Beginnings thumb|Launching convention, 15 November 1955 The LDP was formed in 1955 as a merger between two of Japan's political parties, the and the , both conservative parties, as a united front against the then popular , now the . The party won the following elections, and Japan's first conservative government with a majority was formed by 1955. It would hold majority government until 1993.
Beginnings thumb|Launching convention, 15 November 1955 The LDP was formed in 1955 as a merger between two of Japan's political parties, the and the , both conservative parties, as a united front against the then popular , now the  The party won the following elections, and Japan's first conservative government with a majority was formed by 1955. It would hold majority government until 1993.