Liberal Democratic Party–Komeito coalition 自公連立政権 Jikō Renritsu Seiken | |
|---|---|
| Last leaders | Sanae Takaichi (LDP) Tetsuo Saito (Komeito) |
| Founded | 5 October 1999; 26 years ago (1999-10-05) |
| Dissolved | 10 October 2025; 16 days ago (2025-10-10) |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Big tent[A] |
| Alliance parties | |
^ A: Komeito is acentrist party, but theright-wing LDP held a much larger number of seats. | |
TheLiberal Democratic Party–Komeito coalition was analliance between theLiberal Democratic Party (LDP) andKomeito. A coalition government between the parties has been established twice: the first from October 5, 1999 to September 16, 2009, and the second from December 26, 2012 to October 10, 2025, when Komeito announced their exit from the coalition.[1]
The two parties formed a coalition in October 1999.[2]
The coalition was roundly defeated and lost power in the2009 general election. In thegeneral election on 16 December 2012, the LDP/Komeito coalition secured asupermajority and came back into government.[3][4]
In the2024 general election, the LDP-Komeito coalition lost its majority for the first time since2009. Although the LDP still remained the largest party, the coalition fell short of the 233 seats needed for a majority, securing only 215.[5][6][7]
On October 10, 2025, Komeito chief representativeTetsuo Saito announced that it would leave the ruling coalition, over disagreements with new LDP presidentSanae Takaichi.[8]
| Election | Leaders | Seats | Constituency | PR Block | Position | Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Komeito | Number | +/- | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| 2000 | Yoshiro Mori | Takenori Kanzaki | 264 / 480 | New | 26,177,560 | 42.99 | 24,705,457 | 41.28 | 1st | Majority |
| 2003 | Junichiro Koizumi | Takenori Kanzaki | 271 / 480 | 26,975,834 | 45.34 | 29,393,629 | 49.74 | Majority | ||
| 2005 | Junichiro Koizumi | Takenori Kanzaki | 327 / 480 | 33,499,495 | 49.21 | 34,875,418 | 51.43 | Majority | ||
| 2009 | Taro Aso | Akihiro Ota | 140 / 480 | 28,084,966 | 37.57 | 26,864,224 | 38.18 | Opposition | ||
| 2012 | Shinzo Abe | Natsuo Yamaguchi | 325 / 480 | 26,529,190 | 44.5 | 23,740,931 | 39.69 | Majority | ||
| 2014 | Shinzo Abe | Natsuo Yamaguchi | 326 / 475 | 26,226,839 | 49.55 | 24,973,152 | 46.82 | Majority | ||
| 2017 | Shinzo Abe | Natsuo Yamaguchi | 313 / 465 | 27,333,230 | 49.32 | 25,533,429 | 45.79 | Majority | ||
| 2021 | Fumio Kishida | Natsuo Yamaguchi | 291 / 465 | 28,499,166 | 49.6 | 27,029,165 | 47.04 | Majority | ||
| 2024 | Shigeru Ishiba | Keiichi Ishii | 215 / 465 | 21,598,163 | 39.81 | 20,547,105 | 37.66 | Minority | ||
| Election | Leaders | Seats | Constituency | PR Block | Position | Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Komeito | Total | Contested | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| 2001 | Junichiro Koizumi | Takenori Kanzaki | 134 / 247 | 77 / 121 | 25,768,489 | 47.42 | 29,302,531 | 53.53 | 1st | Majority |
| 2004 | Junichiro Koizumi | Takenori Kanzaki | 139 / 242 | 60 / 121 | 21,849,718 | 38.93 | 25,418,951 | 45.44 | Majority | |
| 2007 | Shinzo Abe | Akihiro Ota | 103 / 242 | 46 / 121 | 22,140,865 | 37.31 | 24,310,000 | 41.26 | Minority (until 2009) | |
| Opposition (since 2009) | ||||||||||
| 2010 | Sadakazu Tanigaki | Natsuo Yamaguchi | 103 / 242 | 60 / 121 | 21,761,901 | 37.26 | 21,711,103 | 37.14 | Opposition (until 2012) | |
| Minority (since 2012) | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Shinzo Abe | Natsuo Yamaguchi | 135 / 242 | 76 / 121 | 25,405,639 | 47.87 | 26,028,417 | 48.9 | Majority | |
| 2016 | Shinzo Abe | Natsuo Yamaguchi | 146 / 242 | 70 / 121 | 26,854,215 | 47.48 | 27,687,748 | 49.43 | Majority | |
| 2019 | Shinzo Abe | Natsuo Yamaguchi | 141 / 245 | 71 / 124 | 23,943,689 | 47.54 | 24,248,709 | 48.42 | Majority | |
| 2022 | Fumio Kishida | Natsuo Yamaguchi | 146 / 248 | 76 / 125 | 24,203,788 | 45.51 | 24,437,677 | 46.09 | Majority | |
| 2025 | Shigeru Ishiba | Tetsuo Saito | 122 / 248 | 47 / 125 | 17,645,807 | 29.83 | 18,018,876 | 30.44 | Minority | |
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