2025 Japanese House of Councillors election

2025 Japanese House of Councillors election
← 2022 By 27 July 2025 2028 →
124 of the 248 seats in the House of Councillors
125 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
 
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Leader Shigeru Ishiba Yoshihiko Noda Tetsuo Saito
Party LDP CDP Komeito
Leader since 27 September 2024 23 September 2024 9 November 2024
Last election 119 seats 39 seats 27 seats
Current seats 115 38 27
Seats needed Increase10 Increase87 Increase98
 
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Leader TBD Tomoko Tamura Yuichiro Tamaki
Party Ishin JCP DPP
Leader since 1 December 2024 18 January 2024 11 September 2020
Last election 21 seats 11 seats 10 seats
Current seats 20 11 9
Seats needed Increase105 Increase114 Increase116
 
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Leader Tarō Yamamoto Mizuho Fukushima Sohei Kamiya
Party Reiwa SDP Sanseitō
Leader since 1 April 2019 1 September 2023 30 August 2023
Last election 5 seats 2 seats 1 seat
Current seats 5 2 1
Seats needed Increase120 Increase123 Increase124
Incumbent President

Hidehisa Otsuji
LDP



The 27th general election of the House of Councillors is scheduled to be held in Japan by 27 July 2025 to elect 124, half of the 248 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the National Diet, for a term of six years.[1][2]

  1. ^ "第27回参議院議員選挙（参議院議員通常選挙）2025年07月28日任期満了 ｜ 選挙ドットコム". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  2. ^ "参議院議員の通常選挙の期日". Legislative Bureau House of Councillors. Retrieved 17 June 2024.