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2006 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election

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The 2006 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election was held on 20 September 2006 after the incumbent party leader and Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi announced his intention to resign, a year after he led the party to landslide victory in the 2005 snap general election.

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2006 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election
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20 September 2006
2007 →
 
Candidate Shinzo Abe Tarō Asō Sadakazu Tanigaki
Leader's seat Yamaguchi 4th Fukuoka 8th Kyoto 5th
LDP MPs 267 (66.42%) 69 (17.16%) 66 (16.42%)
Party members 197 (65.67%) 67 (22.33%) 36 (12.00%)
Total 464 (66.10%) 136 (19.37%) 102 (14.53%)
President before election

Junichiro Koizumi

 Elected President

Shinzo Abe

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Shinzo Abe won the election,[1] (only to resign a year later triggering another leadership election). His chief competitors for the position were Sadakazu Tanigaki and Tarō Asō. Yasuo Fukuda was a leading early contender, but ultimately chose not to run. Former Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori, to whose faction both Abe and Fukuda belonged, stated that the faction strongly leant toward Abe.[2] Abe was subsequently elected Prime Minister with 339 of 475 votes in the National Diet's lower house and a majority in the upper house.[3]

Candidates

Declared

More information Candidate(s), Date of birth ...
Candidate(s) Date of birth Current position Party faction Electoral district
Shinzo Abe		 (1954-09-21)21 September 1954
(age 51)		 Chief Cabinet Secretary
(since 2005)
Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1993)
Previous offices held
 Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai
(Mori)
Yamaguchi 4th
Tarō Asō		 (1940-09-20)20 September 1940
(age 66)		 Minister for Foreign Affairs
(since 2005)
Member of the House of Representatives
(1979–1983, since 1986)
Previous offices held
 Daiyukai
(Kōno)
Fukuoka 8th
Sadakazu Tanigaki		 (1945-03-07)7 March 1945
(age 61)		 Minister of Finance
(since 2003)
Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1983)
Other offices
 Yūrinkai [ja]
(Tanigaki)
Kyoto 5th
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Supporters

Recommenders

Party regulations require candidates to have the written support at least 20 Diet members, known as recommenders, to run.

Shinzo Abe[4]
Leader of recommenders
Campaign Manager
Recommenders
Tarō Asō[4]
Leader of recommenders
Campaign Manager
Recommenders
Sadakazu Tanigaki[4]
Leader of recommenders
Campaign Manager
Recommenders
Number of recommenders by factions
More information Candidates, Shinzo Abe ...
Candidates Shinzo Abe Tarō Asō Sadakazu Tanigaki
Atarashii Nami [ja] 2 0 0
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo 3 1 1
Heisei Kenkyūkai 3 4 1
Daiyukai 0 5 0
Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai 3 1 3
Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai 3 1 0
Shin Zaisei Kenkyūkai [ja] 2 2 1
Shisuikai 4 2 0
Yūrinkai [ja] 0 0 13
No faction 0 4 1
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Results

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Full result
Candidate Diet members Party members Total points
Votes % Popular votes % Allocated votes % Votes %
Shinzo Abe 当 26766.42% 393,89960.20%19765.67% 464
66.10%
Tarō Asō 6917.16% 163,58225.00%6722.33% 136
19.37%
Sadakazu Tanigaki 6616.42% 96,86114.80%3612.00% 102
14.53%
Total 402 100.00% 654,342 100.00% 300 100.00% 702 100.00%
Valid votes 402 99.75% 654,342 300 100.00% 702 99.86%
Invalid and blank votes 1 0.25% 0 0.00% 1 0.14%
Turnout 403 100.00% 300 100.00% 703 100.00%
Registered voters 403 100.00% 300 100.00% 703 100.00%
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Results of Party Members' Votes by Prefectures

