"Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved parliament in January ahead of the snap elections, a gamble she hopes will provide her and her struggling party with a stronger mandate. While Takaichi is hugely popular, particularly with younger voters, her conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has ruled the country for most of the past seven decades, has been hit by scandals and is facing a new opposition alliance that has emerged as a potential challenger."
"Opinion polls ahead of Sunday's national elections suggest that the LDP will comfortably win the 233 seats required for a majority in the 465-member lower house of parliament. Some surveys say the LDP and its coalition partner, the populist Japanese Innovation Party, could win 310 seats needed for a two-thirds majority. That would be the strongest result for the LDP since Takaichi's mentor Shinzo Abe's victory in 2017. Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was assassinated in 2022."
Polls opened Sunday morning across Japan for parliamentary elections with polling stations closing at 8 p.m. local time and counting expected to run late. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved parliament in January ahead of the snap elections as a gamble to secure a stronger mandate. Takaichi is highly popular, especially with younger voters, but the conservative Liberal Democratic Party has been hit by scandals and faces a new opposition alliance. Opinion polls project the LDP will win the 233 seats needed for a lower-house majority, and some surveys project 310 seats for the LDP and its coalition partner, enough for a two-thirds majority.
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