2021 Japanese general election
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The 49th general election of members of the House of Representatives (Japanese: 第49回衆議院議員総選挙, Hepburn: dai-yonjūkyūkai Shūgiin giin sōsenkyo) is scheduled on or before 22 October 2021, as required by the Constitution of Japan. Voting will take place in all Representatives constituencies of Japan including proportional blocks, in order to appoint Members of Diet to seats in the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. As the cabinet has to resign after a general House of Representatives election in the first post-election Diet session (Constitution, Article 70), the lower house election will also lead to a new designation election of the Prime Minister in the Diet, and the appointment of a new cabinet (even if the same ministers are re-appointed).
Election date
Under the post-occupation interpretation of Article 7 of the Constitution, the cabinet may instruct the Emperor to dissolve the House of Representatives before the end of term at will. Elections must be held within 40 days after dissolution.
The only time in postwar history that the House of Representatives was not dissolved before the end of its term was in 1976. If the House of Representatives completes a full four-year term, the election must be held within 30 days before that.[1]
Current composition
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In-House Groups [innai] kaiha |
Parties | Seats by parties |
Seats | |
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Government | 289 | |||
Liberal Democratic Party Jiyūminshutō / Mushozoku no Kai Liberal Democratic Party / Association of independents |
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) | 256 | 257 | |
Independent | 1 | |||
Komeito Kōmeitō |
Komeito | 32 | 32 | |
Opposition | 168 | |||
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Rikken Minshutō・Mushozoku Constitutional Democratic Party / Independents |
Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) | 97 | 99 | |
Social Democratic Party (SDP) | 1 | |||
Independent | 1 | |||
Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) and Free Education For All Nippon Ishin no Kai / Kyōiku mushō-ka o jitsugen suru Kai Nippon Ishin no Kai / Free Education For All |
Nippon Ishin no Kai | 41 | 45 | |
Free Education For All | 4 | |||
Japanese Communist Party Nihon Kyōsantō |
Japanese Communist Party (JCP) | 10 | 10 | |
Democratic Party for the People Kokumin Minshutō・Mushozoku Club Democratic Party for the People / Independent Club |
Democratic Party For the People (DPFP) | 7 | 7 | |
Yūshi no Kai Yūshi no Kai |
Independent | 4 | 4 | |
Reiwa Shinsengumi Reiwa Shinsengumi |
Reiwa Shinsengumi | 3 | 3 | |
Independents (government or opposition) | 7 | |||
Independents (not member of a caucus) Mushozoku |
LDP (Speaker: Fukushiro Nukaga) | 1 | ||
CDP (Vice-Speaker: Banri Kaieda) | 1 | |||
Independents (not member of a party) | 5 | |||
Total | 464 | |||
Vacant Ketsuin |
proportional seat: one LDP list seat from Hokkaidō (scheduled runner-up replacement: Kazuo Maeda)[3] | 1 | ||
Opinion polls
See also
Notes
- ^ Democratic Party merged with Kibō no Tō in May 2018, forming the Democratic Party for the People.
- ^ The party only runs candidates in Osaka Prefecture, and as such is unable to obtain enough seats for a majority alone.
- ^ After the DPFP merger, Kibō was re-established in a new form.
References
- ^ "公職選挙法". Archived from the original on 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ "会派名及び会派別所属議員数". 衆議院 The House of Representatives, Japan. Retrieved 2024-04-24. (Japanese), retrieved August 30, 2024.
- ^ Hokkaidō Shimbun, August 29, 2024: 前田道議、繰り上げ当選辞退を正式表明 堀井衆院議員辞職で, retrieved August 30, 2024.