2012 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election

Political leadership election in Japan November 2023 2012 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election 自民党Logo.svg legislative no 2009 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election 2009 2015 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election 2015 26 September 2012 First round Runoff vote Shinzō Abe 20120501 (cropped).jpg Shinzo Abe 438C15 Yamaguchi 4th 141 (28.37%) 108 (54.82%) Shigeru Ishiba 20151007 (cropped).jpg Shigeru Ishiba 0C75D8 Tottori 1st 199 (40.04%) 89 (45.18%) Isihara Nobuteru 2012.jpg Nobuteru Ishihara 9370DB Tokyo 8th 96 (19.32%) Eliminated 2 300px First round results 300px Second round results President Sadakazu Tanigaki Shinzo Abe 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. 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".自民党総裁選 派閥内調整は難航｜日テレNEWS24 https://news.ntv.co.jp/category/politics/213237 日テレNEWS24 2020-08-05 ja 日本テレビ自民総裁選、地方票集め混戦模様に https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFS13044_U2A910C1EB1000/ 日本経済新聞 電子版 14 September 2012 2020-08-05 ja Declared Candidate(s) Date of birth Current position Party faction Electoral districtcenter|86px Shinzo Abe 1954 9 21 y(age 58) Member of the House of Representatives(since 1993) Previous offices held Prime Minister(2006–2007) President of the Liberal Democratic Party(2006–2007) Chief Cabinet Secretary(2005–2006) Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (Machimura) center|x30px Yamaguchi 4th center|86px Shigeru Ishiba 1957 2 4 y(age 55) Member of the House of Representatives(since 1986) Previous offices held Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party Policy Research Council (2009–2011) Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(2008–2009) Minister of Defense(2007–2008) None center|x30px Tottori 1st center|86px Nobuteru Ishihara 1957 4 17 y(age 55) Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party(since 2010)Member of the House of Representatives (since 1990) Previous offices held Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism(2003–2004) Minister for Regulatory Reform(2001–2003)Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai (Yamasaki) center|x30px Tokyo 8th center|86px Nobutaka Machimura 1944 10 17 y(age 67)Member of the House of Representatives(since 1983) Previous offices held Chief Cabinet Secretary(2007–2008) Minister for Foreign Affairs(2004–2005, 2007) Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (Machimura) center|x30px Hokkaido 5th center|86px Yoshimasa Hayashi 1961 1 19 y(age 51) Member of the House of Councillors (since 1995) Previous offices held Minister State for Economic and Fiscal Policy(2009) Minister of Defense(2008) Kōchikai (Koga) center|x30px Yamaguchi at-large Withdrawn Candidate(s) Date of birth Current positions Party faction Electoral District center|86px Sadakazu Tanigaki 1945 3 7 y(age 67) President of the Liberal Democratic Party(since 2009)Member of the House of Representatives(since 1983) Other offices Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism(2008) Minister of Finance(2003–2006) Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission(2002–2003) Kōchikai (Koga) center|x30px Kyoto 5th 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 Hakubun Shimomura (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo 11th district) (Seiwakai) Campaign Manager Akira Amari (Member of the House of Representatives for Southern Kanto PR block) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Recommenders Kenya Akiba (Member of the House of Representatives for Tohoku PR block) (no faction) Tomomi Inada (Member of the House of Representatives for Fukui 1st district) (Seiwakai) Masahiro Imamura (Member of the House of Representatives for Kyushu PR block) (no faction) Taku Eto (Member of the House of Representatives for Miyazaki 2nd district) (no faction) Katsunobu Katō (Member of the House of Representatives for Okayama 5th district) (Heiseiken) Katsuyuki Kawai (Member of the House of Representatives for Chūgoku PR block) (no faction) Minoru Kiuchi (Member of the House of Representatives for Shizuoka 7th district) (no faction) Genichiro Sata (Member of the House of Representatives for Northern Kanto PR block) (Heiseiken) Masahiko Shibayama (Member of the House of Representatives for Northern