Original Title: Japanese House of Representatives Election Announces Fumio Kishida Will Continue to Rule
Overseas Network, November 1 According to the Japan Broadcasting Association NHK, the results of the 49th House of Representatives election in Japan were announced in the early morning of November 1, local time. The ruling coalition composed of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party won a total of 293 seats and won the election. This means that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will continue to be in power.
Elections for the Japanese House of Representatives are held every 4 years. This time, 1051 candidates competed for 465 rated seats, the smallest number under the current system in Japan. The Japanese Constitution does not stipulate that more than half of the House of Representatives elections are required to govern. However, because the prime minister’s designated elections and most parliamentary resolutions require more than half of the votes, it is best for the ruling party to have more than half of the seats in both houses of the House of Representatives.
In the current election, the ruling coalition in Japan set the line of victory for the election at 233 seats, which means it won more than half of the seats. After obtaining a majority of seats this time, it will continue to maintain its ruling status. However, according to previous analysis by Japanese media, despite winning the election, the situation facing the Kishida government is not optimistic. In the next step, it is still unknown whether the anti-epidemic policy proposed by him can be implemented, whether economic measures are effective, and whether relations with neighboring countries such as China and South Korea can be handled well. (Overseas Net Wu Qian)
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