2006 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election

A leadership 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 leadership election
20 September 2006
 
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

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Results
CandidatesMembersPartyTotal
Shinzō Abe267197464
Sadakazu Tanigaki6636102
Tarō Asō6967136
Grand Total402300702

References
  1. Shinzō Abe to Succeed Koizumi as Japan's Next Prime Minister Bloomberg
  2. Mori faction unease mounts / Ex-premier stumped over Abe, Fukuda and party leadership race Daily Yomiuri
  3. Abe elected as new Japan premier, BBC News. Accessed 26 September 2006.


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