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2012 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

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2012 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election

 2009 26 September 2012 2015 
 
Candidate Shinzo Abe Shigeru Ishiba Nobuteru Ishihara
Leader's seat Yamaguchi 4th Tottori 1st Tokyo 8th
First round 141 (28.37%) 199 (40.04%) 96 (19.32%)
Runoff vote 108 (54.82%) 89 (45.18%) Eliminated


President before election

Sadakazu Tanigaki

Elected President

Shinzo Abe

A presidential election was held on 26 September 2012 to elect the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party for a new 3-year term.

The leadership election was held on September 26, 2012, when Sadakazu Tanigaki's term of office expired. Three years after last general election, support for the ruling Democratic Party had been weak. Tanigaki decided not to run for re-election, even though he wished to run again before.[1]

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was elected president again, having served as LDP president from 2006 to 2007.

Candidates

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Declared

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Candidate(s) Date of birth Current position Party faction Electoral district
Shinzo Abe
21 September 1954
(age 58)
Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1993)
Previous offices held
Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai
(Machimura)
Yamaguchi 4th
Shigeru Ishiba
4 February 1957
(age 55)
Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1986)
Previous offices held
None
Tottori 1st
Nobuteru Ishihara
17 April 1957
(age 55)
Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1990)
Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
(since 2010)
Previous offices held
Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai
(Yamasaki)
Tokyo 8th
Nobutaka Machimura
17 October 1944
(age 67)
Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1983)
Previous offices held
Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai
(Machimura)
Hokkaido 5th
Yoshimasa Hayashi
19 January 1961
(age 51)
Member of the House of Councillors
(since 1995)
Previous offices held
Kōchikai
(Koga)
Yamaguchi at-large

Withdrawn

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Candidate(s) Date of birth Current positions Party faction Electoral District
Sadakazu Tanigaki
7 March 1945
(age 67)
President of the Liberal Democratic Party
(since 2009)
Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1983)
Kōchikai
(Koga)
Kyoto 5th

References

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  1. "自民総裁選、地方票集め混戦模様に". 日本経済新聞 電子版 (in Japanese). 14 September 2012. Retrieved 2020-08-05.