Kanashiman general election, 2012

A general election was held in Kanashima on Saturday 18 August 2012 to elect the 85 members of the 24th Parliament of Kanashima. They in turn elect the Prime Minister of Kanashima.

The governing Liberal Democratic Party, in power since 1955, was defeated in a landslide by the opposition People's Action Party. The 2012 election was the first time since World War II that voters mandated a change in control of the government to an opposition political party. It marked the worst defeat for a governing party in modern Kanashiman history, was the first time the LDP lost a general election since gaining power in 1955 (a period of 57 consecutive years in office) and by extension the first time that the LDP lost its status as the largest party in that time. PAP leader Rin Aoyama became the first non-LDP Prime Minister since Richard Nakai (1954–1955), and the first female Prime Minister.

Results
Independents: Tan Pei Keng