2009 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election

A presidential election was held in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan on 28 September 2009 after the incumbent party leader and outgoing Prime Minister of Japan Tarō Asō announced that he would resign after losing badly in the general election held on 30 August 2009. Asō announced on 8 September he would resign on 16 September 2009,Aso to resign as LDP chief on Sept. 16 which he did as planned.Taro Aso resigns as LDP president - People's Daily Online

Candidates In order to run in the election, a candidate must have the support of at least twenty LDP MPs. Since there are 387 LDP Diet members and 141 prefectural LDP representatives (three for each of the 47 prefectural chapters), there is a total of 528 votes.

Former finance minister Sadakazu Tanigaki announced on 13 September 2009 he would stand in the election. Tanigaki had also been a candidate in the 2006 leadership election, where he came in third place behind Shinzō Abe and Tarō Asō. Yasutoshi Nishimura and Taro Kono (son of former LDP leader Yōhei Kōno) are the other two announced candidates.3 candidates announce candidacies for LDP president election - People's Daily Online

Agriculture minister Shigeru Ishiba was also considered a possible candidate, but he did not stand.Japan's former finance minister to run for LDP chief election - People's Daily Online

Declared Candidate(s) Date of birth Current position Party faction Electoral district Sadakazu Tanigaki Member of the House of Representatives Kōchikai (Koga) Kyoto 5th Taro Kono Member of the House of Representatives Ikōkai (Asō) Kanagawa 15th Yasutoshi Nishimura Member of the House of Representatives Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (Machimura) Hyōgo 9th

Supporters Recommenders Party regulations require candidates to have the written support at least 20 Diet members, known as recommenders, to run.

Number of recommenders by factions CandidatesSadakazu TanigakiTaro KonoYasutoshi Nishimura100Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo101Heisei Kenkyūkai433Ikōkai130Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai432Kōchikai201Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai5410Shisuikai102No faction171

Campaign A public debate was held on 19 September 2009.LDP candidates hold debate ahead of party presidential election - People's Daily Online Tanigaki was elected with 300 of 498 ballots.Sadakazu Tanigaki elected president of Japan's main opposition LDP - People's Daily Online

Results + Full resultCandidateDiet membersParty membersTotal points Votes % Popular votes % Allocated votes % Votes %Sadakazu Tanigaki 12060.60% 265,926 53.22% 18060.00% 30060.24%Taro Kono3517.68% 184,504 36.93% 10936.33% 14428.92%Yasutoshi Nishimura4321.72% 49,208 9.85% 113.67% 5410.84%Total198100.00%499,638100.00%300100.00%498100.00%Valid votes19899.50%499,63899.02%300100.00%49899.80%Invalid and blank votes10.50%4,9400.98%0100.00%10.20%Turnout199100.00%504,57846.65%300100.00%499100.00%Registered voters199100.00%1,081,676100.00%300100.00%499100.00%

Results of Party Members' Votes by Prefectures + Results of Party Members' Votes by PrefecturesPrefecturesSadakazu TanigakiTaro KonoYasutoshi NishimuraVotes%Votes%Votes%Aichi10,18749.0%59,01443.3%51,5957.7%0Akita2,54855.3%31,67236.3%23868.4%0Aomori4,74261.4%41,79923.3%11,17815.3%0Chiba5,05650.9%34,23542.6%36516.5%0Ehime7,36555.7%54,81936.5%31,0287.8%0Fukui3,81966.2%41,58127.4%13696.4%0Fukuoka7,10356.1%54,22133.4%21,33410.5%0Fukushima3,68858.3%32,01831.9%26179.8%0Gifu11,43857.3%66,66533.4%31,8609.3%0Gunma5,11352.7%33,94240.7%36366.6%0Hiroshima8,85145.7%48,82945.6%41,6868.7%0Hokkaido8,58051.2%56,79540.6%31,3788.2%0Hyōgo5,72839.4%33,91427.0%24,88133.6%3Ibaraki11,30647.7%510,10742.6%52,3029.7%1Ishikawa5,68844.2%33,43926.7%23,73529.1%2Iwate2,28158.6%31,36034.9%22556.5%0Kagawa5,65358.3%43,42535.4%26146.3%0Kagoshima6,19965.7%52,65628.2%25776.1%0Kanagawa5,59325.2%215,86271.5%77213.3%0Kōchi3,58177.3%460613.1%04479.6%0Kumamoto4,92765.8%42,09127.9%24736.3%0Kyoto7,73485.4%51,14912.7%01711.9%0Mie3,61263.4%41,58627.8%15018.8%0Miyagi2,86042.4%23,06545.4%382512.2%0Miyazaki1,98039.6%21,12222.5%11,89537.9%2Nagano3,70353.6%32,73139.6%24706.8%0Nagasaki4,75060.7%52,58032.9%25016.4%0Nara2,43364.5%31,04327.6%12977.9%0Niigata5,62551.3%34,49541.0%38427.7%0Ōita3,98659.5%41,94729.0%176811.5%0Okayama5,25457.1%42,68929.2%21,26413.7%0Okinawa1,18147.9%283333.8%145318.3%1Osaka10,55353.9%57,40937.9%41,6038.2%0Saga2,93564.6%41,29828.6%13116.8%0Saitama6,21647.1%46,02745.7%49567.2%0Shiga4,12466.7%41,64626.6%14126.7%0Shimane6,45875.9%51,48517.5%15666.6%0Shizuoka8,35451.7%56,36339.3%31,4549.0%0Tochigi4,67155.3%33,28739.0%24825.7%0Tokushima3,67261.1%31,99933.2%23425.7%0Tokyo19,79845.4%718,98243.6%74,77311.0%1Tottori3,49475.9%389319.4%12194.7%0Toyama9,25765.4%63,89527.5%21,0027.1%0Wakayama1,53733.6%12,85962.6%31743.8%0Yamagata4,45577.4%41,06818.5%12344.1%0Yamaguchi4,41148.0%33,08633.6%21,69118.4%1Yamanashi3,42760.9%31,91734.1%22795.0%0Total265,92653.2%180184,50436.9%10949,2089.9%11

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