2024 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

The **2024** **Liberal Democratic Party presidential election** was held on 27 September 2024 to elect the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan for a 3-year term. The winner of the election, Shigeru Ishiba, became the next Prime Minister of Japan because of the LDP's majority in the National Diet and is expected to lead the party in the 2024 general election and the 2025 Japanese House of Councillors election.

Shigeru Ishiba defeated Sanae Takaichi in a runoff election.

### Declared

The following candidates have officially declared their intention to run for the leadership:
|colspan="2" style="width:110px;"|Candidate(s)|Date of birth|class="unsortable"|Current position|Party faction|Electoral district|class="unsortable"|Reference(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Yoshimasa Hayashi**|style="background:#B61B28|||Chief Cabinet Secretary Member of the House of Representatives||Yamaguchi 3rd district|||
|**Shigeru Ishiba**|style="background:#0b75d9|||Member of the House of Representatives||Suigetsukai <small> (Ishiba) </small>|Tottori 1st district||
|**Yōko Kamikawa**|style="background:#FF69B4|||Minister for Foreign Affairs Member of the House of Representatives||Shizuoka 1st district|||
|**Katsunobu Katō**|style="background:#679fd7|||Member of the House of Representatives|Heisei Kenkyūkai <small> (Motegi) </small>|Okayama 5th district|||
|**Takayuki Kobayashi**|style="background:#FF7900|||Member of the House of Representatives||Chiba 2nd district|||
|**Shinjirō Koizumi**|style="background:#9370DB|||Member of the House of Representatives||Kanagawa 11th district|||
|**Taro Kono**|style="background:#F2BA42|||Minister for Digital Transformation Member of the House of Representatives|Shikōkai <small> (Asō) </small>|Kanagawa 15th district|||
|**Toshimitsu Motegi**|style="background:#43b3ae|||Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party Member of the House of Representatives|Heisei Kenkyūkai <small> (Motegi) </small>|Tochigi 1st district|||
|**Sanae Takaichi**|style="background:#228B22|||Minister of State for Economic Security Member of the House of Representatives||Nara 2nd district|||

### Declined

- Shigeharu Aoyama, Member of the House of Councillors (2016–present)
- Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister (2021–present), Minister for Foreign Affairs (2012–2017), Member of the House of Representatives (1996–present)
- Seiko Noda, former Minister-in-charge of Measures against Declining Birthrate (2021–2022), former Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (2017–2018), Member of the House of Representatives (1993–present) _(endorsed Koizumi)_
- Yūko Obuchi, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (2014), Member of the House of Representatives (2000–present) _(endorsed Saito)_
- Ken Saito, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (2023–present), former Minister of Justice (2022–2023), former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (2017–2018), Member of the House of Representatives (2009–present)
- Yoshihide Suga, Prime Minister (2020–2021), Chief Cabinet Secretary (2012–2020), Member of the House of Representatives (1996–present), Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (2006–2007) _(endorsed Koizumi)_

