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On or before 8 February 2030
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General elections are scheduled to be held in Japan no later than 8 February 2030 to elect all 465 seats of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet. Voting will take place in all constituencies, including 289 single-seat electoral districts and 11 proportional blocks (176 seats).[1] An election may occur before the scheduled date if the Prime Minister of Japan dissolves Parliament for a snap election or if the House of Representatives passes a motion of no confidence in the government.
Background
[edit]Premiership of Sanae Takaichi
[edit]The 2026 general election resulted in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) regaining its majority, which it had lost in 2024, securing the largest seat count in the party's 71-year history and a two-third supermajority in the lower house. The Liberal Democratic Party–Japan Innovation Party coalition (LDP–JIP) further held three-quarters of the total seats in the House of Representatives.[2]
Electoral system
[edit]The 465 seats of the House of Representatives are contested via parallel voting. Of these, 289 members are elected in single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting, while 176 members are elected in 11 multi-member constituencies via party list proportional representation. Candidates from parties with legal political party-list, which requires either ≥5 Diet members or ≥1 Diet member and ≥2% of the nationwide vote in one tier of a recent national election, are allowed to stand in a constituency and be present on the party list. If they lose their constituency vote, they may still be elected in the proportionally allocated seats; however, if such a dual candidate wins less than 10% of the vote in their majoritarian constituency, they are also disqualified as a proportional candidate.
Opinion polling
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Yoshimura serves as the governor of Osaka Prefecture
- ^ a b Sits in the House of Councillors for the national PR block
References
[edit]- ^ "Senkyo no shurui 1. Shūgiingiinsōsenkyo" 選挙の種類 1.衆議院議員総選挙 [Types of elections 1. General Election for the House of Representatives]. MIC Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. 2026. Archived from the original on 13 February 2026. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
- ^ Ushiyama, Rin (9 February 2026). "Japan's ruling party secures historic election victory – but challenges lie ahead". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 13 February 2026. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
