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Japan Snap Election 2017 Results Voting Live Dates Opinion Exit Poll
Japan Snap Election Dates 2017
Japan Snap Election Date: 22 October 2017
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is weighing holding a snap general election as early as next month, a move that would allow him to seize on opposition disarray and growing support for his handling of the North Korea crisis.
Japan Snap Election Voting Live 2017
- Shinzo Abe is heading towards a snap general election on October 22 as the Japanese prime minister moves to exploit a shambolic opposition and secure power beyond the 2020 Olympic Games.
- Analysts said the ruling Liberal Democratic Party was well-placed to win, but there were risks to calling an early vote based purely on the weakness of the opposition, with echoes of UK prime minister Theresa May’s electoral disaster earlier this year.
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Abe appears increasingly inclined to call an election amid a recovery in public support following a spate of scandals, public broadcaster NHK reported, without saying where it obtained the information.
Electoral system of Japan
Japan has a democratic system of government as does the United States. The electoral system in Japan is different, however. In Japan, representatives are elected to the national parliament, the Diet. The Diet is divided into an upper house (the House of Councillors) and a lower house (the House of Representatives).
Candidates for Japan Snap Election 2017
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Japan Parties and leaders
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Democratic Party (DP)
Communist Party (JCP)
Komeito (KM)
Nippon Ishin no Kai (NIK)
Japan past election results
Summary of the 14 December 2014 Japanese House of Representatives election results |
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Political Party |
Local Constituency Vote |
PR Block Vote |
Total Seats |
+/− |
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Votes |
% |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
Total |
% |
Before |
Last |
|
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Coalition |
26,226,838 |
49.54% |
232 |
24,973,152 |
46.82% |
94 |
326 |
68.63% |
0 |
+1 |
|
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Liberal Democratic Party |
LDP |
25,461,448 |
48.1% |
223 |
17,658,916 |
33.11% |
68 |
291 |
61.26% |
-4 |
-3 |
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Komeito |
NKP |
765,390 |
1.45% |
9 |
7,314,236 |
13.71% |
26 |
35 |
7.37% |
+4 |
+4 |
|
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Democratic Party |
DPJ |
11,916,849 |
22.51% |
38 |
9,775,991 |
18.33% |
35 |
73 |
15.37% |
+10 |
+16 |
|
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Innovation Party |
JIP |
4,319,645 |
8.16% |
11 |
8,382,699 |
15.72% |
30 |
41 |
8.63% |
-1 |
New |
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Japan Communist Party |
JCP |
7,040,130 |
13.3% |
1 |
6,062,962 |
11.37% |
20 |
21 |
4.42% |
+13 |
+13 |
|
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Party for Future Generations |
PFG |
947,395 |
1.79% |
2 |
1,414,919 |
2.65% |
0 |
2 |
0.42% |
-17 |
New |
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Social Democratic Party |
SDP |
419,347 |
0.79% |
1 |
1,314,441 |
2.46% |
1 |
2 |
0.42% |
0 |
0 |
|
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People's Life Party |
PLP |
514,575 |
0.97% |
2 |
1,028,721 |
1.93% |
0 |
2 |
0.42% |
-3 |
New |
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New Renaissance Party |
NRP |
– |
– |
– |
16,597 |
0.03% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
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Others |
43,546 |
0.08% |
0 |
364,965 |
0.69% |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
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Independents |
1,511,242 |
2.85% |
8 |
– |
– |
– |
8 |
1.68% |
-7 |
+3 |
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Total |
52,939,789 |
100.00% |
295 |
53,334,447 |
100.00% |
180 |
475 |
100% |
-5[10] |
– |
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