2012 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

2012 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election

26 September 2012
 
Candidate Shinzo Abe Shigeru Ishiba Nobuteru Ishihara
Leader's seat Yamaguchi 4th Tottori 1st Tokyo 8th
First round 141 (28.37%) 199 (40.04%) 96 (19.32%)
Runoff vote 108 (54.82%) 89 (45.18%) Eliminated


President before election

Sadakazu Tanigaki

Elected President

Shinzo Abe

A presidential election was held on 26 September 2012 to elect the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party for a new 3-year term.