2012 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election

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A presidential election was held on 26 September 2012 to elect the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party for a new 3-year term.

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2012 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election
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26 September 2012
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Candidate Shinzo Abe Shigeru Ishiba Nobuteru Ishihara
Leader's seat Yamaguchi 4th Tottori 1st Tokyo 8th
First round 141 (28.37%) 199 (40.04%) 96 (19.32%)
Runoff vote 108 (54.82%) 89 (45.18%) Eliminated
President before election

Sadakazu Tanigaki

 Elected President

Shinzo Abe

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Background

The leadership election was held on September 26, 2012, when Sadakazu Tanigaki's term of office expired. Three years after last general election, support for the ruling Democratic Party had been weak, and this election had attracted a lot of attention as it was expected to change power in the upcoming general election.

Candidates

At first, it seemed to be a battle centered on the incumbent Tanigaki who showed strong desire for re-election, but as mentioned earlier, it became a presidential election to elect a leading candidate for "next prime minister," so many lawmakers showed their willingness. It was described as a different aspect from the previous factional elections, and "the decline in the power of factions was highlighted".[1][2]

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 58)		 Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1993)
Previous offices held
 Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai
(Machimura)
Yamaguchi 4th
Shigeru Ishiba		 (1957-02-04)4 February 1957
(age 55)		 Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1986)
Previous offices held
 None
Tottori 1st
Nobuteru Ishihara		 (1957-04-17)17 April 1957
(age 55)		 Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
(since 2010)
Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1990)
Previous offices held
 Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai
(Yamasaki)
Tokyo 8th
Nobutaka Machimura		 (1944-10-17)17 October 1944
(age 67)		 Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1983)
Previous offices held
 Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai
(Machimura)
Hokkaido 5th
Yoshimasa Hayashi		 (1961-01-19)19 January 1961
(age 51)		 Member of the House of Councillors
(since 1995)
Previous offices held
 Kōchikai
(Koga)
Yamaguchi at-large
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Withdrawn

More information Candidate(s), Date of birth ...
Candidate(s) Date of birth Current positions Party faction Electoral District
Sadakazu Tanigaki		 (1945-03-07)7 March 1945
(age 67)		 President of the Liberal Democratic Party
(since 2009)
Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1983)
Other offices
 Kōchikai
(Koga)
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
Leader of recommenders
Campaign Manager
Recommenders
Shigeru Ishiba
Leader of recommenders
Campaign Manager
Recommenders
Nobuteru Ishihara
Leader of recommenders
Campaign Manager
Recommenders
Nobutaka Machimura
Leader of recommenders
Campaign Manager
Recommenders
Yoshimasa Hayashi
Leader of recommenders
Campaign Manager
Recommenders
Number of recommenders by factions
More information Candidates, Shinzo Abe ...
Candidates Shinzo Abe Shigeru Ishiba Nobuteru Ishihara Nobutaka Machimura Yoshimasa Hayashi
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo 1 0 0 0 0
Heisei Kenkyūkai 3 3 7 0 0
Ikōkai 1 3 1 0 0
Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai 1 1 5 1 0
Kōchikai 0 2 4 0 15
Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai 6 0 2 18 0
Shisuikai 1 2 0 0 1
No faction 7 9 1 1 4
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Results

