The 26th House of Councilors election has been voted since the morning of the 10th.
The national turnout compiled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is 6.18% as of 10:00 am, which is 0.53 points higher than the previous election three years ago.
Voting for the Upper House elections has been held at approximately 46,000 polling stations nationwide from 7:00 am, except in some areas such as remote islands where early voting was held.
The national turnout compiled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is 6.18% as of 10:00 am, which is 0.53 points higher than the previous election three years ago.
The highest prefecture is Niigata prefecture with 10.26%, followed by Yamagata prefecture with 10.21% and Iwate prefecture with 9.95%.
On the contrary, the lowest is 2.29% in Chiba prefecture, followed by 2.36% in Saitama prefecture and 4.85% in Gifu prefecture.
On the other hand, the number of people who voted "early" by the 8th was 16.12 million, which is 15.29% of all voters, which is about 1.95 million more than the same time of the previous election three years ago. increase.
In the election contest, in addition to the evaluation of the Kishida administration, measures against rising prices in response to the situation in Ukraine and diplomatic and security policies such as the state of defense power became issues.
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.
Voting is closed at 8 pm, except for some polling stations, and will be counted on the same day.