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The election process for the President of the LDP is established in the "Rules for the Election of President of the Party". In order to officially qualify as a candidate in the election, a candidate must be an LDP member of the National Diet and must receive a nomination from at least 20 fellow LDP Diet members.
Among the women floated for the Sept. 27 LDP presidential election is Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, 63, a veteran LDP politician likened to the U.K.’s Margaret Thatcher. Takaichi ...
The LDP selects its leader via a two-round election involving both LDP members of the Diet and dues-paying party members from across Japan. [10] In the first round, all LDP members of the Diet cast one vote while party member votes are translated proportionally into votes equaling the other half of the total ballots. [10]
“The results were extremely severe,” LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters. ... Such a move would dash Kishida’s hope for running in the party presidential race in September ...
The election was held one month after Ishiba took office as prime minister, after winning a heated contest in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election on 27 September, following the resignation of Fumio Kishida as party leader due to his low approval rating amid the party-wide slush fund corruption scandal.
The LDP has held sole control of the chamber since it returned to power in 2012 after three years in opposition. Japan's ruling LDP at risk of losing majority in election, polls show Skip to main ...
The president of the Liberal Democratic Party (自由民主党総裁, Jiyū-Minshutō Sōsai) is the highest position within Japan's Liberal Democratic Party.The current holder of the position is Prime Minister of Japan, Shigeru Ishiba, who was elected to the position on 27 September 2024, following his victory in the party's presidential election.
In the run up to the 2024 Japanese general election, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous general election, held on 31 October 2021 to 27 October 2024.