2006 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) 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.
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
[edit]Declared
[edit]| Candidate(s) | Date of birth | Current position | Party faction | Electoral district | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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21 September 1954 (age 51) |
Member of the House of Representatives (since 1993) Chief Cabinet Secretary (since 2005) Previous offices held |
Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (Machimura) |
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20 September 1940 (age 66) |
Member of the House of Representatives (1979–1983, since 1986) Minister for Foreign Affairs (since 2005) Previous offices held |
Ikōkai (Asō) |
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7 March 1945 (age 61) |
Member of the House of Representatives (since 1983) Minister of Finance (since 2003) Other offices |
Kōchikai (Koga) |
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Results
[edit]| Candidate | Diet members | Party members | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Allocated votes |
% | Votes | % | ||
| Shinzo Abe | 267 | 66.4% | 197 | 65.7% | 464 | 66.1% | |
| Tarō Asō | 69 | 17.2% | 67 | 22.3% | 136 | 19.4% | |
| Sadakazu Tanigaki | 66 | 16.4% | 36 | 12.0% | 102 | 14.5% | |
| Grand Total | 402 | 100.0% | 300 | 100.0% | 702 | 100.0% | |
References
[edit]- ^ Shinzō Abe to Succeed Koizumi as Japan's Next Prime Minister[dead link] Bloomberg
- ^ Mori faction unease mounts / Ex-premier stumped over Abe, Fukuda and party leadership race Daily Yomiuri
- ^ Abe elected as new Japan premier, BBC News. Accessed 26 September 2006.
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