Opposition parties are making adjustments for cooperation ahead of the lower house election, but candidates are competing in 70 single-member constituencies between the Constitutional Democratic Party and the Communist Party, and how far can we unify in the future? Is likely to be the focus.
With the term of the House of Representatives coming up on October 21, the Constitutional Democratic Party has made adjustments to unify the opposition candidates, hoping to create a composition in which the ruling and opposition parties compete one-on-one as much as possible in the 289 single-member constituencies in this election. Continues.
Of these, candidates are still competing with the Communist Party in 70 constituencies, mainly in the Tokyo metropolitan area and Kinki.
The Communist Party wants to support a large number of candidates in order to get a proportional representation vote, and insists that the Constitutional Democratic Party needs equal cooperation such as withdrawing candidates in some constituencies.
On the other hand, the Constitutional Democratic Party has a policy of demanding the withdrawal of as many candidates as possible, saying that it wants to avoid benefiting the ruling party by distributing votes to opposition candidates.
However, the coalition that supports the Constitutional Democratic Party has some cautious opinions about cooperation with the Communist Party, so it seems that the focus will be on how far it can be unified in the future.