2015 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election - Wikipedia

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2015 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election

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Candidate Shinzo Abe Leader's seat Yamaguchi 4th LDP MPs Unopposed Members Unopposed Total votes Unopposed

President before election Shinzo Abe Elected President Shinzo Abe

A presidential election was scheduled to be held on 20 September 2015 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.

As no other candidates besides Abe received enough nominations to contest the position, Abe was declared re-elected on 8 September 2015 without a vote.^[1]

The presidential election was scheduled to be held on 20 September 2015. However, there were no candidates other than the incumbent Shinzo Abe. Abe was therefore declared re-elected without a vote on 8 September 2015. ^[2]

In addition to Abe, Seiko Noda, a former member of the Liberal Democratic Party's General Affairs Council, expressed her willingness to run, but failed to attract 20 endorsements and announced on the announcement day that she would give up running.^[3]

Candidate(s)	Date of birth	Notable positions	Party faction(s)	District(s)
Shinzo Abe		21 September 1954 (age 60)	President of the LDP (2006–2007, since 2012) Prime Minister (2006–2007, since 2012) Member of the House of Representatives (since 1993) Chief Cabinet Secretary (2005–2006)	None	Yamaguchi 4th

• Seiko Noda.

• 

  Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
  Seiko Noda
  (2008–2009)

List of Supporters ^{[citation needed]}

Candidates	Shinzo Abe[4]
Leader of Supporters	Takeo Kawamura
Supporters	Yoshitami Kameoka Junji Suzuki Ryū Shionoya Naomi Tokashiki Kenji Wakamiya Minoru Terada Noriko Miyagawa Hiroshi Moriyama Hiromichi Kumada Keitaro Ohno Ken Saitō Yasuhiro Ozato Takamori Yoshikawa Emiko Takashina Yuhei Yamashita Yoshihiko Isozaki Yaichi Nakahara Yusuke Nakanishi Michiko Ueno

Abe was re-elected without a vote.