Kumada Keitaro Ohno Ken Saitō Yasuhiro Ozato Takamori Yoshikawa Emiko Takashina Yuhei Yamashita Yoshihiko Isozaki Yaichi Nakahara Yusuke Nakanishi Michiko Ueno

Results

Abe was re-elected without a vote.

References

^ Inoue, Makiko (8 September 2015). "Shinzo Abe of Japan Re-elected as Leader of Ruling Party". New York Times. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Japanese PM re-elected as LDP president as no challenger emerges - World - Chinadaily.com.cn". China Daily. Xinhua. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "南沙諸島問題は「棚上げすべき」、新3本の矢は「何だこりゃ？」野田聖子氏、安倍政権への敵意剥き出し". Jcast-News.
^ 総裁選2015｜自由民主党

[1] Inoue, Makiko (8 September 2015). "Shinzo Abe of Japan Re-elected as Leader of Ruling Party". New York Times. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

[2] "Japanese PM re-elected as LDP president as no challenger emerges - World - Chinadaily.com.cn". China Daily. Xinhua. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

[3] "南沙諸島問題は「棚上げすべき」、新3本の矢は「何だこりゃ？」野田聖子氏、安倍政権への敵意剥き出し". Jcast-News.

[4] 総裁選2015｜自由民主党

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