2024 Japanese general election

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2024 Japanese general election

← 2021 27 October 2024
All 465 seats in the House of Representatives 233 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader Shigeru Ishiba Yoshihiko Noda Nobuyuki Baba Party Liberal Democratic Constitutional Democratic Ishin Leader since 27 September 2024 23 September 2024 30 November 2021 Last election 261 seats 96 seats 41 seats Current seats 258 99 41 Seats needed 134 192   Leader Keiichi Ishii Tomoko Tamura Yuichiro Tamaki Party Komeito Communist Democratic For the People Leader since 28 September 2024 18 January 2024 7 May 2018 Last election 32 seats 10 seats 11 seats Current seats 32 10 7 Seats needed 201 223 226   Leader Seiji Maehara Tarō Yamamoto Mizuho Fukushima Party Free Education For All Reiwa Social Democratic Leader since 30 November 2023 1 April 2019 22 February 2020 Last election Did not exist 3 seats 1 seat Current seats 4 3 1 Seats needed 229 230 232
House of Representatives districts after 2022 redistricting
Incumbent Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba Liberal Democratic

Early general elections are scheduled to be held in Japan on 27 October 2024,^[1] due to the incoming finalization of a request of early dissolution of the House of Representatives by prime minister Shigeru Ishiba. Voting will take place in all Representatives constituencies including proportional blocks, 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).