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2021 Japanese general election

Name: 2021 Japanese general election
Start: 2021-10-31
End: 2021-10-31
Location: Japan

31 October 2021

Wikidata Q42418054: 2021 Japanese general election Wikidata

2021 Japanese general election - point in time 2021-10-31

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC0-1.0

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The election

Date: 31 October 2021
Date status: Held - Voting has taken place.
Wikidata Q42418054: 2021 Japanese general election Wikidata
2021 Japanese general election - point in time 2021-10-31
Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC0-1.0
What is being elected: House of Representatives
en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia
Seats won 259 96 41
Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Office: House of Representatives
Who votes: The public, from age 18. Voting is not compulsory.
Electoral authority: Central Election Management Council, under the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, with prefectural and municipal election administration commissions conducting elections at local levels

Results

Final results, as published by en.wikipedia.org. elekt reports the figures the sources publish; it does not call races or make projections.

Final results

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Seats won 259 96 41

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Turnout 56%

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

Seats won 259 96 41

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Seats won: all 8 lines, as in the table

Results of 2021 Japanese general election
Party or candidate	Votes	Share	Seats	Source
Liberal Democratic Party Elected	19,914,883	34.7%	259	en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia Seats won 259 96 41 Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Elected	11,492,115	20%	96	en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia Seats won 259 96 41 Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Japan Innovation Party Elected	8,050,830	14%	41	en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia Seats won 259 96 41 Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Komeito Elected	7,114,282	12.4%	32	en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia Seats won 259 96 41 Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Japanese Communist Party Elected	4,166,076	7.3%	10	en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia Seats won 259 96 41 Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Democratic Party For the People Elected	2,593,396	4.5%	11	en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia Seats won 259 96 41 Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Reiwa Shinsengumi Elected	-	-	3	en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia Seats won 259 96 41 Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Social Democratic Party Elected	-	-	1	en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia Seats won 259 96 41 Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Sources

Last checked 8 October 2026 (UTC).

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