National diet building
Voting for the election of the 50th House of Representatives took place on the 27th, and votes were counted on the same day. According to a nationwide exit poll by Kyodo News, the Liberal Democratic Party alone has a majority of 465 votes (233), even including former unofficial employees involved in the faction’s slush fund scandal. Because of the slush fund incident, the number of seats is expected to drop from 256 seats before the announcement. In order to retain power, the focus will be on whether the ruling parties, together with Komeito, can obtain a majority. The Constitutional Democratic Party increased its seats from 98 seats before the announcement. The Democratic Party of Japan is also likely to gain more seats.
The nature of political reform in the wake of the slush money scandal and economic measures to address rising prices became matters of controversy, and confidence in the LDP coalition under Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (President of the Liberal Democratic Party) was questioned. The prime minister has positioned a majority in the ruling party as the key to victory or victory.
If the Liberal Democratic Party were to lose a majority, it would be the first time since the 2009 House of Representatives election, when a change of government would be allowed. The Democratic Party will certainly have more than 100 seats. The number of seats has more than doubled from the seven seats before the announcement. It is unclear whether the Japan Reform Society and Komeito will be able to maintain their pre-publication power. The Communist Party is strong. The Reiwa Shinsengumi is seeking an increase in the number of seats. The Social Democratic Party and the Participating Parties aim to gain seats. The political group “Conservative Party of Japan” is expected to get its first seat.
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