Abbreviation of 自民党, used for Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. It is common in headlines, news reports, and political discussion; 自民党 is the fuller everyday form.
See also: 自民党
The LDP maintained a single-party majority.
The LDP and Komeito supported the bill.
自由民主党 is the full, formal party name found in official documents, whereas 自民 is the short abbreviation used casually in speech and news.
自民 (short for 自民党, Japan's ruling conservative party) and 民主党 (a separate, historically opposition party) sound and look similar but refer to distinct political parties.
ethnocentrism
A clipped abbreviation of 自民党, ultimately from 自由民主党, the Japanese name of the Liberal Democratic Party.