2006 Liberal Democratic Party 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) |
Chief Cabinet Secretary (since 2005) Member of the House of Representatives (since 1993) Previous offices held |
Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (Mori) |
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20 September 1940 (age 66) |
Minister for Foreign Affairs (since 2005) Member of the House of Representatives (1979–1983, since 1986) Previous offices held |
Daiyukai (Kōno) |
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7 March 1945 (age 61) |
Minister of Finance (since 2003) Member of the House of Representatives (since 1983) Other offices |
Yūrinkai (Tanigaki) |
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Supporters
[edit]Recommenders
[edit]Party regulations require candidates to have the written support at least 20 Diet members, known as recommenders, to run.
Shinzo Abe[4]
- Leader of recommenders
- Hakuo Yanagisawa (Member of the House of Representatives for Shizuoka 3rd district) (Shin Zaisei Kenkyūkai)
- 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)
- 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[4]
- 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 (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)
- 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[4]
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
| Candidates | Shinzo Abe | Tarō Asō | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atarashii Nami | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Heisei Kenkyūkai | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Daiyukai | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Shin Zaisei Kenkyūkai | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Shisuikai | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Yūrinkai | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| No faction | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Results
[edit]| Candidate | Diet members | Party members | Total points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Popular votes | % | Allocated votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Shinzo Abe 当 | 267 | 66.42% | 393,899 | 60.20% | 197 | 65.67% | 464 | 66.10% | ||
| Tarō Asō | 69 | 17.16% | 163,582 | 25.00% | 67 | 22.33% | 136 | 19.37% | ||
| Sadakazu Tanigaki | 66 | 16.42% | 96,861 | 14.80% | 36 | 12.00% | 102 | 14.53% | ||
| Total | 402 | 100.00% | 654,342 | 100.00% | 300 | 100.00% | 702 | 100.00% | ||
| Valid votes | 402 | 99.75% | 654,342 | 300 | 100.00% | 702 | 99.86% | |||
| Invalid and blank votes | 1 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.14% | ||||
| Turnout | 403 | 100.00% | 300 | 100.00% | 703 | 100.00% | ||||
| Registered voters | 403 | 100.00% | 300 | 100.00% | 703 | 100.00% | ||||
Results of Party Members' Votes by Prefectures
[edit]| Prefectures | Shinzo Abe | Tarō Asō | Sadakazu Tanigaki | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Aichi | 14,387 | 52.0% | 6 | 9,448 | 34.1% | 3 | 3,841 | 13.9% | 1 |
| Akita | 4,946 | 66.1% | 4 | 1,821 | 24.3% | 1 | 715 | 9.6% | 0 |
| Aomori | 3,094 | 50.0% | 3 | 2,617 | 42.3% | 2 | 475 | 7.7% | 0 |
| Chiba | 6,924 | 57.1% | 4 | 4,104 | 33.8% | 2 | 1,105 | 9.1% | 0 |
| Ehime | 14,716 | 62.6% | 6 | 4,177 | 17.8% | 1 | 4,597 | 19.6% | 2 |
| Fukui | 5,822 | 67.7% | 4 | 2,028 | 23.6% | 1 | 753 | 8.7% | 0 |
| Fukuoka | 2,281 | 15.8% | 1 | 11,611 | 80.5% | 5 | 531 | 3.7% | 0 |
