The 26th House of Councilors election was announced on the 22nd, and according to NHK's summary, as of 11:30 am, 540 people including the constituency and proportional representation have submitted their candidacy.
We have entered an 18-day election contest for the polling day on the 10th of next month, 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.
Candidates for the Upper House election are accepted from 8:30 am by the Electoral Commission of each prefecture and the proportional representation by the Central Election Commission of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
According to NHK's summary as of 11:30 am, 362 people ran for 75 constituencies in 45 constituencies nationwide.
By political party,
▼ LDP has 49 people,
▼ Constitutional Democratic Party has 31 people,
▼ Komeito has 7 people,
▼ Nippon Ishin no Kai has 20 people,
▼ Democratic Party for the People has 13 people,
▼ Communist Party has 33 people,
▼ Reiwa 5 new members,
▼ Social Democratic Party 4 people,
▼ NHK Party 71 people,
▼ First Party 1 person,
▼ Restoration Party / Shinfu 9 people,
▼ Happiness Realization Party 11 people,
▼ Participating Party 45 people ,
▼ The new party is 8 people,
▼ Japan's first party is 8 people,
▼ various factions are 15 people,
▼ unaffiliated is 32 people.
The number of prospective candidates in the constituency is 147 more than the candidates for the last three years ago, the second highest after the 1995 election, which was the most so far.
On the other hand, 15 political parties and political groups submitted the list to the proportional representation with a capacity of 50.
In the order of notification,
▼ Happiness Realization Party 1 person,
▼ Nippon Ishin no Kai 26 people,
▼ Reiwa Shinsengumi 9 people,
▼ Komeito Party 17 people,
▼ Burdock Party 11 people,
▼ Constitutional Democratic Party 20 people,
▼ National Democratic Party 9 people,
▼ Political Party 5 people,
▼ Japan First Party 2 people,
▼ Communist Party 25 people,
▼ New Party Cloudy 2 people,
▼ LDP 33 people,
There are 8 members of the Social Democratic
Party, 9 members of the NHK Party,
and 1 member of the Restoration Party / Shinfu.
Of these, 11 people in total, including 1 Reiwa Shinsengumi, 8 burdock parties, and 2 Liberal Democratic parties, ran for the "specific frame" in which the elections are prioritized according to the order decided in advance by the political parties. ..
As a result, the total number of candidates for the constituency and proportional representation has been 540 so far, 170 more than the previous number of candidates three years ago, which was 370.
Of these, 178 are women, or 33% of all candidates.
Both the number of female candidates and their share of the total number of candidates are at record highs.
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.
Regarding the "one-person district" with a capacity of 32 people nationwide, which is said to hold the key to the victory or defeat of the entire election contest, the LDP candidates and the opposition unification candidates confronted each other in all the constituencies in the last and last elections. However, this time, only 11 constituencies have a composition in which the opposition party unifies the candidates and confronts the ruling party.
In the election contest, in addition to the evaluation of the Kishida administration, it is expected that there will be debates 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 focus will be on whether the LDP and Komeito can maintain a stable government base, or whether the opposition can create a foothold for a reversal offensive.
In addition, whether the two parties, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Komeito Party, the Nippon Ishin no Kai, and the Democratic Party for the People, who are willing to amend the Constitution, will secure two-thirds of the seats required to propose the amendment by combining the non-elected seats. Is also the focus.
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.