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Prime minister Shigeru Ishiba called the snap election to try and secure a strong mandate from the public after a damaging corruption scandal – but Monday morning’s results have done the opposite
Single-member constituency results in Nagasaki [52] Constituency Incumbent Party Status Results Nagasaki-1st: Hideko Nishioka: DPFP Reelected. Hideko Nishioka Nagasaki-2nd: Ryusho Kato: LDP Reelected. Ryusho Kato Nagasaki-3rd: Katsuhiko Yamada: CDP Move to Nagasaki-2nd (defeated). Won PR seat. LDP pick up. Yozo Kaneko: Nagasaki-4th: Yozo Kaneko ...
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's ruling coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a drubbing at Sunday's national election, raising uncertainty over the make-up of the next government and the outlook ...
Early results are expected within hours. Ishiba has set a goal of retaining a majority of 233 seats for the ruling coalition between the LDP and its Buddhist-backed Komeito. NHK exit polls indicated that the LDP alone was expected to win 153 to 219 seats, down sharply from 247, a comfortable single majority it held previously.
A separate exit poll conducted by the Yomiuri Shimbun and Nippon TV showed 67% of LDP and 77% of Komeito members voted for Koike, while 59% of CDP and 71% of JCP members voted for Renhō. In addition, 19% of CDP and 10% of JCP members voted for Koike, while Ishimaru won over 20% of LDP and 18% of CDP members. [66]
This was the first general election in Japan since 1955 wherein no party secured at least 200 seats. The Democratic Party for the People (DPP) won 28 seats, surpassing Komeito to become the fourth-largest party in the chamber. The DPP emerged as a key player in the aftermath of the election as the LDP sought to negotiate their cooperation on a ...
Japan’s prime minister Shigeru Ishiba won a rare runoff vote to stay in power despite his scandal-hit governing coalition’s loss in the parliamentary election last month.. Mr Ishiba secured ...
In the run up to the Next Japanese general election, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous general election, held on 27 October 2024, to the present day.