Democratic Party for the People

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Democratic Party for the People
国民民主党
Kokumin Minshu-tō
Leader Yūichirō Tamaki
Secretary-General Kazuya Shimba
Deputy leaders
Vice leaders
  • Wakako Yada
  • Takae Itō
Slogan つくろう、新しい答え。[1]
(Tsukurou, atarashii kotae, "Let's make a new answer")
給料を上げる。国を守る。[2]
(Kyuryo wo ageru. Kuni wo mamoru., "Raise salaries. Protect the country")
Founded 7 May 2018 (2018-05-07)
11 September 2020 (2020-09-11) (in current form)
Merger of
Merged into Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (majority)
Headquarters 1-11-1 Miyakezaka Building, Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Newspaper Kokumin Minshu Press[3]
Ideology Reformism[4]
Popular sovereignty[4]
Factions:
Conservatism[5][4]
Liberalism[4]
Political position Centre[6][7][8] to centre-right[9][10][11]
Colors      Blue and      Gold[12]
Councillors
10 / 248
[13]
Representatives
10 / 465
[13]
Prefectural assembly members
33 / 2,614
[13]
Municipal assembly members
118 / 30,101
[13]
Website
new-kokumin.jp
Politics of Japan
Political parties
Elections

The Democratic Party for the People[14] (国民民主党 Kokumin Minshu-tō?), abbreviated to DPP or DPFP,[15] is a centre to centre-right political party in Japan. The party was formed on 7 May 2018 from the merger of the Democratic Party and Kibō no Tō (Party of Hope).[15]

In September 2020, a majority of the party reached an agreement to merge with the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan[16] and the original party was officially dissolved on 11 September 2020. However, 14 DPP members refused to merge, including party leader Yuichiro Tamaki, and instead formed a new party retaining the DPP name and branding.[5][17]

History

On 28 September 2017, Democratic Party (DP) leader Seiji Maehara announced that the party had abandoned plans to contest the 2017 general election,[18][19] with the party's sitting representatives contesting the election as candidates for the Kibō no Tō recently founded by former Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, or as independents.[20] On 23 October 2017, after the election, Maehara resigned as party president, with the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) having replaced the DP as the largest opposition party in the House of Representatives, while the existing DP caucus continued to exist in the House of Councillors.[21][22]

In January 2018, the DP and the Kibō no Tō agreed to form a joint parliamentary group in both houses of the Diet,[23] although days later the negotiations broke down.[24] On 9 April 2018, it was announced that talks were ongoing to merge the two parties into a new opposition force.[25] On 24 April 2018, at a joint press conference the leadership of the DP and the Kibō no Tō announced that both parties had agreed to merge in May 2018 as the National Democratic Party.[26] The DP and Kibō no Tō on 7 May 2018,[18] 62 members of the predecessor parties joined the DPP at its formation.[27] adopting Democratic Party for the People as their official English language title. DP leader Kōhei Ōtsuka and Kibō leader Yūichirō Tamaki became the interim co-leaders of the new party.

The party held a leadership election in September 2018 to choose a permanent leader. Interim co-leader Tamaki was elected as the permanent leader of the party.[28]

In April 2019, the Liberal Party merged into the Democratic Party for the People.[29]

Partial merger with CDPJ

On 19 August 2020, the DPP announced that a majority of its members would merge in September of that year with the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) and some independent lawmakers.[30] Both parties would officially be dissolved under the agreement. On 10 September 2020, the new party elected Yukio Edano of the CDPJ as its leader and voted to retain the CDPJ party name. The DPP dissolved on 11 September 2020, the day after the leader of the merged party was elected.[16] However, 14 members of the DPP, led by Tamaki, refused to merge with the CDPJ, instead creating a new party which retained the DPP name and branding.[31] The Tamaki-led rump DPP contested the 2021 Japanese general election independently of the CDPJ and allies, winning 6 single-district seats and 5 proportional seats.[5]

During the course of the 2022 Japanese House of Councillors election the party was described as "cozying up" to the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).[32]

Soh was then an NFP Fraternity Member and now a supporter of DPFP.On December 10, 1994, when Soh was 14 years old, he participated in the NFP founding convention at Pacifico Yokohama in Nishi-word Yokohama-city, and was a supporting member of the Japan Renewal Party until the day before.

Soh is a student at a political school run by Yoriko Madoka, chairman of the Japan New Party Organizing Committee, who participated in the NFP founding convention as an incumbent Diet member. Madoka is now a DPFP member.

Ideology

A self-proclaimed "reformist centrist" party,[4][33] it enumerated freedom, symbiosis and responsibility for the future in its basic philosophy and self-proclaimed the establishment of a "Reformist-Centrist Party" (改革中道政党 Kaikaku-chūdō seitō?) based on these philosophies.[33] Otsuka said that the term "Reformist-Centrist Party" describes the attitude and spirit of the DPP that thoroughly adheres to a democratic approach to realistically reform/solve various issues.[34]

The DPP defines it as "a reform centrist party led by people ranging from moderate-conservatives and liberals". However, unlike the old DPP, the new DPP is considered conservative.[5][4]

The DPP officially promoted diplomatic pacifism, constitutionalism and sustainable development.[33]

Leadership

Position Name
Leader Yūichirō Tamaki
Deputy leader Seiji Maehara
Kōhei Ōtsuka
Vice leaders Wakako Yada
Takae Ito
Secretary-General Kazuya Shimba
Deputy Secretary-General Shūhei Kishimoto
General Affairs chief Takae Ito
Diet Affairs Committee chief Motohisa Furukawa
Election Campaign Committee chief Shūhei Kishimoto
Policy Affairs Research Council chief Yasue Funayama
Source: [1]

Leaders

No. Name Constituency / title Term of office Image Election results Prime Minister (term)
Took office Left office
Preceding parties: Democratic Party (2016) (centre), Kibō no Tō (centre-right), & Liberal Party (2016) (centre-left)
1 Co-leadership
Kohei Otsuka
Yuichiro Tamaki		 Otsuka:
Cou for Aichi
Tamaki
Rep for Kagawa 2nd		 7 May 2018 4 September 2018 100px
 
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DP; 2017
Unopposed
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Kibō; 2017
Unopposed
 Abe S. 2012–20
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2018
Yuichiro Tamaki – 204
Keisuke Tsumura – 74
Successor parties: Constitutional Democratic Party (centre-left) & Democratic Party for the People (centre-right)
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2020
Yuichiro Tamaki – 65
Takae Ito – 26
 Abe S. 2012–20
Suga 2020–2021
Kishida 2021–present

Election results

House of Representatives

House of Representatives
Election Leader Candidates Seats Position Constituency votes PR Block votes Government
No. ± Share Number  % Number  %
2021 Yuichiro Tamaki 27
11 / 465
2.4% 5th 1,246,812 2.17% 2,593,396 4.51% Opposition

House of Councillors

House of Councillors
Election Leader Candidates Seats Position Constituency votes PR Block votes Status
Won ± Share Not up Total[lower-alpha 1] No. Share No. Share
2019 Yuichiro Tamaki
6 / 124
4,83% 15
21 / 248
6th 3,256,859 6.47% 3,481,078 6.95% Opposition
Successor parties: Constitutional Democratic Party (centre-left) & Democratic Party for the People (centre-right)
2022 Yuichiro Tamaki 22
5 / 125
4% 5
10 / 248
6th 2,038,655 3.83% 3,159,657 5.96% Opposition

See also

References

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Notes

  1. ↑ The Upper house is split in two classes, one elected every three years.

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