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.
Background 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, and this election had attracted a lot of attention as it was expected to change power in the upcoming general election.
Candidates At first, it seemed to be a battle centered on the incumbent Tanigaki who showed strong desire for re-election, but as mentioned earlier, it became a presidential election to elect a leading candidate for "next prime minister," so many lawmakers showed their willingness. It was described as a different aspect from the previous factional elections, and "the decline in the power of factions was highlighted".
Declared Candidate(s) Date of birth Current position Party faction Electoral district Shinzo Abe Member of the House of Representatives Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (Machimura) Yamaguchi 4th Shigeru Ishiba Member of the House of Representatives Tottori 1st Nobuteru Ishihara Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic PartyMember of the House of Representatives Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai (Yamasaki) Tokyo 8th Nobutaka Machimura Member of the House of Representatives Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (Machimura) Hokkaido 5th Yoshimasa Hayashi Member of the House of Councillors Kōchikai (Koga) Yamaguchi at-large
Withdrawn Candidate(s) Date of birth Current positions Party faction Electoral District Sadakazu Tanigaki President of the Liberal Democratic PartyMember of the House of Representatives Kōchikai (Koga) Kyoto 5th
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 CandidatesShinzo AbeShigeru IshibaNobuteru IshiharaNobutaka MachimuraYoshimasa HayashiBanchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo10000Heisei Kenkyūkai33700Ikōkai13100Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai11510Kōchikai024015Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai602180Shisuikai12001No faction79114
Results + Full resultCandidate1st Round2nd RoundDiet membersParty membersTotalDiet membersVotes%Popular votes%Allocated votes%Votes%Votes% Shinzo Abe 54 27.41% 140,668 28.63% 87 29.00% 141 28.37% 108 54.82% Shigeru Ishiba 34 17.26% 233,376 47.50% 165 55.00% 199 40.04% 89 45.18% Nobuteru Ishihara 58 29.44% 74,552 15.17% 38 12.67% 96 19.32%colspan="3" Nobutaka Machimura 27 13.71% 26,463 5.39% 7 2.33% 34 6.84%colspan="3" Yoshimasa Hayashi 24 12.18% 16,246 3.31% 3 1.00% 27 5.43%colspan="3" Total 197 100.00% 491,305100.00% 300 100.00% 497 100.00% 197 100.00%Valid votes19799.49%491,30599.57%300100.00%49799.80%19799.49%Invalid and blank votes10.51%2,1330.43%00.00%10.20%10.51%Turnout198100.00%493,43862.51%300100.00%498100.00%198100.00%Registered voters198100.00%789,348100.00%300100.00%498100.00%198100.00%
Ishiba overtook the other candidates to take first place, but failed to win a majority of the votes and ended up in a runoff vote with Abe, the runner-up. As a result of the runoff vote, Abe reversed Ishiba and was elected.
Results of Party Members' Votes by Prefectures (First Round) + Results of Party Members' Votes by PrefecturesPrefecturesShigeru IshibaShinzo AbeNobuteru IshiharaNobutaka MachimuraYoshimasa HayashiVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Aichi10,21051.6%56,05630.6%32,29911.6%18834.4%03531.8%0Akita2,63857.7%391720.0%171115.5%02375.2%0731.6%0Aomori2,91147.9%31,09418.0%11,23520.3%171911.8%01182.0%0Chiba5,77351.0%42,80624.8%21,80115.9%17456.6%01991.7%0Ehime5,65745.4%44,99540.0%31,24810.0%03883.1%01851.5%0Fukui2,48542.2%22,62744.6%33355.7%03926.7%0480.8%0Fukuoka3,41633.0%24,55544.0%31,51514.6%11971.9%06736.5%0Fukushima3,97054.6%41,05814.5%186911.9%01,28217.6%11001.4%0Gifu9,33941.9%56,88530.9%35,16323.2%26552.9%02501.1%0Gunma6,77455.9%52,22418.3%12,57521.2%13973.3%01611.3%0Hiroshima5,69237.4%35,36135.2%33,00619.8%21971.3%09596.3%0Hokkaido6,21934.4%33,70720.5%21,0946.1%06,89038.1%41670.9%0Hyōgo5,44653.2%43,57735.0%27787.6%02722.7%01581.5%0Ibaraki15,16973.6%81,9449.4%12,92314.2%13411.7%02241.1%0Ishikawa4,53536.3%33,39427.2%22,37119.0%11,94015.5%12502.0%0Iwate1,04541.6%244817.8%173829.3%12078.2%0773.1%0Kagawa4,07741.5%32,58426.3%11,54515.8%12332.4%01,37814.0%1Kagoshima2,99736.3%31,89122.9%12,72633.0%22382.9%04004.9%0Kanagawa11,09348.5%58,77438.4%42,1779.5%15152.2%03151.4%0Kōchi3,67684.8%445610.5%0942.2%0400.9%0701.6%0Kumamoto4,41443.7%32,49624.7%22,42224.0%21501.5%06146.1%0Kyoto3,18048.4%32,42536.9%268010.4%01472.2%01382.1%0Mie3,39167.5%498119.5%14058.1%0941.9%01523.0%0Miyagi2,37144.7%21,66131.3%279915.1%13055.8%01663.1%0Miyazaki3,42349.6%42,52236.6%276811.1%0961.4%0911.3%0Nagano3,97960.8%31,11817.1%11,00315.3%13525.4%0881.4%0Nagasaki3,94040.3%33,10531.8%31,07010.9%17297.5%09329.5%0Nara1,12929.0%11,50638.7%21,14629.4%1711.8%0411.1%0Niigata6,11844.8%45,67141.6%31,2058.8%04253.1%02271.7%0Ōita2,51635.4%22,75638.7%25377.5%01,16116.3%11462.1%0Okayama4,14947.4%33,43639.3%37128.1%02713.1%01832.1%0Okinawa1,10760.5%320411.1%032717.9%11407.6%0532.9%0Osaka8,32146.7%46,91738.8%41,96211.0%13532.0%02761.5%0Saga2,13745.8%21,47731.6%179217.0%11062.3%01553.3%0Saitama7,09952.1%53,71427.3%21,79713.2%17075.2%03072.2%0Shiga2,68749.2%31,49027.3%11,07519.7%11232.2%0881.6%0Shimane4,29245.2%31,13812.0%13,20533.8%27688.1%0910.9%0Shizuoka8,47450.3%55,01729.8%21,99711.9%17924.7%05513.3%0Tochigi3,75648.5%31,37017.7%12,29529.7%11662.1%01522.0%0Tokushima2,56584.8%42999.9%01314.3%0170.6%0130.4%0Tokyo18,77546.6%89,00822.3%410,18925.3%41,3853.4%09502.4%0Tottori6,33496.4%51842.8%0280.4%0130.2%0100.2%0Toyama8,69352.5%54,17925.2%22,06712.5%19856.0%06353.8%0Wakayama1,37624.9%12,97653.8%390216.3%1581.1%02183.9%0Yamagata3,68168.8%564512.1%065212.2%01172.2%02534.7%0Yamaguchi5504.9%08,16472.1%5850.7%0350.3%02,48922.0%1Yamanashi1,79736.3%285617.3%01,09822.2%11292.6%01,06921.6%1Total233,37647.5%165140,66828.6%8774,55215.2%3826,4635.4%716,2463.3%3
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