Next Japanese general election

The next Japanese general elections are scheduled on or before 31 October 2025, as required by the constitution. Voting will take place in all Representatives constituencies 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 election of the Prime Minister in the Diet, and the appointment of a new cabinet (even if the same ministers are re-appointed).

Next Japanese general election
Japan
On or before 29 October 2025
All 465 seats in the House of Representatives
233 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader Current seats
Liberal Democratic Fumio Kishida 262
CDP Kenta Izumi 96
Innovation Nobuyuki Baba 41
Komeito Natsuo Yamaguchi 32
DPP Yuichiro Tamaki 10
Communist Kazuo Shii 10
Reiwa Tarō Yamamoto 3
Social Democratic Mizuho Fukushima 1
Independents — 5
House of Representatives districts after 2022 redistricting
Incumbent Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida
Liberal Democratic

Political parties
See also: List of political parties in Japan
Parties Leader Ideology Seats Status
Last election Before election
Liberal Democratic Party Fumio Kishida Conservatism
259 / 465
262 / 465
 Governing coalition
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Kenta Izumi Social liberalism
96 / 465
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96 / 465
 Opposition
Nippon Ishin no Kai Nobuyuki Baba Right-wing populism
41 / 465
41 / 465
 Opposition
Komeito Natsuo Yamaguchi Buddhist democracy
32 / 465
32 / 465
 Governing coalition
Democratic Party for the People Yuichiro Tamaki Reformism
11 / 465
10 / 465
 Opposition
Japanese Communist Party Kazuo Shii Communism
10 / 465
10 / 465
 Opposition
Reiwa Shinsengumi Tarō Yamamoto Progressivism
3 / 465
3 / 465
 Opposition
Social Democratic Party Mizuho Fukushima Social democracy
1 / 465
1 / 465
 Opposition

Reapportionment

The electoral districts will be readjusted according to the results of the 2020 Japan census. Originally, it was intended to be readjusted for the last election, but it was held in the existing constituencies not long after the census results came out.[1][2]

Newly created seats

Ten new districts and three new block seats will be created.

  1. Tokyo-26th
  2. Tokyo-27th
  3. Tokyo-28th
  4. Tokyo-29th
  5. Tokyo-30th
  6. Kanagawa-19th
  7. Kanagawa-20th
  8. Saitama-16th
  9. Aichi-16th
  10. Chiba-14th
  11. 18th Tokyo block seat
  12. 19th Tokyo block seat
  13. 23rd Minami-Kanto block seat

Seats to be eliminated

Ten districts and three block seats will be eliminated.

  1. Hiroshima-7th
  2. Miyagi-6th
  3. Niigata-6th
  4. Fukushima-5th
  5. Okayama-5th
  6. Shiga-4th
  7. Yamaguchi-4th
  8. Ehime-4th
  9. Nagasaki-4th
  10. Wakayama-3rd
  11. 13th Tohoku block seat
  12. 11th Hokurikushinetsu block seat
  13. 11th Chugoku block seat

Opinion polls
Main article: Opinion polling for the next Japanese general election

See also

Notes
  1. 95 - Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan; 1 - Independent

References
  1. "小選挙区「10増10減」へ 国勢調査受け、次々回から" [Single-seat constituencies to increase by 10, decrease by 10]. The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 25 June 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  2. "衆院小選挙区「１０増１０減」 アダムズ方式で格差是正―政府、来年にも法案提出" [House of Representatives single-seat constituency "10 increase, 10 decrease" Adams method to correct disparities-government to submit bill next year]. Jiji Press (in Japanese). 25 June 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
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