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| Office | Prime Minister |
| Honorific | Prime Minister - Abbr: PM |
| Type | General Election |
| Filing Deadline | 00, 0000 - 12:00pm Central |
| Polls Open | August 29, 2011 - 10:00pm Central |
| Polls Close | August 29, 2011 - 11:00pm Central |
| Term Start | September 02, 2011 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | December 26, 2012 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Modified | M@ December 26, 2012 06:47pm |
| Data Sources | NIKKEI News Service |
| Description |
To be held upon Yoshihiko Noda being elected new DPJ leader.
Lower House vote:
Noda 308
Tanigaki 118
Yamaguchi 21
Shii 9
Fukushima 6
Watanabe 5
Hiranuma 4
Ozawa 1
Kaieda 1
Hatoyama 1*
Yokokume 1
Invalid 1
Conflicting Japanese-language news sources have listed this vote as being won by both Yukio Hatoyama and Kunio Hatoyama.
Upper House vote:
Noda 110
Tanigaki 85
Yamaguchi 19
Watanabe 11
Shii 6
Fukushima 5
Hiranuma 3
Masuzoe 2
Because nobody reached a majority on the upper house vote, a runoff was held and Noda prevailed 110-107 over Tanigaki. There were 24 blank votes in the runoff.
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