2018 Democratic Party for the People leadership election

The 2018 Democratic Party for the People leadership election was held on 4 September 2018. It was the party's first leadership election since its formation in May 2018 from the merger of the Democratic Party and the majority faction of Kibō no Tō. The race was held to choose a successor to interim leaders Yuichiro Tamaki and Kohei Otsuka. The elected leader was slated to serve a 3-year term.

2018 Democratic Party for the People leadership election

4 September 2018

Candidate Yuichiro Tamaki Keisuke Tsumura Points 204 74 Caucus 41 18

Leader before election Yuichiro Tamaki Kohei Otsuka Elected Leader Yuichiro Tamaki

Interim co-leader Tamaki won the leadership election by a large margin against Representative Keisuke Tsumura.

Candidates

Running

• Yuichiro Tamaki, member of the House of Representatives for Kagawa 2nd district and interim party co-leader.
• Keisuke Tsumura, member of the House of Representatives for Chūgoku proportional representation block and former Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office.

Results

Voting results

Candidates	Total points	Caucus	Endorsed candidates	Local councillors	Party members & supporters
Yūichirō Tamaki	204pts (73.38%)	41 (82pts)	16 (16pts)	407 (51pts)	17,793 (55pts)
Keisuke Tsumura	74pts (26.62%)	18 (36pts)	2 (2pts)	157 (20pts)	5,457 (16pts)
Invalid votes	-	2	0	6	294
Total	278pts (100%)	59 (118pts)	18 (18pts)	570 (71pts)	23,544 (71pts)