More information Candidate, 1st Round ...
Full result[3]
Candidate 1st Round 2nd Round
Diet members Party members Total Diet members
Votes % Popular votes % Allocated votes % Votes % Votes %
Shinzo Abe 当 54 27.41% 140,668 28.63% 87 29.00% 141
28.37% 108
54.82%
Shigeru Ishiba 34 17.26% 233,376 47.50% 165 55.00% 199
40.04% 89
45.18%
Nobuteru Ishihara 58 29.44% 74,552 15.17% 38 12.67% 96
19.32% Eliminated
Nobutaka Machimura 27 13.71% 26,463 5.39% 7 2.33% 34
6.84% Eliminated
Yoshimasa Hayashi 24 12.18% 16,246 3.31% 3 1.00% 27
5.43% Eliminated
Total 197 100.00% 491,305 100.00% 300 100.00% 497 100.00% 197 100.00%
Valid votes 197 99.49% 491,305 99.57% 300 100.00% 497 99.80% 197 99.49%
Invalid and blank votes 1 0.51% 2,133 0.43% 0 0.00% 1 0.20% 1 0.51%
Turnout 198 100.00% 493,438 62.51% 300 100.00% 498 100.00% 198 100.00%
Registered voters 198 100.00% 789,348 100.00% 300 100.00% 498 100.00% 198 100.00%
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Ishiba overtook the other candidates to take first place, but failed to win a majority of the votes and ended up in a runoff vote with Abe, the runner-up. As a result of the runoff vote, Abe reversed Ishiba and was elected.[4]

Results of Party Members' Votes by Prefectures (First Round)

