In this House of Councilors election, the number of people who voted early by the 8th was 16.12 million, which is 15% of the voters nationwide, an increase of about 1.95 million from the same time three years ago. ..
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has summarized the status of 16-day early voting from the 23rd to the 8th of last 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 16,122,093, which is 15.29% 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, the number of people is about 1.95 million, which is about 14% higher.
By prefecture, Tokyo has the largest number of 1,663,324, followed by Kanagawa with 1,094,410 and Osaka with 992,867, excluding Ehime, Tottori, and Akita. In 44 prefectures, it exceeded the same point in the previous time.
Early voting is being held all over the country until the 9th, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will announce the number of people who voted early in this House of Councilors election on the 10th.
In the last election three years ago, more than 17.06 million people, about 16% of all voters, voted early.