2006 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election

Political leadership election in Japan November 2019 2006 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election Japan 自民党Logo.svg legislative Caucus no 2003 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election 2003 2007 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election 2007 20 September 2006 LDP MPs Party members Total Shinzō Abe 20060926.jpg 120 120 150 0 0 438C15 Shinzo Abe Yamaguchi 4th 267 (66.42%) 197 (65.67%) 464 (66.10%) Tarō Asō 20100714.jpg 120 120 150 0 0 F2BA42 Tarō Asō Fukuoka 8th 69 (17.16%) 67 (22.33%) 136 (19.37%) Tanigaki Sadakazu 1-1.jpg 120 120 150 0 0 CC0033 Sadakazu Tanigaki Kyoto 5th 66 (16.42%) 36 (12.00%) 102 (14.53%) President Junichiro Koizumi Shinzo Abe 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,https://archive.today/20120629234938/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aQXCE0ePJ5Xs&refer=japan Shinzō Abe to Succeed Koizumi as Japan's Next Prime Minister Bloomberg (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.Mori faction unease mounts / Ex-premier stumped over Abe, Fukuda and party leadership race Daily Yomiuri 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.Abe elected as new Japan premier, BBC News. Accessed 26 September 2006. Candidates Declared Candidate(s) Date of birth Current position Party faction Electoral districtcenter|x120px Shinzo Abe 1954 9 21 y(age 51) Chief Cabinet Secretary(since 2005)Member of the House of Representatives(since 1993) Previous offices held Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party(2003–2004) Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (Mori) center|x30px Yamaguchi 4th center|x120px Tarō Asō 1940 9 20 y(age 66) Minister for Foreign Affairs(since 2005)Member of the House of Representatives(1979–1983, since 1986) Previous offices held Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications(2003–2005) Daiyukai (Kōno) center|x30px Fukuoka 8th center|x120px Sadakazu Tanigaki 1945 3 7 y(age 61) Minister of Finance(since 2003)Member of the House of Representatives(since 1983) Other offices Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission(2002–2003) Yūrinkai ja 有隣会 (Tanigaki) 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 Abeja:政治情報ノート　自民党総裁選 Political Information Notebook: LDP Presidential Election https://politics.free-active.com/note/ldp/ldp2006.htm 2026-05-17 ja ;Leader of recommenders Hakuo Yanagisawa (Member of the House of Representatives for Shizuoka 3rd district) (Shin Zaisei Kenkyūkai ja 新財政研究会) Campaign Manager Akira Amari (Member of the House of Representatives for Kanagawa 13th district) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Recommenders Norihiko Akagi (Member of the House of Representatives for Ibaraki 1st district) (Banchōken) Haruko Arimura (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Banchōken) Nobuteru Ishihara (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo 8th 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)) Tetsuma Esaki (Member of the House of Representatives for Aichi 10th district) (Atarashii Nami) Kiyoko Ono (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Shisuikai) Yoshinori Ohno (Member of the House of Representatives for Kagawa 3rd district) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Takashi Sasagawa (Member of the House of Representatives for Gunma 2nd district) (Heiseiken) Yoshitaka Shindō (Member of the House of Representatives for Saitama 2nd district) (Heiseiken) Shuzen Tanigawa (Member of the House of Councillors from Osaka) (Seiwakai) Tadayoshi Nagashima (Member of the House of Representatives for Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR block) (Shisuikai) Koya Nishikawa (Member of the House of Representatives for Northern Kanto PR block) (Shisuikai) Chieko Nōno (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Seiwakai) Toshikatsu Matsuoka (Member of the House of Representatives for Kumamoto 3rd district) (Shisuikai) Kensei Mizote (Member of the House of Councillors from Hiroshima) (Shin Zaisei Kenkyūkai) Yoshirō Mori (Member of the House of Representatives for Ishikawa 2nd district) (Seiwakai) Taimei Yamaguchi (Member of the House of Representatives for Saitama 10th district) (Heiseiken) Yūji Yamamoto (Member of the House of Representatives for Kōchi 3rd district) (Banchōken) Tarō Asō ;Leader of recommenders Yoshitada Konoike (Member of the House of Councillors from Hyōgo) (no faction) Campaign Manager Kunio Hatoyama (Member of the House of Representatives for Fukuoka 6th district) (Heiseiken) Recommenders Katsuhito Asano (Member of the House of Councillors from Aichi) (Daiyukai) Tomomi Inada (Member of the House of Representatives for Fukui 1st district) (Seiwakai) Takeshi Iwaya (Member of the House of Representatives for Ōita 3rd district) (Daiyukai) Akinori Eto (Member of the House of Representatives for Aomori 2nd district) (Banchōken) Nobuhiko Endō (Member of the House of Representatives for Kyushu PR block) (no faction) Toyoaki Ota ja 太田豊秋 (Member of the House of Councillors from Fukushima) (no faction) Chubee Kagita (Member of the House of Representatives for Kinki PR block) (no faction) Kazuyasu Shiina (Member of the House of Councillors from Chiba) (Shisuikai) Shun'ichi Suzuki (Member of the House of Representatives for Iwate 2nd district) (Shin Zaisei Kenkyūkai ja 新財政研究会) Tsuneo Suzuki (Member of the House of Representatives for Kanagawa 7th district) (Daiyukai) Tōru Toida (Member of the House of Representatives for Hyōgo 11th district) (Heiseiken) Kyoko Nishikawa (Member of the House of Representatives for Fukuoka 10th district) (Shisuikai) Yoshiaki Harada (Member of the House of Representatives for Fukuoka 5th district) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Tatsuharu Mawatari (Member of the House of Representatives for Tōkai PR block) (Heiseiken) Jun Matsumoto (Member of the House of Representatives for Kanagawa 1st district) (Daiyukai) Masaji Matsuyama (Member of the House of Councillors from Fukuoka) (Shin Zaisei Kenkyūkai) Asahiko Mihara (Member of the House of Representatives for Kyushu PR block) (Heiseiken) Eisuke Mori (Member of the House of Representatives for Chiba 11th district) (Daiyukai) Sadakazu Tanigaki ;Leader of recommenders Ryotaro Tanose (Member of the House of Representatives for Nara 4th district) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Campaign Manager Takeshi Noda (Member of the House of Representatives for Kumamoto 2nd district) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Recommenders Ichiro Aisawa (Member of the House of Representatives for Okayama 1st district) (Yūrinkai ja 有隣会) Masatoshi Abe (Member of the House of Councillors from Yamagata) (Yūrinkai) Kyoko Izawa (Member of the House of Representatives for Kinki PR block) (no faction) Yamato Inaba (Member of the House of Representatives for Niigata 3rd district) (Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai) Yasuhiro Ozato (Member of the House of Representatives for Kagoshima 4th district) (Yūrinkai) Yoshito Kajiya (Member of the House of Councillors from Kagoshima) (Yūrinkai) Koichi Kato (Member of the House of Representatives for Yamagata 3rd district) (Yūrinkai) Tokio Kano (Member of the House of Councillors from National PR block) (Yūrinkai) Koichi Kishi (Member of the House of Councillors from Yamagata) (Yūrinkai) Masazumi Gotoda (Member of the House of Representatives for Tokushima 3rd district) (Heiseiken) Tsutomu Sato (Member of the House of Representatives for Tochigi 4th district) (Yūrinkai) Koichiro Shimizu (Member of the House of Representatives for Kinki PR block) (Shin Zaisei Kenkyūkai ja 新財政研究会) Masaki Doi (Member of the House of Representatives for Tōkai PR block) (Yūrinkai) Gen