Nippon Ishin to Hold Leadership Election Dec. 1

   Tokyo, Nov. 6 (Jiji Press)--Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) decided Wednesday to hold a leadership election Dec. 1, in the wake of its poor result in the Oct. 27 general election.
   Candidacy registration to kick off the official campaign period is set for Nov. 17.
   Nippon Ishin's rules stipulate that the party decide within 45 days of a national or unified local election on whether to hold a party leadership election.
   In electronic voting by party lawmakers, regional assembly members and others that closed on Wednesday night, 696 voters were in favor of holding a leadership election, and 56 against.
   Nippon Ishin in last month's election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the country's parliament, won all 19 single-seat constituencies in Osaka Prefecture, its home base.

(2024/11/06-22:57)

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