2024 Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan presidential election

2024 Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan presidential election

23 September 2024

740 points for the first round
371 points needed to avoid a runoff
 
Candidate Yoshihiko Noda Yukio Edano
Seat Chiba 4th Saitama 5th
First round 267 (36.18%) 206 (27.91%)
Runoff 232 (56.31%) 180 (43.69%)

 
Candidate Kenta Izumi Harumi Yoshida
Seat Kyoto 3rd Tokyo 8th
First round 143 (19.38%) 122 (16.53%)
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Leader before election

Kenta Izumi

Elected Leader

Yoshihiko Noda

The 2024 Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan presidential election took place on 23 September 2024, electing the next president of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan for a 3-year term at the expiration of the current party leader Kenta Izumi's term. The winner of this election, Yoshihiko Noda led the party in the 2024 Japanese general election, and will led them in the 2025 Japanese House of Councillors election.

Former Prime Minister and President of the Democratic Party of Japan Yoshihiko Noda won the election in a second round runoff, defeating opponent Yukio Edano, former party president and the party's founder.