2006 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election

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, Bloomberg (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.Mori faction unease mounts / Ex-premier stumped over Abe, Fukuda and party leadership race Daily Yomiuri 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.Abe elected as new Japan premier, BBC News. Accessed 26 September 2006.

Candidates Declared Candidate(s) Date of birth Current position Party faction Electoral district Shinzo Abe Chief Cabinet SecretaryMember of the House of Representatives Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (Mori) Yamaguchi 4th Tarō Asō Minister for Foreign AffairsMember of the House of Representatives Daiyukai (Kōno) Fukuoka 8th Sadakazu Tanigaki Minister of FinanceMember of the House of Representatives (Tanigaki) 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 AbeTarō AsōSadakazu Tanigaki200Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo311Heisei Kenkyūkai341Daiyukai050Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai313Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai310221Shisuikai4200013No faction041

Results + Full resultCandidateDiet membersParty membersTotal points Votes % Popular votes % Allocated votes % Votes %Shinzo Abe 26766.42% 393,899 60.20% 19765.67% 46466.10%Tarō Asō 6917.16% 163,582 25.00% 6722.33% 13619.37%Sadakazu Tanigaki 6616.42% 96,861 14.80% 3612.00% 10214.53%Total402100.00%654,342100.00%300100.00%702100.00%Valid votes40299.75%654,342300100.00%70299.86%Invalid and blank votes10.25%00.00%10.14%Turnout403100.00%300100.00%703100.00%Registered voters403100.00%300100.00%703100.00%

Results of Party Members' Votes by Prefectures + Results of Party Members' Votes by PrefecturesPrefecturesShinzo AbeTarō AsōSadakazu TanigakiVotes%Votes%Votes%Aichi14,38752.0%69,44834.1%33,84113.9%1Akita4,94666.1%41,82124.3%17159.6%0Aomori3,09450.0%32,61742.3%24757.7%0Chiba6,92457.1%44,10433.8%21,1059.1%0Ehime14,71662.6%64,17717.8%14,59719.6%2Fukui5,82267.7%42,02823.6%17538.7%0Fukuoka2,28115.8%111,61180.5%55313.7%0Fukushima7,44269.2%51,95718.2%11,35812.6%0Gifu14,88057.9%57,99331.1%32,81611.0%1Gunma9,87867.6%52,92620.0%11,81012.4%1Hiroshima20,16372.6%74,85217.5%12,7399.9%1Hokkaido12,83157.9%54,98822.5%24,33619.6%2Hyōgo10,62369.2%52,78518.1%11,95612.7%1Ibaraki14,86553.0%611,20139.9%51,9797.1%0Ishikawa15,98980.7%72,37712.0%11,4437.3%0Iwate4,43661.7%42,11829.4%16428.9%0Kagawa8,91468.5%42,18416.8%11,90814.7%1Kagoshima6,70851.8%42,75221.3%13,48826.9%2Kanagawa15,40856.0%610,04736.5%32,0517.5%0Kōchi3,16446.9%21,30319.3%12,28033.8%2Kumamoto6,22557.1%42,45622.5%12,23020.4%1Kyoto3,94831.9%26335.1%07,78563.0%4Mie4,18550.2%31,71120.6%12,43429.2%1Miyagi6,46773.2%41,39215.7%197711.1%0Miyazaki3,50651.9%32,72740.4%25247.7%0Nagano6,70469.8%41,67617.4%11,22912.8%0Nagasaki5,30048.5%34,91344.9%37236.6%0Nara3,30556.8%364211.0%01,87132.2%1Niigata9,53855.1%43,72021.5%14,05223.4%2Ōita4,14245.0%24,48948.8%35726.2%0Okayama6,81354.0%41,68413.4%04,10532.6%2Okinawa1,39269.8%330415.3%029714.9%0Osaka12,87560.0%56,47230.2%32,0929.8%0Saga3,08943.8%23,18545.2%377811.0%0Saitama13,64573.3%73,06716.5%11,89810.2%0Shiga5,53558.4%31,11811.8%02,82329.8%2Shimane8,95568.0%52,83921.6%11,37710.4%0Shizuoka15,16368.7%63,32215.0%13,60016.3%1Tochigi6,12266.9%41,37715.0%01,66118.1%1Tokushima2,29347.4%21,33527.6%11,21125.0%1Tokyo24,00061.5%811,44429.3%33,6039.2%1Tottori3,36360.4%31,49626.8%171312.8%0Toyama16,64268.3%65,31821.8%22,4089.9%1Wakayama5,13079.8%469610.8%06039.4%0Yamagata2,22026.0%16637.8%05,65366.2%4Yamaguchi13,02395.0%63592.6%03232.4%0Yamanashi2,84861.9%31,25527.3%149610.8%0Total393,89960.2%197163,58225.0%6796,86114.8%36

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