Next Japanese general election

Next Japanese general election

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).

Political parties

See also: List of political parties in Japan

Parties		Leader	Ideology	Seats		Status
				Last election	Before election
	Liberal Democratic Party	Fumio Kishida	Conservatism Japanese nationalism	259 / 465	257 / 465	Governing coalition
	Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan	Kenta Izumi	Social liberalism	96 / 465	98 / 465	Opposition
	Nippon Ishin no Kai	Nobuyuki Baba	Right-wing populism Economic liberalism	41 / 465	41 / 465
	Komeito	Natsuo Yamaguchi	Buddhist democracy	32 / 465	32 / 465	Governing coalition
	Japanese Communist Party	Tomoko Tamura	Communism	10 / 465	10 / 465	Opposition
	Democratic Party For the People	Yuichiro Tamaki	Conservatism	11 / 465	7 / 465
	Free Education For All	Seiji Maehara	Free education	New	4 / 465
	Reiwa Shinsengumi	Tarō Yamamoto	Progressivism Left-wing populism	3 / 465	3 / 465
	Social Democratic Party	Mizuho Fukushima	Social democracy	1 / 465	1 / 465

Reapportionment

The electoral districts will be readjusted according to the results of the 2020 Japan census. Originally, it was intended to be readjusted for the last election, but it was held in the existing constituencies not long after the census results came out.

Newly created seats

Ten new districts and three new block seats will be created.

1. Tokyo-26th
2. Tokyo-27th
3. Tokyo-28th
4. Tokyo-29th
5. Tokyo-30th
6. Kanagawa-19th
7. Kanagawa-20th
8. Saitama-16th
9. Aichi-16th
10. Chiba-14th
11. 18th Tokyo block seat
12. 19th Tokyo block seat
13. 23rd Minami-Kanto block seat

Seats to be eliminated

Ten districts and three block seats will be eliminated.

1. Hiroshima-7th
2. Miyagi-6th
3. Niigata-6th
4. Fukushima-5th
5. Okayama-5th
6. Shiga-4th
7. Yamaguchi-4th
8. Ehime-4th
9. Nagasaki-4th
10. Wakayama-3rd
11. 13th Tohoku block seat
12. 11th Hokurikushinetsu block seat
13. 11th Chugoku block seat

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the next Japanese general election

LOESS curve of the party identification polling for the next Japanese general election with a 7 day average

Approval Polling for the Kishida Cabinet.

See also

• Proposed Japanese constitutional referendum