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The Democratic Party of Japan (民主党, Minshutō) was a centrist [2] to centre-left, [3] [4] liberal [5] or social-liberal [6] political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016.. The party's origins lie in the previous Democratic Party of Japan, which was founded in September 1996 by politicians of the centre-right and centre-left with roots in the Liberal Democratic Party and Japan Socialist ...
This List of current members of the House of Representatives of Japan is a list of members of the House of Representatives in Japan's Lower House. [1] The House of Representatives consists of 465 seats, 289 in single-seat constituencies and 176 in a proportional representation block.
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (立憲民主党, Rikken-minshutō, CDP [10] or CDPJ [11]) is a liberal [12] political party in Japan.It is the primary centre-left party in Japan, [13] [14] and as of 2024 is the second largest party in the National Diet behind the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
As remaining party members continue to leave the party, the party disbanded in year 2021 as its last representative announced retirement. (2017–2021) Kyowa Party (lit. Republican Party, (2020–present) formed by former Prime Minister and Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama
Launching convention, 15 November 1955. The LDP was formed in 1955 [19] as a merger between two of Japan's political parties, the Liberal Party (自由党, Jiyutō, 1950–1955, led by Taketora Ogata) and the Japan Democratic Party (日本民主党, Nihon Minshutō, 1954–1955, led by Ichirō Hatoyama), both conservative parties, as a united front against the then popular Japan Socialist ...
The LDP selects its leader via a two-round election involving both LDP members of the Diet and dues-paying party members from across Japan. In the first round, all LDP members of the Diet cast one vote while party member votes are translated proportionally into votes equaling the other half of the total ballots.
Not all members of a caucus are also members of the affiliated party, and sometimes even some members of a party are not member of the affiliated caucus. The N→S column allows to sort by prefecture from North to South in the order generally used in Japan (also used as number identifier for prefectures [JP-##] in ISO 3166-2 ).
The president of the Liberal Democratic Party (自由民主党総裁, Jiyū-Minshutō Sōsai) is the highest position within Japan's Liberal Democratic Party.The current holder of the position is Prime Minister of Japan, Shigeru Ishiba, who was elected to the position on 27 September 2024, following his victory in the party's presidential election.