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The 2006 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election was held on 20 September 2006 after the incumbent party leader and Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi announced his intention to resign, a year after he led the party to landslide victory in the 2005 snap general election.
Shinzo Abe won the election, (only to resign a year later triggering another leadership election). His chief competitors for the position were Sadakazu Tanigaki and Tarō Asō. 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. Abe was subsequently elected Prime Minister with 339 of 475 votes in the National Diet's lower house and a majority in the upper house.
Candidates
Declared
| Candidate(s) | Date of birth | Current position | Party faction | Electoral district | |
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(1954-09-21)21 September 1954 (age 51) |
Member of the House of Representatives (since 1993) Chief Cabinet Secretary (since 2005) Previous offices held |
Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (Machimura) |
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(1940-09-20)20 September 1940 (age 66) |
Member of the House of Representatives (1979–1983, since 1986) Minister for Foreign Affairs (since 2005) Previous offices held |
Ikōkai (Asō) |
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(1945-03-07)7 March 1945 (age 61) |
Member of the House of Representatives (since 1983) Minister of Finance (since 2003) Other offices |
Kōchikai (Koga) |
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Results
| Candidate | Diet members | Party members | Total | ||||
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| Votes | % | Allocated votes |
% | Votes | % | ||
| Shinzo Abe | 267 | 66.4% | 197 | 65.7% | 464 | 66.1% | |
| Tarō Asō | 69 | 17.2% | 67 | 22.3% | 136 | 19.4% | |
| Sadakazu Tanigaki | 66 | 16.4% | 36 | 12.0% | 102 | 14.5% | |
| Grand Total | 402 | 100.0% | 300 | 100.0% | 702 | 100.0% | |
References
- Shinzō Abe to Succeed Koizumi as Japan's Next Prime Minister Bloomberg
- Mori faction unease mounts / Ex-premier stumped over Abe, Fukuda and party leadership race Daily Yomiuri
- Abe elected as new Japan premier, BBC News. Accessed 26 September 2006.
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