In this House of Councilors election, the number of people who completed early voting in the 11 days until the 3rd of this month is about 7.787,000, which is more than 7% of the voters nationwide, which is 20 compared to the same time in the previous election three years ago. % It has increased too much.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has summarized the status of 11-day early voting from the 23rd of last month to the 3rd of this month, the day after the announcement of the Upper House election, through the election administration committee of each prefecture.
According to this, the number of people who voted before the deadline was 7,786,881, which is 7.39% of all voters.
The House of Councilors election this time is one day longer than the previous election three years ago, and compared to the same time point, the number of people is about 1.48 million, which is 23% higher.
By prefecture, the largest number is Tokyo with 641,436, followed by Osaka with 537,884 and Aichi with 534,620.
In the last House of Councilors election three years ago, more than 17.06 million people, or about 16% of all voters, voted early.
Early voting for the Upper House election will be held until the 9th of this month, the day before the voting date.