The Japanese conservative

Kibō no Tō was a conservative political party in Japan founded by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike. The party was founded just before the call of the 2017 general election. The party's ideology was mainly Japanese conservatism and nationalism. Kibō no Tō ...

(the Party of Hope) held a leadership election on 10 November 2017. It was the party's first leadership election since its formation in September 2017, prior to the 2017 general election. The race was held to choose a co-leader to serve alongside party leader and founder

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Yuichiro Tamaki is a Japanese politician and the leader of the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP). He is a member of the House of Representatives, and a former leader of Kibō no Tō. Before joining Kibō, Tamaki was a member of the Democratic Party. E ...

beat fellow Kibō lawmaker Hiroshi Ogushi in the closed caucus election by a margin of 39 to 14. Tamaki was initially to lead the party in the

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while Koike remained as a national leader. Four days after the leadership election, Koike resigned her leadership post, leaving Tamaki as the sole leader of the party.

Candidates

Running

, member of the

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for

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and former Deputy Secretary-General of the

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. * Hiroshi Ogushi, member of the

for

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and former Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office.

Declined

Shu Watanabe is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Numazu, Shizuoka and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the national newspaper ''Yomiuri ...

, member of the

for

Shizuoka 6th district Shizuoka 6th district (静岡県第6区, ''Shizuoka-ken dai-rokku'' or simply 静岡6区, ''Shizuoka-rokku'') is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many ...

and former Vice Defense Minister *

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, member of the

for

Kyoto 3rd district Kyōto 3rd district (京都府第3区 ''Kyōto-fu dai-san-ku'' or simply 京都3区 ''Kyōto sanku'') is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in South central Kyoto and consists of Kyoto city's Fushi ...

and former Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office.

Results

References

{{Reflist 2017 elections in Japan Political party leadership elections in Japan November 2017 events in Japan Kibō no Tō leadership election