2006 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

2006 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election
20 September 2006
 
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Candidate Shinzo Abe Tarō Asō Sadakazu Tanigaki
LDP MPs 267 69 66
Party members 197 67 36
Total 464 136 102
President before election

Junichiro Koizumi

 Elected President

Shinzo Abe

The 2006 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election was held on 20 September 2006 after the current party leader and Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi announced his plans to resign, a year after he led the party to landslide victory in the 2005 snap general election.

Shinzo Abe won the election.[1] However he resigned a year later, causing the another leadership election for the next year. The other candidates were Sadakazu Tanigaki and Tarō Asō. Yasuo Fukuda was originally the frontrunner, but he chose not to run.[2]

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