2006 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

A presidential election was held in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan on 20 September 2006 after the incumbent party leader and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced his intention to resign, a year after he led the party to victory in a snap election. Shinzō 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 Taro Aso. 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 Diet's lower house and a majority in the upper house.[3]

2006 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election

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Candidate Shinzō Abe Tarō Asō Sadakazu Tanigaki
LDP MPs 267 69 66
Party members 197 67 36
Total 464 136 102

President before election

Junichiro Koizumi

Elected President

Shinzō Abe

Candidates

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Declared

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Candidate(s) Date of birth Current position Party faction Electoral district
 
Shinzo Abe
(1954-09-21)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)
 
Yamaguchi 4th district
 
Tarō Asō
(1940-09-20)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)
 
Fukuoka 8th district
 
Sadakazu Tanigaki
(1945-03-07)7 March 1945
(age 61)
Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1983)
Minister of Finance
(since 2003)
Kōchikai
(Koga)
 
Kyoto 5th district

Results

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Full result
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

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