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2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

2018 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election

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Candidate Shinzo Abe Shigeru Ishiba
Leader's seat Yamaguchi 4th Tottori 1st
LDP MPs 329 (81.84%) 73 (18.16%)
Members 224 (55.31%) 181 (44.69%)
Total votes 553 (68.53%) 254 (31.47%)

Election results

President before election

Shinzo Abe

Elected President

Shinzo Abe

A presidential election was held on 20 September 2018 to elect the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan for a new 3-year term. Incumbent president Shinzo Abe was running for re-election after a rule change in 2017 that allowed him to run for a third term.[1]

Abe's subsequent victory[2] led to him staying as prime minister for just under two years. In this time, on 22 November 2019, he broke the record for the nation's longest-serving prime ministership previously held by Taro Katsura, who had served three times between 1901 and 1913. He also served the longest uninterrupted term by 24 August 2020, ahead of Eisaku Satō's 2,797 days, before resigning four days later.

  1. ^ "Abe could become Japan's longest serving premier". Al Jazeera. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Japan's Shinzo Abe wins ruling party leadership vote". Al Jazeera. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

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