The election campaign for the new president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan will be officially launched on the 22nd.The data released on the 21st of the Democratic Party's chairman election management committee show that the number of party members entitled to participate in this election was reduced to approximately 91.56 million, more than 140,000 fewer than the previous election.

After Japanese Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation on the 7th, the Liberal Democratic Party announced that it would announce the party's presidential election on September 22nd and count the votes on October 4th.

The current presidential election of the Liberal Democratic Party will adopt the method of "Party participation", with a total of 590 votes. Among them, 295 Liberal Democratic Party members each have one vote, and ordinary party members and "party friends", that is, registered supporters, are converted into 295 local votes in proportion. Those who get more than half of the votes in the first round of voting can be elected; If no one gets more than half of the votes, the top two candidates will enter the second round of voting.

The list of voters released by the CPC President's election management committee on 21st showed that about 91.56 million party members are entitled to participate in this election vote, a decrease of more than 140,000 compared to the previous election.

The number of members of the party has declined for two consecutive years after the "black gold" scandal was exposed to the self-government party at the end of 2023.The data released by the self-government party in March this year show that the number of members of the party has dropped to less than 1.03 million.

According to Japanese media, the competition pattern for the elections of the CPC chairman has been basically determined, namely, the former CPC director-in-chief MomoÃô³ä, the current cabinet chief of cabinet officers, Lin Feng Jing, the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Aquaculture, Xiao Jing, and the former Minister of Economic Security in charge of High City Morning Sun and Little Lin Eagle. the candidates are expected to discuss hot topics such as high prices and opposition cooperation.