Next Japanese general election

Next Japanese general election

← 2024 By 27 October 2028
All 465 seats in the House of Representatives 233 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader Shigeru Ishiba Yoshihiko Noda Hirofumi Yoshimura Seiji Maehara Party LDP CDP Ishin Leader since 27 September 2024 23 September 2024 1 December 2024 Leader's seat Tottori 1st Chiba 14th N/A[a] Kyoto 2nd Last election 191 seats 148 seats 38 seats Current seats 191 148 38 Seats needed 42 85 195   Leader Motohisa Furukawa[b] (Interim) Tetsuo Saito Tarō Yamamoto Party DPP Komeito Reiwa Leader since 4 December 2024 9 November 2024 1 April 2019 Leader's seat Aichi 2nd Hiroshima 3rd Did not stand[c] Last election 28 seats 24 seats 9 seats Current seats 28 24 9 Seats needed 205 209 224   Leader Tomoko Tamura Sohei Kamiya Naoki Hyakuta Party JCP Sanseitō CPJ Leader since 18 January 2024[d] 30 August 2023 1 September 2023 Leader's seat Tokyo PR block Did not stand[c] N/A Last election 8 seats 3 seats 3 seats Current seats 8 3 3 Seats needed 225 230 230
Districts and PR districts, shaded according to winners' vote strength
Incumbent Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba LDP

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General elections are scheduled to be held in Japan no later than 27 October 2028 to elect all 465 seats of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet. Voting will take place in all constituencies, including 289 single-seat electoral districts and 176 proportional blocks.^[1]

The 2024 general election resulted in a hung parliament and the formation of a minority government led by Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition under Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. An election may occur before the scheduled date if the Prime Minister dissolves Parliament for a snap election or if the House of Representatives passes a motion of no confidence in the government. Early elections are more likely during minority governments, as the Prime Minister does not command a majority in the House of Representatives.

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