2003 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election

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2003 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election
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  Junichiro Koizumi 20010426 (cropped).jpg Shizuka Kamei 1996.jpg Takao Fujii.jpg
Candidate Junichiro Koizumi Shizuka Kamei Takao Fujii
Leader's seat Kanagawa 11th Hiroshima 6th Tōkai block
LDP MPs 194 (54.34%)66 (18.49%)50 (14.01%)
Prefectural chapters205 (68.33%)73 (24.33%)15 (5.00%)
Total votes399 (60.73%)139 (21.16%)65 (9.89%)
  Masahiko Komura 1996.jpg
Candidate Masahiko Kōmura
Leader's seat Yamaguchi 1st
LDP MPs 47 (13.17%)
Prefectural chapters7 (2.33%)
Total votes54 (8.22%)
Previous President

Junichiro Koizumi

President

Junichiro Koizumi

The 2003 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election was held on 20 September 2003 to elect the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, as the term of incumbent LDP president and Prime Minister of Japan, Junichiro Koizumi, was ending at the end of that month. Voting among party members of the prefectural chapters was held from September 8 to 19. [1]

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Koizumi easly won reelection, securing a majority of support. [2] Successful to Koizumi's win were his support from the prefectural chapter members and members of the Mitsuo Horiuchi and Ryutaro Hashimoto factions. The election was mainly seen as a choice of who would be the party "face" in the upcoming House of Representatives election and House of Councillors election. [3] After winning the election, Koizumi appointed a new cabinet, including future Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as Chief Cabinet Secretary. [4] On October 10, Koizumi dissolved the House of Representatives and set the general election date for November 9. [5]

Candidates

Declared

Candidate(s)Date of birthCurrent positionParty faction Electoral district
Junichiro Koizumi 20010426 (cropped).jpg
Junichiro Koizumi 		8 January 1942
(age 61)		 Prime Minister
(since 2001)
President of the Liberal Democratic Party
(since 2001)
Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1972)
Previous offices held
None
(former Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai)
Flag of Kanagawa Prefecture.svg
Kanagawa 11th
Shizuka Kamei 1996.jpg
Shizuka Kamei 		1 November 1936
(age 66)		Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1979)
Previous offices held
 Shisuikai
(Kamei)
Flag of Hiroshima Prefecture.svg
Hiroshima 6th
Takao Fujii.jpg
Takao Fujii 		14 March 1943
(age 60)		Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1993)
Previous offices held
 Heisei Kenkyūkai
(Hashimoto)		 Tōkai block
Masahiko Komura 1996.jpg
Masahiko Kōmura 		15 March 1942
(age 61)		Member of the House of Representatives
(since 1980)
Previous offices held
 Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo
(Kōmura)
Flag of Yamaguchi Prefecture.svg
Yamaguchi 1st

Declined

Supporters

Recommenders

Party regulations require candidates to have the written support at least 20 Diet members, known as recommenders, to run.

Number of supporters by former factions
CandidatesJunichiro KoizumiShizuka KameiTakao FujiiMasahiko Kōmura
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo 00012
Heisei Kenkyūkai 40200
Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai 4001
Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai 4000
Shikōkai 2002
Shin Zaisei Kenkyūkai  [ ja ]1002
Shisuikai 02001
Yūrinkai  [ ja ]4000
No faction1002

Debates

Official

Date P  Participant  I  Invited  N  Not invited  A  Absent  E  EliminatedHostLocationSource
Koizumi Kamei Fujii Kōmura
11 SeptemberPPPP Japan National Press Club Japan Press Center [12]

Opinion polls

Polling

Fieldwork datePolling firmSample size Junichiro
Koizumi 		Shizuka
Kamei 		Takao
Fujii 		Masahiko
Kōmura 		NOT/
UD/NA
9–10 SepAsahi [13] Unknown81%6%2%4%7%

Results

Full results [14] [15]
CandidateDiet membersParty membersTotal points
Votes%Popular votes%Allocated votes%Total votes%
Junichiro Koizumi 当19454.34%555,77157.29%20568.33%399
60.73%
Shizuka Kamei 6618.49%240,79224.82%7324.33%139
21.16%
Takao Fujii 5014.01%104,15810.74%155.00%65
9.89%
Masahiko Kōmura 4713.17%69,3187.15%72.33%54
8.22%
Total357100.00%970,039100.00%300100.00%657100.00%
Valid votes357100.00%970,03999.76%300100.00%657100.00%
Invalid and blank votes00.00%2,3800.24%00.00%00.00%
Turnout357100.00%972,41969.33%300100.00%657100.00%
Registered voters357100.00%1,402,621100.00%300100.00%657100.00%

