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The 2024 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election was held on 27 September 2024 to elect the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan for a three-year term.
Incumbent LDP President and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on 14 August that he would not run for re-election, amid record-low approval ratings following controversy over a slush fund scandal involving the party factions Seiwakai and Shisuikai, both of which disbanded in January 2024. Kishida's Kōchikai also disbanded. Approval ratings were also mired by the party's affiliations with the Unification Church.[2][3][4][5]
The 2024 presidential election was the first since the abolition of most of the party's factions in the wake of the slush fund scandal, which led to commentators describing the election's outcome as unusually volatile and unpredictable.[6] Nine candidates ran for the presidency, a record number.[7] At the beginning of the official campaign period, Former Minister of Defense Shigeru Ishiba, former Minister of the Environment Shinjirō Koizumi and Minister of State for Economic Security Sanae Takaichi emerged as the three top front-runners based on polling. Ishiba and Koizumi were described as the "centrists" of the election,[8][9][10] while Takaichi was described as a "staunch conservative."[11]
Ishiba narrowly defeated Takaichi in a runoff, and was confirmed by the Diet as the next Prime Minister four days later on 1 October.[12][13] Ishiba's victory was described by commentators as unexpected and an upset, owing to his past leadership bid failures as well as his prior unpopularity with many LDP members of the Diet.[14]
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- ^ "河野太郎氏、自民総裁選出馬に意欲 麻生太郎氏に伝達". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
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- ^ "【速報中】自民党新総裁に石破氏 決選投票で高市氏破る". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 27 September 2024. Archived from the original on 30 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "【詳報】自民新総裁に石破茂氏「野党と論戦した上で審判受ける」". 朝日新聞 (in Japanese). 27 September 2024. Archived from the original on 30 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Ninivagi, Gabriele. "Ishiba wins: An unusual result for an unusual election". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 30 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.