2021 Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leadership election

2021 Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leadership election

← 2020 30 November 2021
572 points for the first round 286 points needed to avoid a runoff
Candidate Kenta Izumi Seiji Osaka Leader's seat Rep for Kyoto-3rd Rep for Hokkaido-8th First Round 189 (33.0%) 148 (25.9%) Runoff 205 (61.6%) 128 (38.4%)   Candidate Junya Ogawa Chinami Nishimura Leader's seat Rep for Kagawa-1st Rep for Niigata-1st First Round 133 (23.3%) 102 (17.8%) Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
Leader before election Yukio Edano Elected Leader Kenta Izumi

The 2021 Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leadership election took place on 30 November 2021 to elect the next president of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan after the inaugural leader of the party, Yukio Edano, announced his intention to resign as party leader citing the party's poor performance in the 2021 general election.^[1]