2009 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election
28 September 2009
 
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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

A leadership 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]

Candidates

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

Candidate(s) Date of birth Current position Party faction Electoral district
Taro Kono		 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 district
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Yasutoshi Nishimura		 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 district
Sadakazu Tanigaki		 7 March 1945
(age 64)		 Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1983)
Other offices
 Kōchikai
(Koga)
Kyoto 5th district

Recommenders

List of recommenders
CandidatesYasutoshi NishimuraTaro KonoSadakazu Tanigaki
Leader of recommenders Katsunobu KatoMasahiko ShibayamaTakashi Tanihata
Person in charge Ryota TakedaMasaaki TairaRyotaro Tanose
Recommenders Ichirō KamoshitaJiro AichiMasatoshi Ishida
Tarō KimuraShinji InoueNobuteru Ishihara
Shigeo KitamuraHideaki ŌmuraMasahiro Imamura
Ryū ShionoyaKatsuyuki KawaiTakeshi Iwaya
Sanae TakaichiYoriko KawaguchiYasuhiro Ozato
Hiroshi HaseShinobu KandoriYuriko Koike
Kunio HatoyamaAkio KoizumiGenichiro Sata
Motohisa FurukawaKen SaitōTsuyoshi Takagi
Keiji FuruyaIsshu SugawaraWataru Takeshita
Norio MitsuyaHiroshige SekōKoichi Tani
Yūji YamamotoKazunori TanakaTakeshi Tokuda
Kaoru YosanoKotaro TamuraSeiichiro Murakami
Seiichi EtoIchiro TsukadaHiroshi Moriyama
Yōsuke IsozakiKeiko NagaokaShinya Izumi
Shinsuke SuematsuKatsuei HirasawaIssei Kitagawa
Kyoko NakayamaKazuya MaruyamaMasahisa Sato
Toshiharu FurukawaIchita YamamotoSatoshi Ninoyu
Eriko YamataniHiroyuki YoshiieMasako Mori

Campaign

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

Results

CandidatesDiet membersParty membersTotal
Sadakazu Tanigaki120180300
Taro Kono35109144
Yasutoshi Nishimura431154
Grand Total198300498
  • 1 invalid vote

References


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