Japan Election Upper House

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.

Japan election upper house. Japan will hold elections for its upper house on july 21. Japanese voters cast ballots sunday in an upper house election with shinzo abe s ruling bloc looking to protect its majority and keep on track plans to amend the country s pacifist constitution. Tokyo the campaign for japan s upper house election officially kicked off on thursday with prime minister shinzo abe s ruling coalition likely to see off a splintered opposition in the july 21.

The 25th regular election of members of the house of councillors dai nijūgo kai sangiin giin tsūjō senkyo 第25回参議院議員通常選挙 was held on 21 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. The 64 year old abe who is on course to become japan s longest serving prime minister is also hoping to shore up his mandate ahead of a crucial consumption tax hike later this year along with trade. The constitutional democratic party and democratic for the people party both center left.

The cdp won 32 while the dpp. 74 members were elected by single non transferable vote sntv. Japan s constitution thereby grants more power to the lower house by giving its decisions precedence over those of the upper house.

Komeito won 28 up three. Japan upper house election 2019 results. National media big in japan aug 3 2019.

Two new parties contested the election. Tokyo japan s governing liberal democratic party and junior partner komeito won a majority of the seats up for grabs in sunday s upper house election but the coalition and a conservative ally. Voters cast two ballots in the election one to choose electoral district representatives for 74 of the upper house s 124 contested seats and one under a proportional representation system to fill the remaining.

The 49th general election of members of the house of representatives japanese. The liberal democratic party has 113 seats in the house of councillors following this election down eight from 2016. Low voter turnout in upper house election may reflect an indifference to democracy.