Kanto PR block) (Seiwakai) Yoshitaka Shindō (Member of the House of Representatives for Northern Kanto PR block) (Heiseiken) Sanae Takaichi (Member of the House of Representatives for Kinki PR block) (no faction) Keiji Furuya (Member of the House of Representatives for Tōkai PR block) (Shisuikai) Haruko Arimura (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Banchōken) Yōsuke Isozaki (Member of the House of Councillors from Ōita) (Seiwakai) Hiroshige Sekō (Member of the House of Councillors from Wakayama) (Seiwakai) Ichiro Tsukada (Member of the House of Councillors from Niigata) (Ikōkai) Shoji Nishida (Member of the House of Councillors from Kyoto) (Seiwakai) Shinpei Matsushita (Member of the House of Councillors from Miyazaki) (no faction) Shigeru Ishiba ;Leader of recommenders Ichirō Kamoshita (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo PR block) (no faction) Campaign Manager Hiroshi Kajiyama (Member of the House of Representatives for Ibaraki 4th district) (no faction) Recommenders Masatoshi Ishida (Member of the House of Representatives for Kinki PR block) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Masazumi Gotoda (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokushima 3rd district) (no faction) Ken Saitō (Member of the House of Representatives for Southern Kanto PR block) (no faction) Norihisa Tamura (Member of the House of Representatives for Tōkai PR block) (Heiseiken) Masaaki Taira (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo PR block) (no faction) Naokazu Takemoto (Member of the House of Representatives for Kinki PR block) (Kōchikai) Keiichiro Tachibana (Member of the House of Representatives for Toyama 3rd district) (no faction) Koichi Tani (Member of the House of Representatives for Kinki PR block) (Shisuikai) Gen Nakatani (Member of the House of Representatives for Kōchi 2nd district) (Kōchikai) Keiko Nagaoka (Member of the House of Representatives for Northern Kanto PR block) (Ikōkai) Shunichi Yamaguchi (Member of the House of Representatives for Shikoku PR block) (Ikōkai) Taku Yamamoto (Member of the House of Representatives for Fukui 2nd district) (no faction) Hiroo Ishii (Member of the House of Councillors from Akita) (Heiseiken) Satsuki Katayama (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Shisuikai) Kenji Kosaka (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (no faction) Masahisa Sato (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Heiseiken) Yūsuke Nakanishi (Member of the House of Councillors from Tokushima) (Ikōkai) Junko Mihara (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (no faction) Nobuteru Ishihara ;Leader of recommenders Ryotaro Tanose (Member of the House of Representatives for Nara 4th district) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Campaign Manager Toshimitsu Motegi (Member of the House of Representatives for Tochigi 5th district) (Heiseiken) Recommenders Shinji Inoue (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo 25th district) (Ikōkai) Itsunori Onodera (Member of the House of Representatives for Miyagi 6th district) (Kōchikai) Yūko Obuchi (Member of the House of Representatives for Gunma 5th district) (Heiseiken) Kazuyoshi Kaneko (Member of the House of Representatives for Gifu 4th district) (Kōchikai) Fumio Kishida (Member of the House of Representatives for Hiroshima 1st district) (Kōchikai) Tetsushi Sakamoto (Member of the House of Representatives for Kumamoto 3rd district) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Isshu Sugawara (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo PR block) (no faction) Wataru Takeshita (Member of the House of Representatives for Shimane 2nd district) (Heiseiken) Akira Nishino (Member of the House of Representatives for Osaka 13th district) (Kōchikai) Takeshi Noda (Member of the House of Representatives for Kyushu PR block) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Motoo Hayashi (Member of the House of Representatives for Southern Kanto PR block) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Katsuei Hirasawa (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo 17th district) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Midori Ishii (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Heiseiken) Masaharu Nakagawa (Member of the House of Councillors from Tokyo) (Seiwakai) Hirohiko Nakamura (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Seiwakai) Tetsuro Nomura (Member of the House of Councillors from Kagoshima) (Heiseiken) Hiromi Yoshida (Member of the House of Councillors from Nagano) (Heiseiken) Masashi Waki (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Heiseiken) Nobutaka Machimura ;Leader of recommenders Seiko Hashimoto (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Seiwakai) Campaign Manager Hiroyuki Hosoda (Member of the House of Representatives for Shimane 1st district) (Seiwakai) Recommenders Tarō Kimura (Member of the House of Representatives for Aomori 4th district) (Seiwakai) Shigeo Kitamura (Member of the House of Representatives for Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR block) (Seiwakai) Ryū Shionoya (Member of the House of Representatives for Tōkai PR block) (Seiwakai) Tsuyoshi Takagi (Member of the House of Representatives for Fukui 3rd district) (Seiwakai) Tsutomu Takebe (Member of the House of Representatives for Hokkaido PR block) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Yaichi Tanigawa (Member of the House of Representatives for Kyushu PR block) (Seiwakai) Hiroshi Hase (Member of the House of Representatives for Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR block) (Seiwakai) Hirokazu Matsuno (Member of the House of Representatives for Southern Kanto PR block) (Seiwakai) Mitsuhide Iwaki (Member of the House of Councillors from Fukushima) (Seiwakai) Naoki Okada (Member of the House of Councillors from Ishikawa) (Seiwakai) Yoriko Kawaguchi (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (no faction) Seiji Suzuki (Member of the House of Councillors from Aichi) (Seiwakai) Chūichi Date (Member of the House of Councillors from Hokkaido) (Seiwakai) Gaku Hasegawa (Member of the House of Councillors from Hokkaido) (Seiwakai) Masako Mori (Member of the House of Councillors from Fukushima) (Seiwakai) Masaaki Yamazaki (Member of the House of Councillors from Fukui) (Seiwakai) Junzo Yamamoto (Member of the House of Councillors from Ehime) (Seiwakai) Kenta Wakabayashi (Member of the House of Councillors from Nagano) (Seiwakai) Yoshimasa Hayashi ;Leader of recommenders Koichi Kishi (Member of the House of Councillors from Yamagata) (Kōchikai) Campaign Manager Yoichi Miyazawa (Member of the House of Councillors from Hiroshima) (Kōchikai) Recommenders Yasushi Kaneko (Member of the House of Representatives for Kumamoto 5th district) (no faction) Seigo Kitamura (Member of the House of Representatives for Kyushu PR block) (Kōchikai) Takuya Hirai (Member of the House of Representatives for Shikoku PR block) (Kōchikai) Teru Fukui (Member of the House of Representatives for Kōchi 1st district) (Kōchikai) Norio Mitsuya (Member of the House of Representatives for Mie 5th district) (Kōchikai) Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi (Member of the House of Representatives for Toyama 2nd district) (Kōchikai) Yoshio Mochizuki (Member of the House of Representatives for Tōkai PR block) (Kōchikai) Kozo Yamamoto (Member of the House of Representatives for Kyushu PR block) (Kōchikai) Jiro Aichi (Member of the House of Councillors from Miyagi) (no faction) Yoshihiko Isozaki (Member of the House of Councillors from Kagawa) (Kōchikai) Kuniko Inoguchi (Member of the House of Councillors from Chiba) (no faction) Yoshito Kajiya (Member of the House of Councillors from Kagoshima) (Kōchikai) Genjiro Kaneko (Member of the House of Councillors from Nagasaki) (Kōchikai) Yutaka Kumagai (Member of the House of Councillors from Miyagi) (no faction) Yōsuke Tsuruho (Member of the House of Councillors from Wakayama) (Shisuikai) Motoyuki Fujii ja 藤井基之 (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Kōchikai) Masaji Matsuyama (Member of the House of Councillors from Fukuoka) (Kōchikai) Toshiei Mizuochi (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Kōchikai) Number of recommenders by factions CandidatesShinzo AbeShigeru IshibaNobuteru IshiharaNobutaka MachimuraYoshimasa HayashiBanchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo10000Heisei Kenkyūkai33700Ikōkai13100Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai11510Kōchikai024015Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai602180Shisuikai12001No faction79114 Results + Full resultja:令和24年 総裁選挙 党員投票結果 Party member voting results for the 2012 presidential