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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.
Japan heads to the polls on Sunday for one of the most uncertain elections in its recent history, where low turnout is expected to be a key factor despite the result having considerable ...
Voter turnout was 53.84%, around two percentage points down from 2021 and the third lowest in the postwar era, [56] while the number of female candidates reached the record high of 73, [57] equivalent to 16% of the House of Representatives' composition. [58] The ruling LDP-Komeito coalition lost their majority for the first time since 2009.
In the 2017 general/House of Representatives election, a record number of more than 21 million Japanese voted early; [33] at the same time overall turnout was low (the second lowest in history), so in 2017, roughly 38% of all actual voters had voted early.
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
Voter support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida slid by three points to 21%, the lowest since he took office in 2021, a poll by public broadcaster NHK showed on Monday, denting his chances ...
The Japanese Communist Party withdrew 22 candidates in total, with only 106 candidates running for the JCP in total. This number was the lowest amount of candidates fielded by the JCP since the first election following Japan's electoral reform in 1996. [33]
Support for the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has fallen to 32.3%, the lowest since it was formed in 2021, Kyodo News said on Sunday, based on its own opinion poll. The figure ...