2022 Japanese House of Councillors election

2022 Japanese House of Councillors election

25 July 2022
124 of the 245 seats in the House of Councillors 123 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Fumio Kishida Kenta Izumi Natsuo Yamaguchi Party Liberal Democratic Constitutional Democratic Komeito Leader since 29 September 2021 30 November 2021 8 September 2009 Leader's seat not contesting (Representative) not contesting (Representative) Tokyo Last election 113 seats, 35.37% 32 seats, 15.81% 28 seats, 13.05%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Yuichiro Tamaki Toranosuke Katayama Kazuo Shii Party Democratic Party for the People Ishin Communist Leader since 18 December 2020 2 November 2015 24 November 2000 Leader's seat not contesting (Representative) not contesting (retiring) not contesting (Representative) Last election 21 seats, 6.95% 16 seats, 9.80% 13 seats, 8.95%   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Tarō Yamamoto Mizuho Fukushima Party Reiwa Social Democratic Leader since 1 April 2019 22 February 2020 Leader's seat not contesting (Representative) not contesting (Representative) Last election 2 seats, 4.55% 2 seats, 2.09%
President of the House of Councillors before election Akiko Santō Liberal Democratic Elected President of the House of Councillors TBD

House of Councillors elections will be held in Japan on 25 July 2022 to elect 124 of the 245 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the then 710-member bicameral National Diet, 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.

The election will occurr within the first year of Fumio Kishida's term as Prime Minister, and it will see Kenta Izumi debut as the leader of the opposition CDP.