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A campaign truck announcing policy outside Kashiwa Station in Chiba.

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History

Led by Yoshimi Watanabe, who split from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the party was founded on August 8, 2009 after then-Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved the lower house. One concept behind the party was to make the government more democratic, and to eliminate control of the government by non-elected members established in the bureaucracy. In this respect, Watanabe has repeatedly stated that his position is compatible with the Democratic Party of Japan.

Your Party advocated lower taxation, free enterprise, smaller government, and less regulation.

The party fielded 13 candidates in the August 2009 general elections.[1] Five of those candidates were elected to the lower house. In the 2010 house of Councillors election, it gained 10 seats.[2] It also made gains at the 2011 regional elections, and in the 2012 general election, where it increased its seats from eight in the lower house to eighteen.

Following an announcement by Prime Minister Shinzō Abe for an election to be held in December 2014, the party's 20 members voted on November 19, 2014 to disband on November 28, 2014. Falling support and disagreement over whether to side with the ruling coalition in the upcoming election were identified as reasons for the split.[3]

Presidents of YP

No. Name Image Term of office
Took office Left office
1 Yoshimi Watanabe File:Yoshimi Watanabe cropped.jpg 8 August 2009 28 November 2014

Election results

House of Representatives

Election Leader Constituency Party list Total Position Status
Votes % Seats +/- Votes % Seats +/- Seats +/-
2009 Yoshimi Watanabe 615,244 0.87 Template:Composition bar New 3,005,199 4.27 Template:Composition bar new Template:Composition bar new 6th Opposition
2012 2,807,244 4.71 Template:Composition bar Increase 2 5,245,586 8.77 Template:Composition bar Increase 9 Template:Composition bar Increase 13 5th Opposition

House of Councillors

Election Leader Constituency Party list Seats Position Status
Votes % Seats +/- Votes % Seats +/- Election +/- Total +/-
2010 Yoshimi Watanabe 5,977,391 10.24 Template:Composition bar new 7,943,649 13.59 Template:Composition bar new Template:Composition bar new Template:Composition bar Increase 10 3rd Opposition
2013 4,159,961 7.84 Template:Composition bar Increase 1 4,755,160 8.93 Template:Composition bar Decrease 3 Template:Composition bar Decrease 2 Template:Composition bar Increase 8 6th Opposition

References

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External links

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