ニュース 2012/12/25 Result of the DPJ Presidential Election of December 25 The Central Presidential Election Committee announced that Member of the House of Representatives Banri Kaieda was elected as party leader on December 25. The ballots were cast at a meeting of DPJ members of both houses. Kaieda gathered 90 ballots out of a total of 145 (valid ballots: 144, invalid ballots: 1). Member of the House of Representatives Sumio Mabuchi received 54.