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| Leader | Yukio Hatoyama | Sadakazu Tanigaki[1] | ||
| Party | DPJ | LDP | ||
| Last election | 109 seats, 37.8% | 83 seats, 28.1% | ||
| Seats before | 109 | 83 | ||
| Seats needed | +13 | +39 | ||
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The 22nd Elections to the House of Councillors (第22回参議院議員通常選挙 Dainijūnikai Sangiingiin Tsūjōsenkyo) for the upper house of the legislature of Japan will be held in July 2010. In the last election in 2007, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost its majority to the Democratic Party of Japan, which managed to gain the largest margin since its formation in 1996.[2] The LDP's coalition partner New Komeito Party lost 3 of its twelve seats.[3][2]
Background
On 11 June 2008, a non-binding censure motion was passed by parliament's opposition-controlled House of Councillors against then Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. Filed by the DPJ and two other parties, it was the first censure motion against a prime minister under Japan's post-war constitution. Ahead of the G8 summit, it attacked his handling of domestic issues including an unpopular medical plan and called for a snap election or his resignation. On 12 June a motion of confidence was passed by the lower house's ruling coalition to counter the censure.[4][5][6] Fukuda abruptly announced he was retiring as leader. Taro Aso won the subsequent election, which was held on 22 September 2008.[7]
In the 2009 lower house election, the DPJ gained a historic majority, being the first non-LDP party to hold a majority in that house since the LDP's formation [8] and is scheduled to lead the second non-LDP government in the aforementioned time period (with upper house allies the Social Democratic Party of Japan and the People's New Party[9]). Following the election, Aso resigned as LDP president. Sadakazu Tanigaki was elected the leader of LDP on September 28, 2009. [10]
References
- ^ Japan's LDP chooses a new leader 2009-09-28
- ^ a b NHK ONLINE English
- ^ The polls are in: Historical loss for Abe, LDP, opposition grabs overwhelming majority, Japan News Review
- ^ "Censure passed against Japan PM". BBC Online. 2008-06-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7447698.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Japan PM humiliated by parliament". afp.google.com. 2008-06-11. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hqbkGkgfBJBibIwxI80NR3qopwOw. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Boost for Japan's beleaguered PM". BBC News. 2008-06-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7449889.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Japanese Party Chooses Aso as Leader". 22 September 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/world/asia/23japan.html.
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8229368.stm
- ^ http://www.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/31_26.html
- ^ Japan's LDP chooses a new leader 2009-09-28
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