2008 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

2008 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election
22 September 2008
 
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Candidate Tarō Asō Kaoru Yosano Yuriko Koike
LDP MPs 217 64 46
Party members 134 2 0
Total 351 66 46
 
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Candidate Nobuteru Ishihara Shigeru Ishiba
LDP MPs 36 21
Party members 1 4
Total 37 25
President before election

Yasuo Fukuda

 Elected President

Tarō Asō

The 2008 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election was held on 22 September 2008 after the current party leader and Prime Minister of Japan Yasuo Fukuda announced that he would resign on 1 September 2008, only 11 months after taking office on 25 September 2007 following a leadership election on 23 September 2007.

Tarō Asō, who had lost to Shinzo Abe in the 2006 leadership election and then again lost to Fukuda in 2007, was widely seen as the frontrunner to replace him.[1] Asō announced on 2 September 2008 he was ready to take over as party leader.[2]

Asō won the leadership election against four other candidates, winning 67% of the vote.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Japanese prime minister resigns - International Herald Tribune". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
  2. ↑ BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japan's Aso 'ready for PM role'
  3. ↑ "Aso elected LDP head" Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine, The Yomiuri Shimbun, 22 September 2008.
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