## Results

|rowspan="3" colspan="2"|Candidate|colspan="9"|First Round|colspan="7"|Second Round||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="background:#1F3E99;"||**Shigeru Ishiba**|style="text-align:right"|46|style="text-align:right"|12.53%|style="text-align:right"|202,558|style="text-align:right"|29.12%|style="text-align:right"|108|style="text-align:right"|29.35%|style="text-align:right"|154|align=center||style="text-align:right"|20.95%|style="text-align:right"|**189**|style="text-align:right"|**52.21%**|style="text-align:right"|**26**|style="text-align:right"|**55.32%**|style="text-align:right"|**215**|align=center||style="text-align:right"|**52.57%**|
|style="background:#228B22;"||Sanae Takaichi|style="text-align:right"|72|style="text-align:right"|19.62%|style="text-align:right"|**203,802**|style="text-align:right"|**29.30%**|style="text-align:right"|**109**|style="text-align:right"|**29.62%**|style="text-align:right"|**181**|align=center||style="text-align:right"|24.63%|style="text-align:right"|173|style="text-align:right"|47.79%|style="text-align:right"|21|style="text-align:right"|44.68%|style="text-align:right"|194|align=center||style="text-align:right"|47.43%|
|style="background:#9370DB;"||Shinjirō Koizumi|style="text-align:right"|**75**|style="text-align:right"|**20.44%**|style="text-align:right"|115,633|style="text-align:right"|16.63%|style="text-align:right"|61|style="text-align:right"|16.58%|style="text-align:right"|136|align=center||style="text-align:right"|18.50%|rowspan ="7" colspan="7"||||||||||||||
|style="background:#B61B28;"||Yoshimasa Hayashi|style="text-align:right"|38|style="text-align:right"|10.35%|style="text-align:right"|52,149|style="text-align:right"|7.50%|style="text-align:right"|27|style="text-align:right"|7.34%|style="text-align:right"|65|align=center||style="text-align:right"|8.84%|||||||||||||||
|style="background:#FF7900;"||Takayuki Kobayashi|style="text-align:right"|41|style="text-align:right"|11.17%|style="text-align:right"|35,501|style="text-align:right"|5.10%|style="text-align:right"|19|style="text-align:right"|5.16%|style="text-align:right"|60|align=center||style="text-align:right"|8.16%|||||||||||||||
|style="background:#43B3AE;"||Toshimitsu Motegi|style="text-align:right"|34|style="text-align:right"|9.26%|style="text-align:right"|26,081|style="text-align:right"|3.75%|style="text-align:right"|13|style="text-align:right"|3.53%|style="text-align:right"|47|align=center||style="text-align:right"|6.39%|||||||||||||||
|style="background:#FF69B4;"||Yōko Kamikawa|style="text-align:right"|23|style="text-align:right"|6.27%|style="text-align:right"|32,899|style="text-align:right"|4.73%|style="text-align:right"|17|style="text-align:right"|4.62%|style="text-align:right"|40|align=center||style="text-align:right"|5.44%|||||||||||||||
|style="background:#F2BA42;"||Taro Kono|style="text-align:right"|22|style="text-align:right"|5.99%|style="text-align:right"|14,971|style="text-align:right"|2.15%|style="text-align:right"|8|style="text-align:right"|2.17%|style="text-align:right"|30|align=center||style="text-align:right"|4.08%|||||||||||||||
|style="background:#679FD7;"||Katsunobu Katō|style="text-align:right"|16|style="text-align:right"|4.36%|style="text-align:right"|11,942|style="text-align:right"|1.72%|style="text-align:right"|6|style="text-align:right"|1.63%|style="text-align:right"|22|align=center||style="text-align:right"|2.99%|||||||||||||||

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2024 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election
- **flag image**: Liberal Democratic Party of Japan logo.svg
- **type**: legislative
- **votes for election**: 535 delegates in total
- **needed votes**: 268 or more delegate
- **vote type**: Caucus
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 2021 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election
- **previous year**: 2021
- **next election**: 2025 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election
- **next year**: 2025
- **election date**: 27 September 2024
- **1blank**: LDP National Diet, MPs
- **2blank**: Members
- **3blank**: First round
- **4blank**: LDP MPs
- **5blank**: Prefectural chapters
- **6blank**: Runoff
- **image1**: Ishiba Shigeru 20241001 (cropped).jpg
- **candidate1**: **Shigeru Ishiba**
- **color1**: 0b75d9
- **leaders seat1**: Tottori 1st district, Tottori-1st
- **3data1**: 154 (20.95%)
- **6data1**: **215 (52.57%)**
- **image2**: Sanae Takaichi 20190617 (cropped).jpg
- **candidate2**: Sanae Takaichi
- **color2**: 228B22
- **leaders seat2**: Nara 2nd district, Nara-2nd
- **3data2**: **181 (24.63%)**
- **6data2**: 194 (47.43%)
- **image3**: Shinjirō Koizumi 20250521 (cropped).jpg
- **candidate3**: Shinjirō Koizumi
- **color3**: 9370DB
- **leaders seat3**: Kanagawa 11th district, Kanagawa-11th
- **3data3**: 136 (18.50%)
- **6data3**: _Eliminated_
- **title**: President
- **before election**: Fumio Kishida
- **after election**: Shigeru Ishiba