The Japanese political process has two types of elections. National elections (国政選挙, kokusei senkyo) Subnational/local elections (地方選挙, chihō senkyo) While...

General elections are scheduled to be held in Japan by 31 October 2025, as required by the constitution. Voting will take place in all Representatives...

General elections were held in Japan on 31 October 2021, as required by the constitution. Voting took place in all constituencies in order to elect members...

General elections were held in Japan on 22 October 2017. Voting took place in all Representatives constituencies of Japan – 289 single-member districts...

In 2024, two separate rounds of by-elections in Japan are due to be held in order to fill vacancies in the National Diet of Japan, one on 28 April, and...

Diet of Japan. On 23 April 2023, 5 by-elections were held together with the second phase of the unified local elections (municipal elections except designated...

General elections were held in Japan on 16 December 2012. Voters gave the Liberal Democratic Party a landslide victory, ejecting the Democratic Party from...

General elections were held in Japan on August 30, 2009 to elect the 480 members of the House of Representatives. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)...

General elections were held in Japan on 23 January 1949. The result was a landslide victory for the Democratic Liberal Party, which won 269 of the 466...

General elections were held in Japan on 18 February 1990 to elect the 512 members of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet...

General elections were held in Japan on 25 June 2000 to elect the 480 members of the House of Representatives. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)...

the previous elections in 2003. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi called the election after bills to privatize Japan Post were voted down in the upper house...

General elections were held in Japan on 30 April 1942 to elect members of the House of Representatives. They were the only elections held in Japan during...

General elections were held in Japan on 20 October 1996. A coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party, New Party Sakigake and the Social Democratic Party...

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 10 July 2022 to elect 125 of the 248 members of the upper house of the National Diet, for a term of...

General elections were held in Japan on 14 December 2014. Voting took place in all Representatives constituencies of Japan including proportional blocks...

General elections were held in Japan on 20 November 1960. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 296 of the 467 seats. Voter...

General elections were held in Japan on November 9, 2003. Incumbent Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of the Liberal Democratic Party won the election but...

General elections were held in Japan on 27 February 1955. The result was a victory for the Japan Democratic Party, which won 185 of the 467 seats. Voter...

General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1930. The Constitutional Democratic Party, which was led by Prime Minister Hamaguchi Osachi, won an...

The 2023 Japanese unified local elections were held across the country on 9 and 23 April 2023. In total 15,047 candidates were elected in 1,008 races with...

winner of the election will effectively become the Prime Minister of Japan and will lead the party in the next Japanese general election (if it takes place...

General elections were held in Japan on 18 July 1993 to elect the 511 members of the House of Representatives. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which...

candidate in a constituency, and one for a party list. Any national of Japan at least 18 years of age may vote in these elections, reduced from age 20 in 2016...

General elections were held in Japan on 10 April 1946, the first after World War II, during the Allied occupation. Voters had one, two or three votes,...

General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1932. They were the last elections before the May 15 Incident, which marked the temporary end of party...

General elections were held in Japan on 22 May 1958. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 298 of the 467 seats. Voter turnout...

General elections were held in Japan on 31 March 1937. Rikken Minseitō emerged as the largest in Parliament, with 179 of the 466 seats. The election was a...

General elections were held in Japan on 19 April 1953. The result saw the ruling Liberal Party win 199 of the 466 seats. Voter turnout was 74.2%. Dieter...

General elections were held in Japan on 6 July 1986 to elect the 512 members of the House of Representatives. This marks the last general election as of...