![]() The 199 Diet members from the LDP are each entitled to a full vote, 117 from the House of Representatives and 82 from the House of Councillors. Voting among other LDP members and supporters of the party nationwide, allocated a combined 300 votes, will take place between the start of the campaigning period and September 25. In total 499 votes, a winner must obtain more than half of them in order to be elected as a Party President, however, if not the case, the Diet members will vote again for one of the first or second successful candidate. |
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12 days of campaign has started for the LDP presidential election
September 14, 2012