The Liberal Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, won the House of Councilors election held today (10th) by a landslide.
Local public broadcaster NHK reported that the ruling party had secured 70 seats out of 125 seats as of 11 p.m. as a result of interim counting of seats secured by party based on the vote counting situation, exit surveys, and market tax coverage.
If the 70 seats of the ruling party, which are not subject to this election, are combined, the term of office is still about three years left, and 140 seats have already been secured, achieving a majority of 248 seats in the House of Representatives.
Prime Minister Kishida was able to strengthen her position within the party by winning the House of Representatives election this year as a sign of the LDP following last year's House of Representatives election.
In this election, it is analyzed that the case in which former Prime Minister Abe was shot and killed during a support campaign two days before voting worked in favor of the LDP.
The four opposition parties, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Kongmyung Party, the Japan Restoration Party, and the People's Democratic Party, which are positive for constitutional amendment, one of the key issues in this election, maintained more than two-thirds of the total seats in the House of Representatives.
NHK reported that among the newly elected seats, the Japan Restoration Society secured 10 seats and the People's Democratic Party secured two seats.
These four parties, which are classified as constitutional reform forces, secured 82 seats in this election, adding up the existing 84 seats, and already secured 166 seats, the two-thirds standard required for constitutional amendment.