More information Prefectures, Shigeru Ishiba ...
Results of Party Members' Votes by Prefectures[3]
Prefectures Shigeru Ishiba Shinzo Abe Nobuteru Ishihara Nobutaka Machimura Yoshimasa Hayashi
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Aichi 10,210 51.6% 5 6,056 30.6% 3 2,299 11.6% 1 883 4.4% 0 353 1.8% 0
Akita 2,638 57.7% 3 917 20.0% 1 711 15.5% 0 237 5.2% 0 73 1.6% 0
Aomori 2,911 47.9% 3 1,094 18.0% 1 1,235 20.3% 1 719 11.8% 0 118 2.0% 0
Chiba 5,773 51.0% 4 2,806 24.8% 2 1,801 15.9% 1 745 6.6% 0 199 1.7% 0
Ehime 5,657 45.4% 4 4,995 40.0% 3 1,248 10.0% 0 388 3.1% 0 185 1.5% 0
Fukui 2,485 42.2% 2 2,627 44.6% 3 335 5.7% 0 392 6.7% 0 48 0.8% 0
Fukuoka 3,416 33.0% 2 4,555 44.0% 3 1,515 14.6% 1 197 1.9% 0 673 6.5% 0
Fukushima 3,970 54.6% 4 1,058 14.5% 1 869 11.9% 0 1,282 17.6% 1 100 1.4% 0
Gifu 9,339 41.9% 5 6,885 30.9% 3 5,163 23.2% 2 655 2.9% 0 250 1.1% 0
Gunma 6,774 55.9% 5 2,224 18.3% 1 2,575 21.2% 1 397 3.3% 0 161 1.3% 0
Hiroshima 5,692 37.4% 3 5,361 35.2% 3 3,006 19.8% 2 197 1.3% 0 959 6.3% 0
Hokkaido 6,219 34.4% 3 3,707 20.5% 2 1,094 6.1% 0 6,890 38.1% 4 167 0.9% 0
Hyōgo 5,446 53.2% 4 3,577 35.0% 2 778 7.6% 0 272 2.7% 0 158 1.5% 0
Ibaraki 15,169 73.6% 8 1,944 9.4% 1 2,923 14.2% 1 341 1.7% 0 224 1.1% 0
Ishikawa 4,535 36.3% 3 3,394 27.2% 2 2,371 19.0% 1 1,940 15.5% 1 250 2.0% 0
Iwate 1,045 41.6% 2 448 17.8% 1 738 29.3% 1 207 8.2% 0 77 3.1% 0
Kagawa 4,077 41.5% 3 2,584 26.3% 1 1,545 15.8% 1 233 2.4% 0 1,378 14.0% 1
Kagoshima 2,997 36.3% 3 1,891 22.9% 1 2,726 33.0% 2 238 2.9% 0 400 4.9% 0
Kanagawa 11,093 48.5% 5 8,774 38.4% 4 2,177 9.5% 1 515 2.2% 0 315 1.4% 0
Kōchi 3,676 84.8% 4 456 10.5% 0 94 2.2% 0 40 0.9% 0 70 1.6% 0
Kumamoto 4,414 43.7% 3 2,496 24.7% 2 2,422 24.0% 2 150 1.5% 0 614 6.1% 0
Kyoto 3,180 48.4% 3 2,425 36.9% 2 680 10.4% 0 147 2.2% 0 138 2.1% 0
Mie 3,391 67.5% 4 981 19.5% 1 405 8.1% 0 94 1.9% 0 152 3.0% 0
Miyagi 2,371 44.7% 2 1,661 31.3% 2 799 15.1% 1 305 5.8% 0 166 3.1% 0
Miyazaki 3,423 49.6% 4 2,522 36.6% 2 768 11.1% 0 96 1.4% 0 91 1.3% 0
Nagano 3,979 60.8% 3 1,118 17.1% 1 1,003 15.3% 1 352 5.4% 0 88 1.4% 0
Nagasaki 3,940 40.3% 3 3,105 31.8% 3 1,070 10.9% 1 729 7.5% 0 932 9.5% 0
Nara 1,129 29.0% 1 1,506 38.7% 2 1,146 29.4% 1 71 1.8% 0 41 1.1% 0
Niigata 6,118 44.8% 4 5,671 41.6% 3 1,205 8.8% 0 425 3.1% 0 227 1.7% 0
Ōita 2,516 35.4% 2 2,756 38.7% 2 537 7.5% 0 1,161 16.3% 1 146 2.1% 0
Okayama 4,149 47.4% 3 3,436 39.3% 3 712 8.1% 0 271 3.1% 0 183 2.1% 0
Okinawa 1,107 60.5% 3 204 11.1% 0 327 17.9% 1 140 7.6% 0 53 2.9% 0
Osaka 8,321 46.7% 4 6,917 38.8% 4 1,962 11.0% 1 353 2.0% 0 276 1.5% 0
Saga 2,137 45.8% 2 1,477 31.6% 1 792 17.0% 1 106 2.3% 0 155 3.3% 0
Saitama 7,099 52.1% 5 3,714 27.3% 2 1,797 13.2% 1 707 5.2% 0 307 2.2% 0
Shiga 2,687 49.2% 3 1,490 27.3% 1 1,075 19.7% 1 123 2.2% 0 88 1.6% 0
Shimane 4,292 45.2% 3 1,138 12.0% 1 3,205 33.8% 2 768 8.1% 0 91 0.9% 0
Shizuoka 8,474 50.3% 5 5,017 29.8% 2 1,997 11.9% 1 792 4.7% 0 551 3.3% 0
Tochigi 3,756 48.5% 3 1,370 17.7% 1 2,295 29.7% 1 166 2.1% 0 152 2.0% 0
Tokushima 2,565 84.8% 4 299 9.9% 0 131 4.3% 0 17 0.6% 0 13 0.4% 0
Tokyo 18,775 46.6% 8 9,008 22.3% 4 10,189 25.3% 4 1,385 3.4% 0 950 2.4% 0
Tottori 6,334 96.4% 5 184 2.8% 0 28 0.4% 0 13 0.2% 0 10 0.2% 0
Toyama 8,693 52.5% 5 4,179 25.2% 2 2,067 12.5% 1 985 6.0% 0 635 3.8% 0
Wakayama 1,376 24.9% 1 2,976 53.8% 3 902 16.3% 1 58 1.1% 0 218 3.9% 0
Yamagata 3,681 68.8% 5 645 12.1% 0 652 12.2% 0 117 2.2% 0 253 4.7% 0
Yamaguchi 550 4.9% 0 8,164 72.1% 5 85 0.7% 0 35 0.3% 0 2,489 22.0% 1
Yamanashi 1,797 36.3% 2 856 17.3% 0 1,098 22.2% 1 129 2.6% 0 1,069 21.6% 1
Total 233,376 47.5% 165 140,668 28.6% 87 74,552 15.2% 38 26,463 5.4% 7 16,246 3.3% 3
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