2009 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election

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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]

Quick facts Candidate, Leader's seat ...
2009 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election
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28 September 2009
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Candidate Sadakazu Tanigaki Taro Kono Yasutoshi Nishimura
Leader's seat Kyoto 5th Kanagawa 15th Hyōgo 9th
LDP MPs 120 (60.60%) 35 (17.68%) 43 (21.72%)
Party members 180 (60.00%) 109 (36.33%) 11 (3.67%)
Total 300 (60.24%) 144 (28.92%) 54 (10.84%)
President before election

Tarō Asō

 Elected President

Sadakazu Tanigaki

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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 Taro Kono (son of former LDP leader Yōhei Kōno) are the other two announced candidates.[4]

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

Declared

More information Candidate(s), Date of birth ...
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)
Other offices
 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
  • State Minister of Justice
    (2005–2006)
  • Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
    (2002)
 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
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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.

Sadakazu Tanigaki
Leader of recommenders
Campaign Manager
Recommenders
Taro Kono
Leader of recommenders
Campaign Manager
Recommenders
Yasutoshi Nishimura
Leader of recommenders
Campaign Manager
Recommenders
Number of recommenders by factions
More information Candidates, Sadakazu Tanigaki ...
Candidates Sadakazu Tanigaki Taro Kono Yasutoshi Nishimura
Atarashii Nami [ja] 1 0 0
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo 1 0 1
Heisei Kenkyūkai 4 3 3
Ikōkai 1 3 0
Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai 4 3 2
Kōchikai 2 0 1
Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai 5 4 10
Shisuikai 1 0 2
No faction 1 7 1
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Campaign

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

Results

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Full result[8]
Candidate Diet members Party members Total points
Votes % Popular votes % Allocated votes % Votes %
Sadakazu Tanigaki 当 12060.60% 265,92653.22%18060.00% 300
60.24%
Taro Kono 3517.68% 184,50436.93%10936.33% 144
28.92%
Yasutoshi Nishimura 4321.72% 49,2089.85%113.67% 54
10.84%
Total 198 100.00% 499,638 100.00% 300 100.00% 498 100.00%
Valid votes 198 99.50% 499,638 99.02% 300 100.00% 498 99.80%
Invalid and blank votes 1 0.50% 4,940 0.98% 0 100.00% 1 0.20%
Turnout 199 100.00% 504,578 46.65% 300 100.00% 499 100.00%
Registered voters 199 100.00% 1,081,676 100.00% 300 100.00% 499 100.00%
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Results of Party Members' Votes by Prefectures

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Results of Party Members' Votes by Prefectures[8]
Prefectures Sadakazu Tanigaki Taro Kono Yasutoshi Nishimura
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Aichi 10,187 49.0% 5 9,014 43.3% 5 1,595 7.7% 0
Akita 2,548 55.3% 3 1,672 36.3% 2 386 8.4% 0
Aomori 4,742 61.4% 4 1,799 23.3% 1 1,178 15.3% 0
Chiba 5,056 50.9% 3 4,235 42.6% 3 651 6.5% 0
Ehime 7,365 55.7% 5 4,819 36.5% 3 1,028 7.8% 0
Fukui 3,819 66.2% 4 1,581 27.4% 1 369 6.4% 0
Fukuoka 7,103 56.1% 5 4,221 33.4% 2 1,334 10.5% 0
Fukushima 3,688 58.3% 3 2,018 31.9% 2 617 9.8% 0
Gifu 11,438 57.3% 6 6,665 33.4% 3 1,860 9.3% 0
Gunma 5,113 52.7% 3 3,942 40.7% 3 636 6.6% 0
Hiroshima 8,851 45.7% 4 8,829 45.6% 4 1,686 8.7% 0
Hokkaido 8,580 51.2% 5 6,795 40.6% 3 1,378 8.2% 0
Hyōgo 5,728 39.4% 3 3,914 27.0% 2 4,881 33.6% 3
Ibaraki 11,306 47.7% 5 10,107 42.6% 5 2,302 9.7% 1
Ishikawa 5,688 44.2% 3 3,439 26.7% 2 3,735 29.1% 2
Iwate 2,281 58.6% 3 1,360 34.9% 2 255 6.5% 0
Kagawa 5,653 58.3% 4 3,425 35.4% 2 614 6.3% 0
Kagoshima 6,199 65.7% 5 2,656 28.2% 2 577 6.1% 0
Kanagawa 5,593 25.2% 2 15,862 71.5% 7 721 3.3% 0
Kōchi 3,581 77.3% 4 606 13.1% 0 447 9.6% 0
Kumamoto 4,927 65.8% 4 2,091 27.9% 2 473 6.3% 0
Kyoto 7,734 85.4% 5 1,149 12.7% 0 171 1.9% 0
Mie 3,612 63.4% 4 1,586 27.8% 1 501 8.8% 0
Miyagi 2,860 42.4% 2 3,065 45.4% 3 825 12.2% 0
Miyazaki 1,980 39.6% 2 1,122 22.5% 1 1,895 37.9% 2
Nagano 3,703 53.6% 3 2,731 39.6% 2 470 6.8% 0
Nagasaki 4,750 60.7% 5 2,580 32.9% 2 501 6.4% 0
Nara 2,433 64.5% 3 1,043 27.6% 1 297 7.9% 0
Niigata 5,625 51.3% 3 4,495 41.0% 3 842 7.7% 0
Ōita 3,986 59.5% 4 1,947 29.0% 1 768 11.5% 0
Okayama 5,254 57.1% 4 2,689 29.2% 2 1,264 13.7% 0
Okinawa 1,181 47.9% 2 833 33.8% 1 453 18.3% 1
Osaka 10,553 53.9% 5 7,409 37.9% 4 1,603 8.2% 0
Saga 2,935 64.6% 4 1,298 28.6% 1 311 6.8% 0
Saitama 6,216 47.1% 4 6,027 45.7% 4 956 7.2% 0
Shiga 4,124 66.7% 4 1,646 26.6% 1 412 6.7% 0
Shimane 6,458 75.9% 5 1,485 17.5% 1 566 6.6% 0
Shizuoka 8,354 51.7% 5 6,363 39.3% 3 1,454 9.0% 0
Tochigi 4,671 55.3% 3 3,287 39.0% 2 482 5.7% 0
Tokushima 3,672 61.1% 3 1,999 33.2% 2 342 5.7% 0
Tokyo 19,798 45.4% 7 18,982 43.6% 7 4,773 11.0% 1
Tottori 3,494 75.9% 3 893 19.4% 1 219 4.7% 0
Toyama 9,257 65.4% 6 3,895 27.5% 2 1,002 7.1% 0
Wakayama 1,537 33.6% 1 2,859 62.6% 3 174 3.8% 0
Yamagata 4,455 77.4% 4 1,068 18.5% 1 234 4.1% 0
Yamaguchi 4,411 48.0% 3 3,086 33.6% 2 1,691 18.4% 1
Yamanashi 3,427 60.9% 3 1,917 34.1% 2 279 5.0% 0
Total 265,926 53.2% 180 184,504 36.9% 109 49,208 9.9% 11
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