Nakatani (Member of the House of Representatives for Kōchi 2nd district) (Yūrinkai) Yoshitsugu Harada (Member of the House of Representatives for Shizuoka 2nd district) (Yūrinkai) Norio Mitsuya (Member of the House of Representatives for Mie 5th district) (Yūrinkai) Seiichiro Murakami (Member of the House of Representatives for Ehime 2nd district) (Banchōken) Koichi Yamamoto (Member of the House of Representatives for Ehime 4th district) (Yūrinkai) Number of recommenders by factions CandidatesShinzo AbeTarō AsōSadakazu TanigakiAtarashii Nami ja 新しい波 (派閥)200Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo311Heisei Kenkyūkai341Daiyukai050Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai313Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai310Shin Zaisei Kenkyūkai ja 新財政研究会221Shisuikai420Yūrinkai ja 有隣会0013No faction041 Results + Full resultCandidateDiet membersParty membersTotal points Votes % Popular votes % Allocated votes % Votes %Shinzo Abe red 当 26766.42% 393,899 60.20% 19765.67% 46466.10 00b13866.10%Tarō Asō 6917.16% 163,582 25.00% 6722.33% 13619.37 00b13819.37%Sadakazu Tanigaki 6616.42% 96,861 14.80% 3612.00% 10214.53 00b13814.53%Total402100.00%654,342100.00%300100.00%702100.00%Valid votes40299.75%654,342300100.00%70299.86%Invalid and blank votes10.25%00.00%10.14%Turnout403100.00%300100.00%703100.00%Registered voters403100.00%300100.00%703100.00% Results of Party Members' Votes by Prefectures + Results of Party Members' Votes by Prefecturesja:開票結果 Vote counting results http://www.jimin.jp/jimin/jimin/sousai06/sousai/data_01/kekka.html Liberal Democratic Party of Japan 2026-05-14 ja 2010-03-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20100330001440/http://www.jimin.jp/jimin/jimin/sousai06/sousai/data_01/kekka.htmlja:政治情報ノート　自民党総裁選 Political Information Notebook: LDP Presidential Election https://politics.free-active.com/note/ldp/ldp2006.htm 2026-05-17 jaPrefecturesShinzo AbeTarō AsōSadakazu TanigakiVotes%Votes%Votes%Aichi14,38752.0%69,44834.1%33,84113.9%1Akita4,94666.1%41,82124.3%17159.6%0Aomori3,09450.0%32,61742.3%24757.7%0Chiba6,92457.1%44,10433.8%21,1059.1%0Ehime14,71662.6%64,17717.8%14,59719.6%2Fukui5,82267.7%42,02823.6%17538.7%0Fukuoka2,28115.8%111,61180.5%55313.7%0Fukushima7,44269.2%51,95718.2%11,35812.6%0Gifu14,88057.9%57,99331.1%32,81611.0%1Gunma9,87867.6%52,92620.0%11,81012.4%1Hiroshima20,16372.6%74,85217.5%12,7399.9%1Hokkaido12,83157.9%54,98822.5%24,33619.6%2Hyōgo10,62369.2%52,78518.1%11,95612.7%1Ibaraki14,86553.0%611,20139.9%51,9797.1%0Ishikawa15,98980.7%72,37712.0%11,4437.3%0Iwate4,43661.7%42,11829.4%16428.9%0Kagawa8,91468.5%42,18416.8%11,90814.7%1Kagoshima6,70851.8%42,75221.3%13,48826.9%2Kanagawa15,40856.0%610,04736.5%32,0517.5%0Kōchi3,16446.9%21,30319.3%12,28033.8%2Kumamoto6,22557.1%42,45622.5%12,23020.4%1Kyoto3,94831.9%26335.1%07,78563.0%4Mie4,18550.2%31,71120.6%12,43429.2%1Miyagi6,46773.2%41,39215.7%197711.1%0Miyazaki3,50651.9%32,72740.4%25247.7%0Nagano6,70469.8%41,67617.4%11,22912.8%0Nagasaki5,30048.5%34,91344.9%37236.6%0Nara3,30556.8%364211.0%01,87132.2%1Niigata9,53855.1%43,72021.5%14,05223.4%2Ōita4,14245.0%24,48948.8%35726.2%0Okayama6,81354.0%41,68413.4%04,10532.6%2Okinawa1,39269.8%330415.3%029714.9%0Osaka12,87560.0%56,47230.2%32,0929.8%0Saga3,08943.8%23,18545.2%377811.0%0Saitama13,64573.3%73,06716.5%11,89810.2%0Shiga5,53558.4%31,11811.8%02,82329.8%2Shimane8,95568.0%52,83921.6%11,37710.4%0Shizuoka15,16368.7%63,32215.0%13,60016.3%1Tochigi6,12266.9%41,37715.0%01,66118.1%1Tokushima2,29347.4%21,33527.6%11,21125.0%1Tokyo24,00061.5%811,44429.3%33,6039.2%1Tottori3,36360.4%31,49626.8%171312.8%0Toyama16,64268.3%65,31821.8%22,4089.9%1Wakayama5,13079.8%469610.8%06039.4%0Yamagata2,22026.0%16637.8%05,65366.2%4Yamaguchi13,02395.0%63592.6%03232.4%0Yamanashi2,84861.9%31,25527.3%149610.8%0Total393,89960.2%197163,58225.0%6796,86114.8%36 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