The House of Representatives election is about to be announced three days later, and the composition of 289 single-member constituencies is being solidified.
While the Liberal Democratic Party and the Liberal Democratic Party have candidates in almost all constituencies, the Constitutional Democratic Party and the Communist Party have unified the candidates in more than 200 constituencies, and the composition of the confrontation between the ruling and opposition parties is clear. It has become.
Following the dissolution of the House of Representatives, the parties have entered a de facto election campaign and are rushing to coordinate candidates for the announcement on the 19th of this month.
On the 15th, the Liberal Democratic Party decided on the second official candidate after discussions with Prime Minister Kishida and Secretary General Amari.
As a result, of the 289 single-seat constituencies nationwide, the Liberal Democratic Party has 277 and the Komeito has nine candidates in a total of 286 constituencies.
The Liberal Democratic Party and the Liberal Democratic Party are aiming to maintain a coalition government by promoting electoral cooperation in each constituency and securing a majority of 233 seats together with proportional representation.
On the other hand, the opposition party has decided to stand in 214 constituencies for the Constitutional Democratic Party, 105 for the Communist Party, and 21 for the Democratic Party for the People.
And as a result of continuing adjustments so that the ruling party does not benefit, the three parties have unified the candidates in more than 200 constituencies, which is 70% of the 289 constituencies so far.
The opposition party wants to steadily acquire seats in these constituencies and increase the number of proportional representations to push the ruling party into the majority and realize a change of government.
In addition, the Nippon Ishin no Kai, which takes an unrelenting position with the administration and sets it apart from other opposition parties, has decided to stand in 94 constituencies, aiming to expand the party power outside Kansai, which has a strong support base.
In addition, the Reiwa Shinsengumi, which cooperates with the Constitutional Democratic Party and the Communist Party, has decided to stand in 18 constituencies, and the Social Democratic Party has decided to stand in 9 constituencies. We are announcing the support.
In this way, in the single-seat constituencies nationwide, the candidates of each party are getting solidified, and the composition of the confrontation between the ruling and opposition parties is becoming clearer.