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The 27th House of Councillors election, for which voting took place on the 20th

The 125 seats were contested, and each partys number of seats has been determined.

The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito were unable to maintain a majority of seats and, following the House of Representatives, have also become a minority ruling coalition in the House of Councillors.

Prime Minister Ishiba: As the largest party, we bear a heavy responsibility, so I intend to continue as Prime Minister and plan to officially announce this on the 21st.

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Even with the non-contested seats included, they will have only 7 seats, so they will no longer be able to submit bills on their own in the House of Councillors.

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The ruling party loses its majority.

How do you interpret the results? A

Prime Minister Ishiba had set the 50 seats needed to maintain a majority as a must-achieve goal, but he did not reach it.

Prime Minister Ishiba intends to stay on, but having lost the majority in both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, it is expected that running the government will become increasingly difficult.

In contrast, the Democratic Party for the People and the Sanseito significantly increased their seats, expanding their support mainly among relatively younger generations, and it appears that they also attracted some of the Liberal Democratic Partys traditional supporters.

The Japan Conservative Party and the political group Team Mirai also won seats in the proportional representation for the first time, which suggests that voter support was dispersed—a characteristic feature of this election.

How will the ruling and opposition parties respond?

Prime Minister Ishiba intends to seek consensus with opposition parties on each policy, and, based on experiences such as passing this year’s budget in the regular Diet session, aims to move politics forward.

On the other hand, as for the opposition parties, Constitutional Democratic Party leader Noda stated, The public has clearly expressed a no to the Ishiba administration, indicating a stance of intensifying confrontation.

However, even when the ruling party was in the minority in the House of Representatives, it cannot be said that the opposition parties always acted in unison to confront the ruling party. Therefore, it is unclear whether the opposition will unite as one and push for a change of government in response to the results of this election.

Both the ruling and opposition parties are likely to develop their future strategies while watching each others moves.

This will be the first time since its founding in 1955 that a government led by the Liberal Democratic Party has lost its majority in both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors.

The Liberal Democratic Party was reduced to 14 seats, half of the 28 seats it held three years ago in the previous election, marking the lowest number since the number of single-member districts became 32 in the 2016 election.

The Democratic Party for the People won three seats, two more than last time.

The Democratic Party for the People won three seats, two more than last time.

In addition, independents held 7 seats.

As a result, the number of Diet members belonging to the party has reached five, including those in the House of Representatives, thereby fulfilling all the requirements for a political party under the Public Offices Election Act.

Komeitos defeat in an electoral district is the first since 2007, 18 years ago.

On the other hand, according to NHKs summary, as of 7:30 p.m., the estimated voter turnout, including the approximately 26.18 million people who had already voted early by the 19th, is just over 55%.