2007 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

2007 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election
23 September 2007
 
Candidate Yasuo Fukuda Tarō Asō
LDP MPs 254 132
Party members 76 65
Total 330 197
President before election

Shinzō Abe

 Elected President

Yasuo Fukuda

The 2007 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election was held on 23 September 2007 after the incumbent party leader and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe announced that he would resign on 12 September 2007. Abe had only been elected to the post slightly less than a year earlier; his resignation came only three days after a new parliamentary session had begun. Abe said his unpopularity was hindering the passage of an anti-terrorism law, involving among other things Japan's continued military presence in Afghanistan. Party officials also said the embattled Prime Minister was suffering from poor health.

Fukuda defeated Asō in the election, receiving 330 votes against 197 votes for Asō.

Since the LDP had an absolute majority in the lower house, Fukuda became Prime Minister on 25 September 2007. His principal rival, Tarō Asō, later succeeded him as prime minister after Fukuda's resignation in September 2008.

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