election https://www.jimin.jp/sousai12/pdf/votingresults.pdf Liberal Democratic Party of Japan 2026-05-10 jaCandidate1st Round2nd RoundDiet membersParty membersTotalDiet membersVotes%Popular votes%Allocated votes%Votes%Votes% Shinzo Abe red 当 54 27.41% 140,668 28.63% 87 29.00% 141 28.37 00b138 28.37% 108 54.82 00b138 54.82% Shigeru Ishiba 34 17.26% 233,376 47.50% 165 55.00% 199 40.04 00b138 40.04% 89 45.18 00b138 45.18% Nobuteru Ishihara 58 29.44% 74,552 15.17% 38 12.67% 96 19.32 00b138 19.32%colspan="3" Eliminated Nobutaka Machimura 27 13.71% 26,463 5.39% 7 2.33% 34 6.84 00b138 6.84%colspan="3" Eliminated Yoshimasa Hayashi 24 12.18% 16,246 3.31% 3 1.00% 27 5.43 00b138 5.43%colspan="3" Eliminated Total 197 100.00% 491,305100.00% 300 100.00% 497 100.00% 197 100.00%Valid votes19799.49%491,30599.57%300100.00%49799.80%19799.49%Invalid and blank votes10.51%2,1330.43%00.00%10.20%10.51%Turnout198100.00%493,43862.51%300100.00%498100.00%198100.00%Registered voters198100.00%789,348100.00%300100.00%498100.00%198100.00% 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.https://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/news/120927/stt12092701010007-n1.htm 【自民総裁選】挫折経験を胸に、茨の道に切り込む新総裁 Sankei Shinbun 2022-11-11 2012-09-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20120927040903/https://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/news/120927/stt12092701010007-n1.htm live Results of Party Members' Votes by Prefectures (First Round) + Results of Party Members' Votes by PrefecturesPrefecturesShigeru IshibaShinzo AbeNobuteru IshiharaNobutaka MachimuraYoshimasa HayashiVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Aichi10,21051.6%56,05630.6%32,29911.6%18834.4%03531.8%0Akita2,63857.7%391720.0%171115.5%02375.2%0731.6%0Aomori2,91147.9%31,09418.0%11,23520.3%171911.8%01182.0%0Chiba5,77351.0%42,80624.8%21,80115.9%17456.6%01991.7%0Ehime5,65745.4%44,99540.0%31,24810.0%03883.1%01851.5%0Fukui2,48542.2%22,62744.6%33355.7%03926.7%0480.8%0Fukuoka3,41633.0%24,55544.0%31,51514.6%11971.9%06736.5%0Fukushima3,97054.6%41,05814.5%186911.9%01,28217.6%11001.4%0Gifu9,33941.9%56,88530.9%35,16323.2%26552.9%02501.1%0Gunma6,77455.9%52,22418.3%12,57521.2%13973.3%01611.3%0Hiroshima5,69237.4%35,36135.2%33,00619.8%21971.3%09596.3%0Hokkaido6,21934.4%33,70720.5%21,0946.1%06,89038.1%41670.9%0Hyōgo5,44653.2%43,57735.0%27787.6%02722.7%01581.5%0Ibaraki15,16973.6%81,9449.4%12,92314.2%13411.7%02241.1%0Ishikawa4,53536.3%33,39427.2%22,37119.0%11,94015.5%12502.0%0Iwate1,04541.6%244817.8%173829.3%12078.2%0773.1%0Kagawa4,07741.5%32,58426.3%11,54515.8%12332.4%01,37814.0%1Kagoshima2,99736.3%31,89122.9%12,72633.0%22382.9%04004.9%0Kanagawa11,09348.5%58,77438.4%42,1779.5%15152.2%03151.4%0Kōchi3,67684.8%445610.5%0942.2%0400.9%0701.6%0Kumamoto4,41443.7%32,49624.7%22,42224.0%21501.5%06146.1%0Kyoto3,18048.4%32,42536.9%268010.4%01472.2%01382.1%0Mie3,39167.5%498119.5%14058.1%0941.9%01523.0%0Miyagi2,37144.7%21,66131.3%279915.1%13055.8%01663.1%0Miyazaki3,42349.6%42,52236.6%276811.1%0961.4%0911.3%0Nagano3,97960.8%31,11817.1%11,00315.3%13525.4%0881.4%0Nagasaki3,94040.3%33,10531.8%31,07010.9%17297.5%09329.5%0Nara1,12929.0%11,50638.7%21,14629.4%1711.8%0411.1%0Niigata6,11844.8%45,67141.6%31,2058.8%04253.1%02271.7%0Ōita2,51635.4%22,75638.7%25377.5%01,16116.3%11462.1%0Okayama4,14947.4%33,43639.3%37128.1%02713.1%01832.1%0Okinawa1,10760.5%320411.1%032717.9%11407.6%0532.9%0Osaka8,32146.7%46,91738.8%41,96211.0%13532.0%02761.5%0Saga2,13745.8%21,47731.6%179217.0%11062.3%01553.3%0Saitama7,09952.1%53,71427.3%21,79713.2%17075.2%03072.2%0Shiga2,68749.2%31,49027.3%11,07519.7%11232.2%0881.6%0Shimane4,29245.2%31,13812.0%13,20533.8%27688.1%0910.9%0Shizuoka8,47450.3%55,01729.8%21,99711.9%17924.7%05513.3%0Tochigi3,75648.5%31,37017.7%12,29529.7%11662.1%01522.0%0Tokushima2,56584.8%42999.9%01314.3%0170.6%0130.4%0Tokyo18,77546.6%89,00822.3%410,18925.3%41,3853.4%09502.4%0Tottori6,33496.4%51842.8%0280.4%0130.2%0100.2%0Toyama8,69352.5%54,17925.2%22,06712.5%19856.0%06353.8%0Wakayama1,37624.9%12,97653.8%390216.3%1581.1%02183.9%0Yamagata3,68168.8%564512.1%065212.2%01172.2%02534.7%0Yamaguchi5504.9%08,16472.1%5850.7%0350.3%02,48922.0%1Yamanashi1,79736.3%285617.3%01,09822.2%11292.6%01,06921.6%1Total233,37647.5%165140,66828.6%8774,55215.2%3826,4635.4%716,2463.3%3 References Category:2012 elections in Japan 2012 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election