Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–Following is a party-by-party breakdown of seats won in Sunday’s election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan’s parliament, as of 3 a.m. Monday, with figures in parentheses showing the number of seats won in single-seat constituencies and under the proportional representation system in that order: Party Name Seats Won Pre-Election Strength Liberal Democratic Party 302 (248/ 54) 198 Centrist Reform Alliance 30 ( 7/ 23) 172 Japan Innovation Party 23 ( 18/ 5) 34 Democratic Party for the People 15 ( 8/ 7) 27 Japanese Communist Party 0 ( 0/ 0) 8 Reiwa Shinsengumi 0 ( 0/ 0) 8 Tax Cuts Japan & Patriotic Alliance 1 ( 1/ 0) 5 Sanseito 2 ( 0/ 2) 2 Conservative Party of Japan 0 ( 0/ 0) 1 Social Democratic Party 0 ( 0/ 0) 0 Team Mirai 3 ( 0/ 3) 0 Minor Parties 0 ( 0/ 0) 0 Independents 4 ( 4/ -) 10 ————————————————————————- Total 380 (286/ 94) 465 Note: Of the 465 Lower House seats, 289 are for single-seat constituencies and 176 for regional proportional representation blocs. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
Table of Seat Tallies in Japan Lower House Election (Provisional)
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