A Study on the ”Awa War”
The Analysis of the Confrontation of Conservative Candidates of Tokushima Local Constituencies in the 10th House of Councillors Election
2016 Volume 32 Issue 1 Pages 35-46
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2016 Volume 32 Issue 1 Pages 35-46
This paper analyzes the conflict of conservative candidates in Tokushima local constituencies of the 10th member of the House of Councilors election in 1974. In Tokushima local constituencies, Kujime Kentaro who was the incumbent in the Takeo Miki Deputy Prime Minister of the direct line, and Masaharu Gotoda, rookie in the system of Tanaka Prime Minister fought a de facto duel. The dispute has become a fierce enough to be referred to as ”Awa war” and ”Tokushima war”. The purpose of this paper is to reveal the process of the Liberal Democratic Party's official candidate of Tokushima local constituencies, trends up to the public notice, and the deployment of the election campaign. In addition, it is pointed out that this election has an opportunity to change the landscape of the Tokushima prefectural government that Takeo Miki had its dominance.
