菅氏「平常心」　石破氏「大勢の支えで」　岸田氏「最後まで全力」　新総裁、午後選出

Mr. Suga "a constant Mind", Mr. Ishiba " Democrations support", Mr. Kishida "Manpower", Japan New Prime Minister

The LDP presidential election following the announcement of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's resignation will be voted on the same day at a general meeting of both Houses of Representatives held at a hotel in Tokyo on the afternoon of the 14th. .. Yoshihide Suga (71) is expected to be elected as the 26th president after defeating Fumio Kishida (63) and Shigeru Ishiba (63), who have the upper hand in both parliamentary votes and prefectural consecutive votes.

Mr. Suga told reporters at the office in the Diet on the morning of the 14th, "I welcomed (this day) with a constant and stay mind," and "I could understand more than I imagined that I knew the region well. I'm doing it. " Mr. Ishiba said in Tokyo, "I was able to continue to appeal with the support of many people. I want to make use of this for Japan." "The election is until the ballot box closes. We will do our best to the end," Kishida told the party headquarters.

The presidential election will be contested with a total of 535 votes, including 394 parliamentary votes (1 vote per person, excluding the chairpersons of both houses of the Diet) and 141 prefectural consecutive votes (3 votes each). The 44 prefectures will make a primary election, 36 prefectures will use the don't method, and 7 prefectures will use the total take method to distribute 3 votes. Nara Kenren gives 2 votes to 1st place and 1 vote to 2nd place. The three prefectures that do not hold the primary election will vote by referring to the party member questionnaire. Members of the Diet and representatives of the prefectural federation will vote at a special venue in a hotel in Tokyo to combat the new coronavirus.

Main flow of LDP presidential election (14th)

2:00 pm Opening of the General Assembly of both Houses at a hotel in Tokyo

Vote in the order of parliamentarians and prefectural representatives

Around 3:30 pm, the ballot counting results were revealed. New president elected

After the end, an extraordinary board meeting / board liaison meeting joint meeting and general affairs meeting will be held.

6:00 pm New Governor Press Conference at Party Headquarters

Source: https://mainichi.jp/articles/20200914/k00/00m/010/033000c