I Will Propose Party

The I Will Propose to my Boyfriend if I get Elected to the Teikoku Gikai Party (帝国議会に当選したら彼氏に求婚します党), often abbreviated to the I Will Propose Party (求婚します党) is a single-member political party in Yamatai founded on 12 February 2020 by Kawazaki native Ikehara Masumi.

Then 28-year-old Ikehara and some of her friends announced the formation of the party on social media during the run-up to the 2020 general elections. After the announcement went viral, Ikehara was unexpectedly elected to the Teikoku Gikai as representative of Aki's 7th District, beating the Yamatai Restoration Party's Kataoka Kiichi, the Yamatai Progress Party's Yanagi Tetsuo, and independent Edano Yasushi.

After being elected to the Gikai, Ikehara did indeed propose to Okada Isao, her partner since university, and the pair were married in December 2020. Though initially with little political direction or stated goals, Ikehara has embraced her new role and has begun promoting a new platform of increased governmental financial assistance for young parents and increased support for maternal care systems in the Gikai.

In June 2022, the I Will Propose Party formed an alliance with the Social Democratic Party of Yamatai, which aims to beat the YRP in the 2024 general election. This alliance is part of SDP leader Nakanishi Maiko's "Yamamoto Removal Grand Initiative", which aims to unite almost the entire centre-left opposition against the ruling YRP coalition.