More information Prefectures, Shinzo Abe ...
Results of Party Members' Votes by Prefectures[5][6]
Prefectures Shinzo Abe Tarō Asō Sadakazu Tanigaki
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Aichi 14,387 52.0% 6 9,448 34.1% 3 3,841 13.9% 1
Akita 4,946 66.1% 4 1,821 24.3% 1 715 9.6% 0
Aomori 3,094 50.0% 3 2,617 42.3% 2 475 7.7% 0
Chiba 6,924 57.1% 4 4,104 33.8% 2 1,105 9.1% 0
Ehime 14,716 62.6% 6 4,177 17.8% 1 4,597 19.6% 2
Fukui 5,822 67.7% 4 2,028 23.6% 1 753 8.7% 0
Fukuoka 2,281 15.8% 1 11,611 80.5% 5 531 3.7% 0
Fukushima 7,442 69.2% 5 1,957 18.2% 1 1,358 12.6% 0
Gifu 14,880 57.9% 5 7,993 31.1% 3 2,816 11.0% 1
Gunma 9,878 67.6% 5 2,926 20.0% 1 1,810 12.4% 1
Hiroshima 20,163 72.6% 7 4,852 17.5% 1 2,739 9.9% 1
Hokkaido 12,831 57.9% 5 4,988 22.5% 2 4,336 19.6% 2
Hyōgo 10,623 69.2% 5 2,785 18.1% 1 1,956 12.7% 1
Ibaraki 14,865 53.0% 6 11,201 39.9% 5 1,979 7.1% 0
Ishikawa 15,989 80.7% 7 2,377 12.0% 1 1,443 7.3% 0
Iwate 4,436 61.7% 4 2,118 29.4% 1 642 8.9% 0
Kagawa 8,914 68.5% 4 2,184 16.8% 1 1,908 14.7% 1
Kagoshima 6,708 51.8% 4 2,752 21.3% 1 3,488 26.9% 2
Kanagawa 15,408 56.0% 6 10,047 36.5% 3 2,051 7.5% 0
Kōchi 3,164 46.9% 2 1,303 19.3% 1 2,280 33.8% 2
Kumamoto 6,225 57.1% 4 2,456 22.5% 1 2,230 20.4% 1
Kyoto 3,948 31.9% 2 633 5.1% 0 7,785 63.0% 4
Mie 4,185 50.2% 3 1,711 20.6% 1 2,434 29.2% 1
Miyagi 6,467 73.2% 4 1,392 15.7% 1 977 11.1% 0
Miyazaki 3,506 51.9% 3 2,727 40.4% 2 524 7.7% 0
Nagano 6,704 69.8% 4 1,676 17.4% 1 1,229 12.8% 0
Nagasaki 5,300 48.5% 3 4,913 44.9% 3 723 6.6% 0
Nara 3,305 56.8% 3 642 11.0% 0 1,871 32.2% 1
Niigata 9,538 55.1% 4 3,720 21.5% 1 4,052 23.4% 2
Ōita 4,142 45.0% 2 4,489 48.8% 3 572 6.2% 0
Okayama 6,813 54.0% 4 1,684 13.4% 0 4,105 32.6% 2
Okinawa 1,392 69.8% 3 304 15.3% 0 297 14.9% 0
Osaka 12,875 60.0% 5 6,472 30.2% 3 2,092 9.8% 0
Saga 3,089 43.8% 2 3,185 45.2% 3 778 11.0% 0
Saitama 13,645 73.3% 7 3,067 16.5% 1 1,898 10.2% 0
Shiga 5,535 58.4% 3 1,118 11.8% 0 2,823 29.8% 2
Shimane 8,955 68.0% 5 2,839 21.6% 1 1,377 10.4% 0
Shizuoka 15,163 68.7% 6 3,322 15.0% 1 3,600 16.3% 1
Tochigi 6,122 66.9% 4 1,377 15.0% 0 1,661 18.1% 1
Tokushima 2,293 47.4% 2 1,335 27.6% 1 1,211 25.0% 1
Tokyo 24,000 61.5% 8 11,444 29.3% 3 3,603 9.2% 1
Tottori 3,363 60.4% 3 1,496 26.8% 1 713 12.8% 0
Toyama 16,642 68.3% 6 5,318 21.8% 2 2,408 9.9% 1
Wakayama 5,130 79.8% 4 696 10.8% 0 603 9.4% 0
Yamagata 2,220 26.0% 1 663 7.8% 0 5,653 66.2% 4
Yamaguchi 13,023 95.0% 6 359 2.6% 0 323 2.4% 0
Yamanashi 2,848 61.9% 3 1,255 27.3% 1 496 10.8% 0
Total 393,899 60.2% 197 163,582 25.0% 67 96,861 14.8% 36
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