2009 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election

Political party election in Japan November 2019 2009 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election Japan 自民党Logo.svg legislative Caucus no 2008 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election 2008 2012 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election 2012 28 September 2009 LDP MPs Party members Total Tanigaki Sadakazu 1-1.jpg CC0033 Sadakazu Tanigaki Kyoto 5th 120 (60.60%) 180 (60.00%) 300 (60.24%) Tarō Kōno 20110307 (cropped).jpg F2BA42 Taro Kono Kanagawa 15th 35 (17.68%) 109 (36.33%) 144 (28.92%) Yasutoshi Nishimura cropped 3 Urmas Paet and Yasutoshi Nishimura 20140131.jpg 438C15 Yasutoshi Nishimura Hyōgo 9th 43 (21.72%) 11 (3.67%) 54 (10.84%) President Tarō Asō Sadakazu Tanigaki 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.https://archive.today/20130125025337/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gCbc-7ISDM2oixFY331JUt8FhhXA AFP: Japan's next PM stresses US ties Asō announced on 8 September he would resign on 16 September 2009,Aso to resign as LDP chief on Sept. 16 which he did as planned.Taro Aso resigns as LDP president - People's Daily Online 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.3 candidates announce candidacies for LDP president election - People's Daily Online Agriculture minister Shigeru Ishiba was also considered a possible candidate, but he did not stand.Japan's former finance minister to run for LDP chief election - People's Daily Online Declared Candidate(s) Date of birth Current position Party faction Electoral district center|x120px Sadakazu Tanigaki 1945 3 7 y(age 64)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 5thcenter|x120px Taro Kono 1963 1 10 y(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) center|x30px Kanagawa 15th bSize = 120|center|x120px Yasutoshi Nishimura 1962 10 15 y(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) center|x30px Hyōgo 9th 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 Takashi Tanihata (Member of the House of Representatives for Kinki PR block) (Seiwakai) Campaign Manager Ryotaro Tanose (Member of the House of Representatives for Nara 4th district) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Recommenders Masatoshi Ishida (Member of the House of Representatives for Kinki PR block) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Nobuteru Ishihara (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo 8th district) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Masahiro Imamura (Member of the House of Representatives for Kyushu PR block) (no faction) Takeshi Iwaya (Member of the House of Representatives for Kyushu PR block) (Ikōkai) Yasuhiro Ozato (Member of the House of Representatives for Kagoshima 4th district) (Kōchikai) Yuriko Koike (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo PR block) (Seiwakai) Genichiro Sata (Member of the House of Representatives for Northern Kanto PR block) (Heiseiken) Tsuyoshi Takagi (Member of the House of Representatives for Fukui 3rd district) (Seiwakai) Wataru Takeshita (Member of the House of Representatives for Shimane 2nd district) (Heiseiken) Koichi Tani (Member of the House of Representatives for Kinki PR block) (Shisuikai) Takeshi Tokuda (Member of the House of Representatives for Kagoshima 2nd district) (Kōchikai) Seiichiro Murakami (Member of the House of Representatives for Ehime 2nd district) (Banchōken) Hiroshi Moriyama (Member of the House of Representatives for Kagoshima 5th district) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Shinya Izumi (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Atarashii Nami ja 新しい波 (派閥)) Issei Kitagawa (Member of the House of Councillors from Osaka) (Seiwakai) Masahisa Sato (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Heiseiken) Satoshi Ninoyu (Member of the House of Councillors from Kyoto) (Heiseiken) Masako Mori (Member of the House of Councillors from Fukushima) (Seiwakai) Taro Kono ;Leader of recommenders Masahiko Shibayama (Member of the House of Representatives for Northern Kanto PR block) (Seiwakai) Campaign Manager Masaaki Taira (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo PR block) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Recommenders Jiro Aichi (Member of the House of Councillors from Miyagi) (no faction) Shinji Inoue (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo 25th district) (Ikōkai) Hideaki Ōmura (Member of the House of Representatives for Tōkai PR block) (Heiseiken) Katsuyuki Kawai (Member of the House of Representatives for Chūgoku PR block) (Heiseiken) Yoriko Kawaguchi (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (no faction) Shinobu Kandori (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (no faction) Akio Koizumi (Member of the House of Councillors from Kanagawa) (no faction) Ken Saitō (Member of the House of Representatives for Southern Kanto PR block) (no faction) Isshu Sugawara (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo PR block) (no faction) Hiroshige Sekō (Member of the House of Councillors from Wakayama) (Seiwakai) Kazunori Tanaka (Member of the House of Representatives for Southern Kanto PR block) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Kotaro Tamura (Member of the House of Councillors from Tottori) (Heiseiken) Ichiro Tsukada (Member of the House of Councillors from Niigata) (Ikōkai) Keiko Nagaoka (Member of the House of Representatives for Northern Kanto PR block) (Ikōkai) Katsuei Hirasawa (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo 17th district) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Kazuya Maruyama (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (no faction) Ichita Yamamoto (Member of the House of Councillors from Gunma) (Seiwakai) Hiroyuki Yoshiie (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Seiwakai) Yasutoshi Nishimura ;Leader of recommenders Katsunobu Katō (Member of the House of Representatives for Okayama 5th district) (Heiseiken) Campaign Manager Ryota Takeda (Member of the House of Representatives for Fukuoka 11th district) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Recommenders Ichirō Kamoshita (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo PR block) (Heiseiken) 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) Sanae Takaichi (Member of the House of Representatives for Kinki PR block) (Seiwakai) Hiroshi Hase (Member of the House of Representatives for Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR block) (Seiwakai) Kunio Hatoyama (Member of the House of Representatives for Fukuoka 6th district) (Heiseiken) Motohisa Furukawa (Member of the House of Representatives for Aichi 2nd district) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Keiji Furuya (Member of the House of Representatives for Tōkai PR block) (Shisuikai) Norio Mitsuya (Member of the House of Representatives for Mie 5th district) (Kōchikai) Yūji Yamamoto (Member of the House of Representatives for Kōchi 3rd district) (Banchōken) Kaoru Yosano (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo PR block) (no faction) Seiichi Eto (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Shisuikai) Yōsuke Isozaki (Member of the House of Councillors from Ōita) (Seiwakai) Shinsuke Suematsu (Member of the House of Councillors from Hyōgo) (Seiwakai) Kyoko Nakayama (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Seiwakai) Toshiharu Furukawa (Member of the House of Councillors from Saitama) (Seiwakai) Eriko Yamatani (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Seiwakai) Number of recommenders by factions CandidatesSadakazu TanigakiTaro KonoYasutoshi NishimuraAtarashii Nami ja 新しい波 (派閥)100Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo101Heisei Kenkyūkai433Ikōkai130Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai432Kōchikai201Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai5410Shisuikai102No faction171 Campaign A public debate was held on 19 September 2009.LDP candidates hold debate ahead of party presidential election - People's Daily Online Tanigaki was elected with 300 of 498 ballots.Sadakazu Tanigaki elected president of Japan's main opposition LDP - People's Daily Online Results + Full resultja:令和21年 総裁選挙 党員投票結果 Party member voting results for the 2009 presidential election http://www.jimin.jp/election/results/sousai09/pdf/kekka.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130103094611/http://www.jimin.jp/election/results/sousai09/pdf/kekka.pdf 2013-01-03 dead Liberal Democratic Party of Japan 2026-05-10 jaCandidateDiet membersParty membersTotal points Votes % Popular votes % Allocated votes % Votes %Sadakazu Tanigaki red 当12060.60% 265,926 53.22% 18060.00% 30060.24 00b13860.24%Taro Kono3517.68% 184,504 36.93% 10936.33% 14428.92 00b13828.92%Yasutoshi Nishimura4321.72% 49,208 9.85% 113.67% 5410.84 00b13810.84%Total198100.00%499,638100.00%300100.00%498100.00%Valid votes19899.50%499,63899.02%300100.00%49899.80%Invalid and blank votes10.50%4,9400.98%0100.00%10.20%Turnout199100.00%504,57846.65%300100.00%499100.00%Registered voters199100.00%1,081,676100.00%300100.00%499100.00% Results of Party Members' Votes by Prefectures + Results of Party Members' Votes by PrefecturesPrefecturesSadakazu TanigakiTaro KonoYasutoshi NishimuraVotes%Votes%Votes%Aichi10,18749.0%59,01443.3%51,5957.7%0Akita2,54855.3%31,67236.3%23868.4%0Aomori4,74261.4%41,79923.3%11,17815.3%0Chiba5,05650.9%34,23542.6%36516.5%0Ehime7,36555.7%54,81936.5%31,0287.8%0Fukui3,81966.2%41,58127.4%13696.4%0Fukuoka7,10356.1%54,22133.4%21,33410.5%0Fukushima3,68858.3%32,01831.9%26179.8%0Gifu11,43857.3%66,66533.4%31,8609.3%0Gunma5,11352.7%33,94240.7%36366.6%0Hiroshima8,85145.7%48,82945.6%41,6868.7%0Hokkaido8,58051.2%56,79540.6%31,3788.2%0Hyōgo5,72839.4%33,91427.0%24,88133.6%3Ibaraki11,30647.7%510,10742.6%52,3029.7%1Ishikawa5,68844.2%33,43926.7%23,73529.1%2Iwate2,28158.6%31,36034.9%22556.5%0Kagawa5,65358.3%43,42535.4%26146.3%0Kagoshima6,19965.7%52,65628.2%25776.1%0Kanagawa5,59325.2%215,86271.5%77213.3%0Kōchi3,58177.3%460613.1%04479.6%0Kumamoto4,92765.8%42,09127.9%24736.3%0Kyoto7,73485.4%51,14912.7%01711.9%0Mie3,61263.4%41,58627.8%15018.8%0Miyagi2,86042.4%23,06545.4%382512.2%0Miyazaki1,98039.6%21,12222.5%11,89537.9%2Nagano3,70353.6%32,73139.6%24706.8%0Nagasaki4,75060.7%52,58032.9%25016.4%0Nara2,43364.5%31,04327.6%12977.9%0Niigata5,62551.3%34,49541.0%38427.7%0Ōita3,98659.5%41,94729.0%176811.5%0Okayama5,25457.1%42,68929.2%21,26413.7%0Okinawa1,18147.9%283333.8%145318.3%1Osaka10,55353.9%57,40937.9%41,6038.2%0Saga2,93564.6%41,29828.6%13116.8%0Saitama6,21647.1%46,02745.7%49567.2%0Shiga4,12466.7%41,64626.6%14126.7%0Shimane6,45875.9%51,48517.5%15666.6%0Shizuoka8,35451.7%56,36339.3%31,4549.0%0Tochigi4,67155.3%33,28739.0%24825.7%0Tokushima3,67261.1%31,99933.2%23425.7%0Tokyo19,79845.4%718,98243.6%74,77311.0%1Tottori3,49475.9%389319.4%12194.7%0Toyama9,25765.4%63,89527.5%21,0027.1%0Wakayama1,53733.6%12,85962.6%31743.8%0Yamagata4,45577.4%41,06818.5%12344.1%0Yamaguchi4,41148.0%33,08633.6%21,69118.4%1Yamanashi3,42760.9%31,91734.1%22795.0%0Total265,92653.2%180184,50436.9%10949,2089.9%11 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