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Japan 2021 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal Democratic Party led with 34.7% of the vote; 55.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.9 points on 2017.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Liberal Democratic Party7234.719,914,883
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan3920.011,492,094
Japan Innovation Party2514.08,050,830
Komeito2312.47,114,282
Japanese Communist Party97.34,166,076
Democratic Party for the People54.52,593,396
Reiwa Shinsengumi33.92,215,648
Japan Socialist Party01.81,018,588
The party that protects those who do not pay the NHK license fee01.4796,788
Votes by party
  • Liberal Democratic Party 19,914,883
  • Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan 11,492,094
  • Japan Innovation Party 8,050,830
  • Komeito 7,114,282
  • Japanese Communist Party 4,166,076
  • Democratic Party for the People 2,593,396
  • Reiwa Shinsengumi 2,215,648
  • Japan Socialist Party 1,018,588
  • The party that protects those who do not pay the NHK license fee 796,788

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

These are the 176 seats elected from party lists; the House's constituency seats are not in our data, so this is not the whole House.

Share of the vote

Turnout

55.6% of the 105,320,523 registered voters cast a ballot (58,575,222 ballots), up 1.9 points on 2017. 57,180,934 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 2012 in our data. How turnout is counted.

How the result is shaped

The effective number of parties by votes is 4.9; Liberal Democratic Party led Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan by 14.7 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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