2006 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2006 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election

| country = Japan

| type = presidential

| vote_type = Caucus

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2003 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

| previous_year = 2003

| next_election = 2007 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

| next_year = 2007

| election_date = 20 September 2006

| 1blank = LDP MPs

| 2blank = Party members

| 3blank = Total

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Shinzō Abe 20060926 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| color1 = 438C15

| candidate1 = Shinzo Abe

| 1data1 = 267

| 2data1 = 197

| 3data1 = 464

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Tarō Asō 20100714 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| color2 = F2BA42

| candidate2 = Tarō Asō

| 1data2 = 69

| 2data2 = 67

| 3data2 = 136

| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Tanigaki Sadakazu 1-1.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| color3 = CC0033

| candidate3 = Sadakazu Tanigaki

| 1data3 = 66

| 2data3 = 36

| 3data3 = 102

| title = President

| before_election = Junichiro Koizumi

| after_election = Shinzo Abe

}}

{{Politics of Japan}}

The 2006 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election was held on 20 September 2006 after the incumbent party leader and Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi announced his intention to resign, a year after he led the party to landslide victory in the 2005 snap general election.

Shinzo Abe won the election,[https://archive.today/20120629234938/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aQXCE0ePJ5Xs&refer=japan Shinzō Abe to Succeed Koizumi as Japan's Next Prime Minister] Bloomberg (only to resign a year later triggering another leadership election). His chief competitors for the position were Sadakazu Tanigaki and Tarō Asō. Yasuo Fukuda was a leading early contender, but ultimately chose not to run. Former Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori, to whose faction both Abe and Fukuda belonged, stated that the faction strongly leant toward Abe.[http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20060530TDY03005.htm Mori faction unease mounts / Ex-premier stumped over Abe, Fukuda and party leadership race] Daily Yomiuri Abe was subsequently elected Prime Minister with 339 of 475 votes in the National Diet's lower house and a majority in the upper house.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5380366.stm Abe elected as new Japan premier], BBC News. Accessed 26 September 2006.