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Japan 2024 general election

What was the result of the 2024 general election in Japan?

Provisional result: Liberal Democratic Party won 191 of 465 seats with 26.7% of the party-list vote. 53.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Japan
  • Held:
  • Provisional result
  • Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), read 8 November 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Provisional results from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, read : Liberal Democratic Party won 191 of 465 seats with 26.7% of the vote; 53.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.8 points on 2021.

  • Liberal Democratic Party 191 26.7%
  • Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan 148 21.2%
  • Democratic Party for the People 28 11.3%
  • Komeito 24 10.9%
  • Japan Innovation Party 38 9.4%
  • Reiwa Shinsengumi 9 7.0%
  • Japanese Communist Party 8 6.2%
  • Sanseito 3 3.4%
  • Conservative Party of Japan 2 2.1%
  • Social Democratic Party 1 1.7%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
233 of 465 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 26.7%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Democratic Party

    Liberal Democratic Party won 191 of 465 seats. A majority needs 233.

  2. 53.8%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.8 points on 2021.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Liberal Democratic Party19126.714,582,690
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan14821.211,565,122
Democratic Party for the People2811.36,171,533
Komeito2410.95,964,415
Japan Innovation Party389.45,105,127
Reiwa Shinsengumi97.03,805,060
Japanese Communist Party86.23,362,966
Sanseito33.41,870,347
Conservative Party of Japan22.11,145,622
Social Democratic Party11.7934,598
Minna de Tsukuru Party00.023,784
Association to Consider the Euthanasia System00.018,455
Independent candidates13
Votes by party
  • Liberal Democratic Party 14,582,690
  • Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan 11,565,122
  • Democratic Party for the People 6,171,533
  • Komeito 5,964,415
  • Japan Innovation Party 5,105,127
  • Reiwa Shinsengumi 3,805,060
  • Japanese Communist Party 3,362,966
  • Sanseito 1,870,347
  • Conservative Party of Japan 1,145,622
  • Social Democratic Party 934,598
  • Minna de Tsukuru Party 23,784
  • Association to Consider the Euthanasia System 18,455
  • Independent candidates

Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (総務省), results of the 2024 House of Representatives election, under the Public Data License 1.0. The Ministry calls these results preliminary. Shown in our own layout and not presented as the Ministry's own: the turnout, the change on the election before and the indices are worked out by us, and a party's votes are shown as whole numbers, though the Ministry's tables can carry decimals.

Votes and shares are the party-list vote. Seats are the whole House: 289 from single-seat districts and 176 from party lists. The independents together are one row; they stand in the districts only and have no party-list votes.

How many people voted?

53.8% of the 103,880,749 registered voters cast a ballot (55,930,901 ballots), down 1.8 points on 2021. 54,549,720 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Democratic Party26.7% of votes41.1% of seats
  • Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan21.2% of votes31.8% of seats
  • Japan Innovation Party9.4% of votes8.2% of seats
  • Democratic Party for the People11.3% of votes6.0% of seats
  • Komeito10.9% of votes5.2% of seats
  • Reiwa Shinsengumi7.0% of votes1.9% of seats
  • Japanese Communist Party6.2% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Sanseito3.4% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Conservative Party of Japan2.1% of votes0.4% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party1.7% of votes0.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 15.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.2 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Liberal Democratic Party led Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan by 5.5 points of the vote.

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Sources
  • Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (総務省), Japan, House of Representatives election results. Public Data License 1.0; turnout, changes and indices worked out by us. (source). Licence: Public Data License 1.0 (Japan)