Your Party みんなの党 Minna no Tō
Founder	Yoshimi Watanabe
Founded	August 8, 2009 (2009-08-08) 2019 (2019) (N–Koku-led caucus)
Dissolved	November 28, 2014 (2014-11-28) (party)
Split from	Liberal Democratic Party Democratic Party of Japan
Ideology	Conservatism[1] Debureaucracy[1] Localism[1] Neoliberalism[2]
Political position	Centre-right[3]
Website
www.your-party.jp
Politics of Japan Political parties Elections

Your Party (みんなの党, Minna no Tō, literally "Everyone's Party") is a Japanese parliamentary caucus consisting of Yoshimi Watanabe and Takashi Tachibana, later Satoshi Hamada after Tachibana forfeited his seat, in the House of Councillors. It was also a political party led by Watanabe from 2009 until its dissolution in 2014.

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.^[4] Five of those candidates were elected to the lower house. In the 2010 house of Councillors election, it gained 10 seats.^[5] 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.^[6]

Presidents of YP

No.	Name	Image	Term of office
			Took office	Left office
Preceding party: Liberal Democratic Party
1	Yoshimi Watanabe		8 August 2009	28 November 2014
Successor parties: Unity Party, Assembly to Energize Japan & Japan Restoration Party

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	2 / 300	New	3,005,199	4.27	3 / 180	new	5 / 480	new	6th	Opposition
2012		2,807,244	4.71	4 / 300	2	5,245,586	8.77	14 / 180	9	18 / 480	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	3 / 73	new	7,943,649	13.59	7 / 48	new	10 / 121	new	11 / 242	10	3rd	Opposition
2013		4,159,961	7.84	4 / 73	1	4,755,160	8.93	4 / 48	3	8 / 121	2	18 / 242	8	6th	Opposition