Next Japanese general election

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Next Japanese general election

← 2021 By 29 October 2025
All 465 seats in the House of Representatives 233 seats needed for a majority
Leader Fumio Kishida Kenta Izumi Nobuyuki Baba Party Liberal Democratic Constitutional Democratic Ishin Leader since 29 September 2021 30 November 2021 30 November 2021 Last election 34.66%, 259 seats 20.00%, 96 seats 14.01%, 41 seats Current seats 257 98 41 Seats needed 135 192   Leader Natsuo Yamaguchi Tomoko Tamura Yuichiro Tamaki Party Komeito Communist Democratic For the People Leader since 8 September 2009 18 January 2024 7 May 2018 Last election 12.38%, 32 seats 7.25%, 10 seats 4.51%, 11 seats Current seats 32 10 7 Seats needed 201 223 226   Leader Seiji Maehara Tarō Yamamoto Mizuho Fukushima Party FEFA Reiwa Social Democratic Leader since 30 November 2023 1 April 2019 22 February 2020 Last election New 3.84%, 3 seats 1.77%, 1 seat Current seats 4 3 1 Seats needed 229 230 232
House of Representatives districts after 2022 redistricting
Incumbent Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Liberal Democratic

General elections are scheduled to be held in Japan by 31 October 2025, as required by the constitution. Voting will take place in all Representatives constituencies including proportional blocks, in order 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).