Japanese Parliamentary Election 2019 Voting Live

Japanese Parliamentary Election Dates 2019

Japanese Parliamentary Election Date: 21st July 2019 

The 25th regular election of members of the House of Councillors will be held on 21st July 2019 to elect 124 of the 245 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the then 710-member bicameral National Diet of Japan, for a term of six years.

74 members will be elected by single non-transferable vote (SNTV)/First-past-the-post (FPTP) voting in 45 multi- and single-member prefectural electoral districts. The nationwide district will elect 50 members by D'Hondt proportional representation with optionally open lists, the previous most open list system was modified in 2018 to give parties the option to prioritize certain candidates over the voters' preferences in the proportional election.

Japanese Parliamentary Election Voting Live 2019

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The Electoral system of Japan

The term of members elected in the 2013 regular election (including those elected in subsequent by-elections or as runners-up) ends on 28 July 2019. Under the "Public Offices Election Act", the regular election must be held within 30 days before that date, or under certain conditions if the Diet is in session or scheduled to open at that time, between 24 and 30 days after the closure of the session and thus potentially somewhat after the actual end of term.

Going into the election, the Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito controls a two-thirds supermajority of seats in the House of Representatives but did not control a similar super-majority of seats in the House of Councillors, necessary to initiate amendments of the Constitution of Japan.

Japan election results 2019 

Japan Parties and leaders

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