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  RACE DETAILS
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TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 12:00pm
Polls Open August 29, 2011 - 10:00pm
Polls Close August 29, 2011 - 11:00pm
Term Start September 02, 2011 - 12:00pm
Term End December 26, 2012 - 12:00pm
ContributorRalphie
Last ModifiedM@ December 26, 2012 06:47pm
Data SourcesNIKKEI News Service
DescriptionTo 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.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Party of Japan Won06/04/2010
NameNaoto Kan Votes436 (61.06%)
Term06/04/2010 - 09/02/2011 Margin249 (+34.87%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Yoshihiko Noda
Safe 6

CANDIDATES
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Name Yoshihiko Noda Party Leader Sadakazu Tanigaki Party Leader Natsuo Yamaguchi MP Yoshimi Watanabe MP Kazuo Shii Sen. Mizuho Fukushima Takeo Hiranuma
PartyDemocratic Party of Japan Liberal Democratic Komeito Your Party Japanese Communist Social Democratic Sunrise
Votes418 (58.30%) 203 (28.31%) 40 (5.58%) 16 (2.23%) 15 (2.09%) 11 (1.53%) 7 (0.98%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -215 (-29.99%) -378 (-52.72%) -402 (-56.07%) -403 (-56.21%) -407 (-56.76%) -411 (-57.32%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Yoichi Masuzoe Invalid MP Katsuhito Yokokume Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama Banri Kaieda Secretary-General Ichiro Ozawa MP Kunio Hatoyama
PartyNew Renaissance Independent Independent Democratic Party of Japan Democratic Party of Japan Democratic Party of Japan Independent
Votes2 (0.28%) 1 (0.14%) 1 (0.14%) 1 (0.14%) 1 (0.14%) 1 (0.14%) 0 (0.00%)
Margin-416 (-58.02%) -417 (-58.16%) -417 (-58.16%) -417 (-58.16%) -417 (-58.16%) -417 (-58.16%) -418 (-58.30%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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