Results of Party Members' Votes by Prefecture

Results of Party Members' Votes by Prefecture [15]
PrefectureJunichiro KoizumiShizuka KameiTakao FujiiMasahiko Kōmura
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
Aichi 23,62761.98%7,17618.83%4,97313.05%2,3426.14%
Akita 6,28553.36%2,70222.94%1,92516.34%8667.35%
Aomori 4,15044.66%1,81019.48%1,01610.93%2,31624.92%
Chiba 10,46856.97%5,04627.46%8294.51%2,03011.05%
Ehime 19,69555.81%10,27929.13%2,1566.11%3,1588.95%
Fukui 8,83759.15%4,50730.17%9926.64%6044.04%
Fukuoka 11,15159.84%4,01521.55%1,8569.96%1,6138.66%
Fukushima 10,17363.69%4,12625.83%7424.65%9315.83%
Gifu 7,29419.00%1,1523.00%29,27276.27%6631.73%
Gunma 15,07460.22%6,07624.27%2,91911.66%9623.84%
Hiroshima 11,75029.51%25,86564.95%5991.50%1,6074.04%
Hokkaido 18,96050.40%11,74531.22%4,66412.40%2,2515.98%
Hyōgo 15,24358.84%7,04727.20%1,5325.91%2,0848.04%
Ibaraki 20,27753.57%13,21734.92%1,7524.63%2,6056.88%
Ishikawa 19,61674.50%4,05015.38%1,2314.68%1,4325.44%
Iwate 5,81061.22%2,34224.68%5956.27%7437.83%
Kagawa 12,16868.47%4,11123.13%4722.66%1,0195.73%
Kagoshima 16,58469.61%4,61419.37%1,5906.67%1,0364.35%
Kanagawa 29,62177.78%4,69012.31%1,8364.82%1,9375.09%
Kōchi 5,47555.54%2,10521.36%3863.92%1,89119.18%
Kumamoto 8,15052.54%5,16133.27%1,4579.39%7444.80%
Kyoto 8,64153.45%2,34514.50%4,33326.80%8485.25%
Mie 8,63064.51%2,27016.97%1,72912.93%7485.59%
Miyagi 8,44863.72%2,80721.17%7175.41%1,2879.71%
Miyazaki 4,04339.39%5,33852.01%5175.04%3663.57%
Nagano 10,75159.68%3,22217.89%2,89316.06%1,1496.38%
Nagasaki 11,00857.94%5,50828.99%1,2086.36%1,2746.71%
Nara 6,22763.63%1,81518.55%1,17412.00%5715.83%
Niigata 10,49937.41%15,98456.96%4961.77%1,0843.86%
Ōita 7,60260.90%3,59228.78%5284.23%7606.09%
Okayama 7,85738.88%7,05034.89%4,31021.33%9894.89%
Okinawa 1,22555.06%54324.40%37216.72%853.82%
Osaka 18,37565.53%5,92621.13%2,1837.78%1,5585.56%
Saga 6,84656.29%2,82823.25%1,63813.47%8496.98%
Saitama 16,39561.63%6,77925.48%1,8096.80%1,6206.09%
Shiga 10,40665.71%2,92418.46%1,5179.58%9906.25%
Shimane 12,35263.65%4,01320.68%2,17811.22%8624.44%
Shizuoka 21,77169.63%5,41517.32%2,2077.06%1,8756.00%
Tochigi 9,78660.24%3,46221.31%1,5479.52%1,4518.93%
Tokushima 3,54546.98%1,92425.50%4696.22%1,60821.31%
Tokyo 36,96772.41%8,01915.71%1,8443.61%4,2238.27%
Tottori 4,20246.85%2,54028.32%1,67418.66%5546.18%
Toyama 22,27565.32%6,63019.44%3,2689.58%1,9265.65%
Wakayama 5,19674.46%1,02714.72%4616.61%2944.21%
Yamagata 7,43668.64%2,47722.87%3343.08%5865.41%
Yamaguchi 7,56741.21%2,33912.74%1680.91%8,29045.14%
Yamanashi 7,31361.36%2,17918.28%1,79015.02%6375.34%
Total555,77157.29%240,79224.82%104,15810.74%69,3187.15%

References

  1. ↑ "LDP presidential election is scheduled for Sept. 20". The Japan Times . 24 July 2003. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Onishi, Norimitsu (21 September 2003). "With a Big Victory, Japanese Premier Gains Momentum". The New York Times . Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  3. ↑ Takahashi, Junko (21 September 2003). "Koizumi wins new mandate to lead LDP". The Japan Times . Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Takahashi, Junko (23 September 2003). "Key ministers keep jobs as Koizumi plays it safe". The Japan Times . Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Takahashi, Junko; Yoshida, Reiji (11 October 2003). "Lower House dissolved". The Japan Times . Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  6. 1 2 Takahashi, Junko (29 July 2003). "Koizumi appears set to stay on by default". The Japan Times . Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  7. 1 2 Yoshida, Reiji (2 September 2003). "Fujii's hat drifting closer toward the ring". The Japan Times . Retrieved 9 October 2025.
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  13. ↑ 総裁選、自民支持層の８割「小泉氏よい」　本社世論調査. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 11 September 2003. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
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