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In late June 2009 there were rumours of a planned election date in early August 2009. [11] In prefectural elections in Tokyo, the LDP again lost a lot of seats and was for the first time since 1965 not the largest party in the prefectural assembly. The next day, Aso confirmed these rumours by calling for an election on August 30, 2009. [12]
District results in the Tōhoku block District Incumbent Party Status Results (only winner & runner-up) Aomori 1: Yūji Tsushima: LDP Retired DPJ pickup Hokuto Yokoyama (DPJ) 44.5% Jun Tsushima (I – Kōmeitō) 30.3% Aomori 2: Akinori Eto: LDP Reelected Akinori Eto (LDP) 54.0% Noriko Nakanowatari (DPJ) 40.1% Aomori 3: Tadamori Ōshima: LDP ...
Prefectural elections for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly were held on 12 July 2009. In the runup to the Japanese general election due by October they were seen as an important test for Taro Aso's ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the New Komeito. New Komeito considers Tokyo as an important stronghold and had repeatedly ...
Prime minister Shigeru Ishiba called the snap election to try and secure a strong mandate from the public after a damaging corruption scandal – but Monday morning’s results have done the opposite
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That was down from the 279 seats they held previously and marked the coalition's worst election result since it briefly lost power in 2009. "This election has been very tough for us," a sombre ...
The LDP has ruled Japan for almost all of its post-war history and the result marked its worst election since it briefly lost power in 2009 to a precursor of the CDPJ. SCANDAL-TAINTED
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 Tarō Kōno (son of former LDP leader Yōhei Kōno) are the other two announced ...