The 26th House of Councilors election was announced on the 22nd, with issues such as measures against rising prices in response to the situation in Ukraine and diplomatic and security policies such as the state of defense, and both the constituency and proportional representation were announced at 8:30 am. From, the acceptance of candidacy began.
The 26th House of Representatives election was announced on the 22nd, and the acceptance of candidacy began at 8:30 am with the constituency being the election administration committee of each prefecture and the proportional representation being the central election administration committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. rice field.
Of these, at the reception venue for proportional representation set up in the auditorium of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, documents such as the candidate list are examined following the lottery to determine the order of notification.
The House of Councilors election will be contested for 125 seats, one more than the previous three years ago, including the filling of vacancies in the Kanagawa constituency.
In the election contest, in addition to the evaluation of the Kishida administration, it is expected that fierce debates will be held on issues such as measures against rising prices in response to the situation in Ukraine and diplomatic and security policies such as the state of defense.
The deadline for candidacy is 5 pm for both constituencies and proportional representation.
Voting for the Upper House election will take place on the 10th of next month after an 18-day election campaign and will be counted on the same day.