| Fukushima | 7,442 | 69.2% | 5 | 1,957 | 18.2% | 1 | 1,358 | 12.6% | 0 |
| Gifu | 14,880 | 57.9% | 5 | 7,993 | 31.1% | 3 | 2,816 | 11.0% | 1 |
| Gunma | 9,878 | 67.6% | 5 | 2,926 | 20.0% | 1 | 1,810 | 12.4% | 1 |
| Hiroshima | 20,163 | 72.6% | 7 | 4,852 | 17.5% | 1 | 2,739 | 9.9% | 1 |
| Hokkaido | 12,831 | 57.9% | 5 | 4,988 | 22.5% | 2 | 4,336 | 19.6% | 2 |
| Hyōgo | 10,623 | 69.2% | 5 | 2,785 | 18.1% | 1 | 1,956 | 12.7% | 1 |
| Ibaraki | 14,865 | 53.0% | 6 | 11,201 | 39.9% | 5 | 1,979 | 7.1% | 0 |
| Ishikawa | 15,989 | 80.7% | 7 | 2,377 | 12.0% | 1 | 1,443 | 7.3% | 0 |
| Iwate | 4,436 | 61.7% | 4 | 2,118 | 29.4% | 1 | 642 | 8.9% | 0 |
| Kagawa | 8,914 | 68.5% | 4 | 2,184 | 16.8% | 1 | 1,908 | 14.7% | 1 |
| Kagoshima | 6,708 | 51.8% | 4 | 2,752 | 21.3% | 1 | 3,488 | 26.9% | 2 |
| Kanagawa | 15,408 | 56.0% | 6 | 10,047 | 36.5% | 3 | 2,051 | 7.5% | 0 |
| Kōchi | 3,164 | 46.9% | 2 | 1,303 | 19.3% | 1 | 2,280 | 33.8% | 2 |
| Kumamoto | 6,225 | 57.1% | 4 | 2,456 | 22.5% | 1 | 2,230 | 20.4% | 1 |
| Kyoto | 3,948 | 31.9% | 2 | 633 | 5.1% | 0 | 7,785 | 63.0% | 4 |
| Mie | 4,185 | 50.2% | 3 | 1,711 | 20.6% | 1 | 2,434 | 29.2% | 1 |
| Miyagi | 6,467 | 73.2% | 4 | 1,392 | 15.7% | 1 | 977 | 11.1% | 0 |
| Miyazaki | 3,506 | 51.9% | 3 | 2,727 | 40.4% | 2 | 524 | 7.7% | 0 |
| Nagano | 6,704 | 69.8% | 4 | 1,676 | 17.4% | 1 | 1,229 | 12.8% | 0 |
| Nagasaki | 5,300 | 48.5% | 3 | 4,913 | 44.9% | 3 | 723 | 6.6% | 0 |
| Nara | 3,305 | 56.8% | 3 | 642 | 11.0% | 0 | 1,871 | 32.2% | 1 |
| Niigata | 9,538 | 55.1% | 4 | 3,720 | 21.5% | 1 | 4,052 | 23.4% | 2 |
| Ōita | 4,142 | 45.0% | 2 | 4,489 | 48.8% | 3 | 572 | 6.2% | 0 |
| Okayama | 6,813 | 54.0% | 4 | 1,684 | 13.4% | 0 | 4,105 | 32.6% | 2 |
| Okinawa | 1,392 | 69.8% | 3 | 304 | 15.3% | 0 | 297 | 14.9% | 0 |
| Osaka | 12,875 | 60.0% | 5 | 6,472 | 30.2% | 3 | 2,092 | 9.8% | 0 |
| Saga | 3,089 | 43.8% | 2 | 3,185 | 45.2% | 3 | 778 | 11.0% | 0 |
| Saitama | 13,645 | 73.3% | 7 | 3,067 | 16.5% | 1 | 1,898 | 10.2% | 0 |
| Shiga | 5,535 | 58.4% | 3 | 1,118 | 11.8% | 0 | 2,823 | 29.8% | 2 |
| Shimane | 8,955 | 68.0% | 5 | 2,839 | 21.6% | 1 | 1,377 | 10.4% | 0 |
| Shizuoka | 15,163 | 68.7% | 6 | 3,322 | 15.0% | 1 | 3,600 | 16.3% | 1 |
| Tochigi | 6,122 | 66.9% | 4 | 1,377 | 15.0% | 0 | 1,661 | 18.1% | 1 |
| Tokushima | 2,293 | 47.4% | 2 | 1,335 | 27.6% | 1 | 1,211 | 25.0% | 1 |
| Tokyo | 24,000 | 61.5% | 8 | 11,444 | 29.3% | 3 | 3,603 | 9.2% | 1 |
| Tottori | 3,363 | 60.4% | 3 | 1,496 | 26.8% | 1 | 713 | 12.8% | 0 |
| Toyama | 16,642 | 68.3% | 6 | 5,318 | 21.8% | 2 | 2,408 | 9.9% | 1 |
| Wakayama | 5,130 | 79.8% | 4 | 696 | 10.8% | 0 | 603 | 9.4% | 0 |
| Yamagata | 2,220 | 26.0% | 1 | 663 | 7.8% | 0 | 5,653 | 66.2% | 4 |
| Yamaguchi | 13,023 | 95.0% | 6 | 359 | 2.6% | 0 | 323 | 2.4% | 0 |
| Yamanashi | 2,848 | 61.9% | 3 | 1,255 | 27.3% | 1 | 496 | 10.8% | 0 |
| Total | 393,899 | 60.2% | 197 | 163,582 | 25.0% | 67 | 96,861 | 14.8% | 36 |
References
[edit]- ↑ Shinzō Abe to Succeed Koizumi as Japan's Next Prime Minister[link removed] 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.
- 1 2 3 政治情報ノート 自民党総裁選 [Political Information Notebook: LDP Presidential Election] (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 May 2026.
- ↑ 開票結果 [Vote counting results] (in Japanese). Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ 政治情報ノート 自民党総裁選 [Political Information Notebook: LDP Presidential Election] (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 May 2026.
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