October 2017 Democratic Party (Japan, 2016) leadership election


The Democratic Party held a presidential election on 31 October 2017 to choose a replacement for the previous president Seiji Maehara. Maehara resigned on 30 October 2017 after the failure of his election strategy in the 2017 general election.
Kohei Otsuka was the only candidate in the race and therefore was elected as the new president unopposed.

Candidates

Running

As Otsuka was the only candidate, there was no vote held and he was elected unopposed.